Wilmington Scores Early & Late to Top Brooklyn, 9-3

WILMINGTON, DE (August 9, 2022) – The Wilmington Blue Rocks scored early and put the game away late, handing the Brooklyn Cyclones, the High-A affiliate of the New York Mets, a 9-3 defeat Tuesday night at Frawley Stadium in the series opener.

Win: Parker (6-2) | Loss: Rojas (5-4) | SV: Ferrer (6)

Box Score

KEY PLAYS

• Leading 4-3 into the bottom of the eighth, Wilmington sent 10 batters to the plate, scoring five times to push the lead to 9-3. Robert Hassell III hit a bloop single to center field to start the rally against Brooklyn reliever Nolan Clenney. Cole Daily’s two-run single in the middle of the rally highlighted the monster inning.

• Trailing by two, Brooklyn scored twice in the top of the eighth to cut the Wilmington lead to 4-3. William Lugo cracked an RBI double to right-center field to plate Jose Peroza and make it 4-2. The next batter, Jose Mena, smacked a single to right field to bring in Lugo.

• The Blue Rocks scored three early runs against Brooklyn starter Oscar Rojas, knocking him out of the game after he recorded just five outs. Wilmington’s Mitchell Parker struck out five over 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball in the victory.

KEY CYCLONES PERFORMERS

• Jose Mena: 3-4, two RBIs

• Stanley Consuegra: 2-4, double, run

• William Lugo: 1-3, double, RBI, run, walk

• David Griffin: 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 1 K

NEWS AND NOTES

• The Cyclones stranded 10 men on base for the second consecutive game.

• Jose Mena collected his 12th multi-hit game of the season, tallying three hits. Jose Peroza snapped his eight-game hitting streak, going 0-for-4 but did walk to extend his on-base streak to 11 games.

• William Lugo made his Brooklyn debut, playing third base.

WHAT’S NEXTBrooklyn at Wilmington - Wednesday, August 10 - 6:35 p.m.
Probables: RHP Dominic Hamel vs. RHP Rodney Theophile
Audio: BrooklynCyclones.com