Walkoff Grand Slam Pushes Cyclones Losing Streak To Ten Games

Brooklyn Cyclones @ Tri-City Valley Cats

August 21, 2017

Nicolas Debora @ Adam Bieday

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Brooklyn	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	0		6	10	2
Tri-City	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	5		10	8	2

W: Smith (6-2, 6.20 ERA); L: Napolitano (0-2, 7.50 ERA)

Boxscore

The Stats:

Pitchers

Nicolas Debora (2.54 ERA) – 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R (2 ER), 2 HR, 10 TB, 1 BB, 4 K (3 K/Sw), 5 GB: 5 FB: 2 LD: 3 PU, 71 Pitches (48 Strikes), 9 Swinging, 11 Called, 12.7% SwStr, 24.3% Whiff/Swing, 14.2 Pitches/IP, 20 BF

Gregorix Estevez (BS, 2, 4.15 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R (2 ER), 1 HR, 5 TB, 3 BB, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 1 GB: 1 FB: 2 LD: 2 PU, 46 Pitches (23 Strikes), 4 Swinging, 6 Called, 8.7% SwStr, 23.5% Whiff/Swing, 34.5 Pitches/IP, 10 BF

Trey Cobb (2.91 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 K (1 K/Sw), 2 GB, 24 Pitches (15 Strikes), 3 Swinging, 9 Called, 12.5% SwStr, 50% Whiff/Swing, 14.4 Pitches/IP, 5 BF

Joe Napolitano (BS, 1)(L, 0-2, 7.50 ERA) – 0.2 IP, 2 H, 5 R (0 ER), 1 2B, 1 HR, 6 TB, 2 BB, 1 K (1 K/Sw), 1 FB: 1 LD: 1 PU, 21 Pitches (10 Strikes), 2 Swinging, 2 Called, 9.5% SwStr, 25% Whiff/Swing, 7 BF

Table 1 – Debora pitch stats by inning

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Total
Total	7	17	8	15	24	71
Strikes	6	12	7	10	13	48
Swinging*	3	2	0	2	2	9

*12.7% Swinging strike rate; 24.3% Whiff/Swing rate

Batters

SS - Dylan Snypes - 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HBP, 1 CS, 12.5% SwStr, 18.2% Whiff/Swing, 3.2 Pitches/PA

2B - Walter Rasquin - 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K, 17.6% SwStr, 23.1% Whiff/Swing, 3.4 Pitches/PA

LF - Quinn Brodey - 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 CS, 13.3% SwStr, 28.6% Whiff/Swing, 3 Pitches/PA

RF - Jose Miguel Medina - 0-3, 2 BB, 1 K, 20% SwStr, 66.7% Whiff/Swing, 4 Pitches/PA

1B - Jeremy Vasquez - 0-4, 1 BB, 5 Pitches/PA

C - Scott Manea - 1-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 5.3% SwStr, 12.5% Whiff/Swing, 3.8 Pitches/PA

DH - Jose Maria - 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K, 16.7% SwStr, 20% Whiff/Swing, 2.4 Pitches/PA

3B - Carl Stajduhar - 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K, 17.6% SwStr, 42.9% Whiff/Swing, 4.25 Pitches/PA

CF - Guillermo Granadillo - 2-3, 1 BB, 1 SB, 1 CS, 3.5 Pitches/PA

Recapish

            The Brooklyn Cyclones losing season reached a new low Monday night against Tri-City, as they dropped their tenth straight on a walkoff grand slam and then nearly came to blows with the Valley Cats as the two teams left the field. It was a franchise-record setting tenth straight loss, and a season’s worth of frustration boiled over for Brooklyn when one of the Cats players appeared to be clapping in a taunting manner at the BK reliever who had allowed the grand slam. Fortunately, things didn’t get out of control and these two squads won’t play each other again in 2017, so there’s no chance this near dustup leads to any future problems on the field (at least not in 2017).

            Tri-City jumped ahead 1-0 on a Colton Shaver homer in the 2^nd.

Jose Maria connected on Brooklyn’s first hit of the game in the 2^nd, and Dylan Snypes singled in the 3^rd.

Maria

Snypes

            Brooklyn then jumped ahead with a big four-run 4^th. Scott Manea started the inning with a double, one of three for Brooklyn in the frame. Carl Stajduhar doubled him home, and then Staj scored on a Walter Rasquin double. Guillermo Granadillo singled between the Staj and Rasquin doubles, and then Quinn Brodey singled after the Rasquin double, which brought him home to make it 4-1.

Manea

Stajduhar

Granadillo

Rasquin

Brodey

Michael Papierski shaved a run off the BK lead with a solo blast in the 4^th. Debora had allowed just two homers all season before this game, and just eight homers in 227.2 IP as a pro, so it was unusual for him allow two to Tri-City Monday. Debora was otherwise very sharp, allowing just three base runners over his five innings, and he left with his pitch count at just 71.

K #1

K #2

Snypes

Vasquez

Brodey

Snypes

K #3

K #4

            Like several other Brooklyn players, Jose Maria is finally putting together a nice little hot streak here at the end of the season. He started the 6^th inning with a solo shot for his fourth homer of the year to make this a 5-2 game. Maria is now 8-22 over his last six games, with two doubles and two homers during that span, and most of his hot streak airing on MiLB.tv. Granadillo singled and stole second later in the frame.

Maria

Granadillo

Granadillo SB

            Gregorix Estevez took over for Debora in the bottom of the 6^th and quickly gave that run right back. He walked the first two batters of the frame, so he was lucky to escape with just one run allowed.

K

            The Cats got to Estevez again in the 7^th and this time they were able to tie things up. J.J. Matijevic did the damage with a two-run shot to right field, and Estevez was gone shortly after he scored.

            Trey Cobb took over for Estevez and retired the final two batters of the frame to maintain the status quo.

K #1

            The Cyclones scratched out a run in the 8^th to jump back in front, although they had a chance to blow this game open. There were two errors, a walk, and an RBI single, yet the Cyclones were only able to scratch out one run.

Snypes

            Cobb stayed out for the 8^th and threw a perfect frame – it was the first time Tri-City had gone down in order since the 1^st inning.

K #2

K #3

            Joe Napolitano was given the save opportunity in the 9^th, and he might’ve gotten it too if not for an E5 with two outs. The E5 allowed the tying run to score and the game snowballed after that. Joey Naps walked Papierski to load the bases and Shaver followed with his second bomb of the game.

            The view is limited, but you can see that one Tri-City player appears to be intentionally provoking Brooklyn, and that’s what I think led to the benches clearing. I’m guessing neither side showed much sportsmanship in that moment, but Tri-City has no excuse for taunting Brooklyn as they walked off the field with their tenth straight loss. There’s talent on the roster, but the Cyclones have one of the worst records in all of pro baseball right now and you just won on a walkoff grand slam, what the F are you taunting for? I get that trash talking happens during the game, but you have to be a certain kind of jerk to prefer taunting the other team to celebrating a win at home plate with your own team.

K

            Looking ahead, the Cyclones have a little over two weeks left in their season and no chance at the playoffs. There will be three more MiLB.tv games available, although those will be spread out and all in Staten Island, so it won’t be great coverage. Hopefully they’ll put an end to this losing streak before the season is over.

  

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