Cyclones No-Hit In Extra Inning Walkoff Loss

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Cyclones No-Hit In Extra Inning Walkoff Loss

Brooklyn Cyclones @ Staten Island

June 18, 2016

Harol Gonzalez @ Drew Finley

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Brooklyn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Staten Island	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0

W: Roeder (1-0, 0.00 ERA); L: Almeida (0-1, 6.75 ERA)

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Harol Gonzalez (1.80 ERA) – 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 2B, 6 TB, 2 BB, 6 K (6 K/Sw), 4 GB: 6 FB: 2 LD: 2 PU, 82 Pitches (54 Strikes), 16 Swinging, 8 Called, 19.5% SwStr, 34.8% Whiff/Swing, 16.4 Pitches/IP, 23 BF

Bryce Beeler (0.00 ERA) – 4 IP, 1 BB, 3 K (3 K/Sw), 4 GB: 2 FB: 2 LD: 1 PU, 41 Pitches (28 Strikes), 11 Swinging, 4 Called, 26.8% SwStr, 45.8% Whiff/Swing, 10.2 Pitches/IP, 13 BF

Adrian Almeida (L, 0-1, 6.75 ERA) – 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 TB, 1 BB, 1 K (0 K/Sw), 1 GB, 14 Pitches (6 Strikes), 1 Swinging, 3 Called, 7.1% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 42 Pitches/IP, 4 BF

Batters

CF - Enmanuel Zabala - 0-3, 1 R, 1 HBP, 2 K, 16.7% SwStr, 40% Whiff/Swing, 3 Pitches/PA

SS - Dale Burdick - 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K, 15.8% SwStr, 42.9% Whiff/Swing, 4.75 Pitches/PA

DH - Darryl Knight - 0-4, 2.75 Pitches/PA

C - Brandon Brosher - 0-4, 3 K, 26.7% SwStr, 66.7% Whiff/Swing, 3.75 Pitches/PA

RF - Arnaldo Berrios - 0-4, 1 K, 20% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 2.5 Pitches/PA

2B - Nick Sergakis - 0-3, 1 HBP, 3 K, 1 SB, 17.6% SwStr, 37.5% Whiff/Swing, 4.25 Pitches/PA

LF - Vicente Lupo - 0-3, 1 K, 4 Pitches/PA

1B - Dionis Paulino - 0-3, 2 K, 8.3% SwStr, 33.3% Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/PA

3B - Franklin Correa - 0-3, 2 K, 14.3% SwStr, 40% Whiff/Swing, 4.67 Pitches/PA

Recapish

The 2016 Brooklyn Cyclones have picked up exactly where the 2015 Cyclones left off, with great pitching and no hitting. They really had no hitting to speak of in this game, as two Yankees pitchers combined to make quick work of this Cyclones lineup. Brooklyn scored a run and had 3 batters reach over the first inning-plus, but the final 27 Cyclones batters were retired in a row.

For the second straight game, Brooklyn took a 1-0 lead in the 1^st thanks to a run for Enmanuel Zabala. He reached on a HBP, eventually came around to score on a wild pitch, and that was it for the offense.

The pitching was the big story of the game for both sides, although I’ll be mostly focusing on the two main Cyclones pitchers. However, one note of interest from the Yankees side is that Josh Roeder came in and struck out 8 straight after entering and finished with 10 total.

Harol Gonzalez made his NYPL debut for Brooklyn and impressed, especially early. Scouts near Amazin’ Avenue’s Steve Sypa had his fastball 90-94 and his changeup 83-85 early. He allowed a 1^st inning hit and then retired 10 in a row before dealing with some trouble in the 4^th and 5^th inning. His 3^rd inning was his best, as he struck out the side on 12 pitches, picking up 5 swinging strikes along the way.

A two out double for Kane Sweeney came around to tie the game for Staten Island in the 4^th. Timmy Robinson knocked him in and then SI proceeded to load the bases, but Harol induced a pop out to end the frame. An E3 opened the door for another bases loaded situation in the 5^th inning, and Harol induced another inning ending pop out to end his night.

It looked like Harol might give the Cyclones some real length early, but the long 4^th and 5^th innings put pressure on Bryce Beeler to have a good game. Beeler was the piggyback starter for the game, and fortunately he had a huge outing, which started with a 5-pitch 6^th inning. Beeler stayed efficient through the 9^th, allowing just the one walk over 4 scoreless on 41 pitches. This was huge coming off Friday’s opener, which went 20 innings and wasted most of the Cyclones pen.

With this game still tied going to the 10^th, Adrian Almeida was called upon next. He was a little wild Friday night, but was able to work around it. Unfortunately the same could not be said Saturday night. He hit a batter, issued a walk, uncorked a wild pitch, and then allowed the walkoff hit through the left side.

With their first series of the season done, the Cyclones welcome the Tri-City Valley Cats into town to start the week. The series begins Sunday afternoon at 4:00 PM, with Merandy Gonzalez set to make his NYPL debut.

MiLB.tv Scoring Highlights

There were no hits, but here are some of the players putting the ball in play. They didn’t stick with the side view for all of the Cyclones players, so I don’t have a swing for everyone.