Cyclones Comeback Falls Just Short in 7-6 Loss
CONEY ISLAND, NY (April 28, 2022) – On a cold Thursday night, the Brooklyn Cyclones, the High-A affiliate of the New York Mets, rallied for four runs in the ninth inning before falling short, losing 7-6, to the Bowling Green Hot Rods at Maimonides Park in the third of six
CONEY ISLAND, NY (April 28, 2022) – On a cold Thursday night, the Brooklyn Cyclones, the High-A affiliate of the New York Mets, rallied for four runs in the ninth inning before falling short, losing 7-6, to the Bowling Green Hot Rods at Maimonides Park in the third of six games in Brooklyn.
Win: Doxakis (1-1) | Loss: Chacin (0-1) | SV: Mullen (2)
KEY PLAYS
- Down 7-2 into the ninth inning, Brooklyn rallied with two outs to cut the deficit to one run. Wilmer Reyes, who had a two-run double in the bottom of the eighth, cleared the bases with a three-run double to cut it to 7-6 after Matt Rudick’s run-scoring double earlier in the inning. With Reyes at third base after a wild pitch, Bowling Green’s Sean Mullen induced a ground ball out, retiring Brandon McIlwain to end the threat and the game.
- Bowling Green’s John Doxakis, the No. 29 Tampa Bay prospect, struck out eight Cyclones hitters over six scoreless frames, allowing just four scattered baserunners in the victory.
- Jose Chacin allowed two runs over five innings for Brooklyn, yielding a pair of runs at the end of his outing when Logan Driscoll drilled an RBI single in the fourth to make it 1-0 Hot Rods and Osleivis Basabe scored on an RBI groundout in the fifth to push the lead to 2-0.
- The Cyclones bullpen, entering the game with a 1.64 ERA, good for the lowest ERA in Minor League Baseball, surrendered four late earned runs. Bowling Green crossed one against Colby Morris in the sixth before three runs on no hits against Evy Ruibal in the top of the seventh.
KEY CYCLONES PERFORMERS
- Jose Chacin: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 6 K, 0 BB
- Wilmer Reyes: 3-5, two doubles, five RBIs
- Matt Rudick: 2-3, double, walk, stolen base, run scored, RBI
NEWS AND NOTES
- The Cyclones have outscored Bowling Green 9-1 in the final two innings of the series so far even though Brooklyn has dropped two of three.
- Evy Ruibal who had not surrendered a walk to the first 20 batters he faced this season, coughed up three walks in the three-run seventh inning for Bowling Green.
- Rowdy Jordan extended his on-base streak to 11 games with a walk in the bottom of the ninth.
- Wilmer Reyes drove in a career-high five runs on Thursday night.
WHAT’S NEXT
*Brooklyn vs. Bowling Green at 7 p.m. – Maimonides Park
G1: RHP *Oscar Rojas (2-0, 1.93 ERA) vs. LHP Mason Montgomery (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Video: MiLB.TV
Audio: BrooklynCyclones.com