Asheville's Santana Homers Twice, BKLYN Falls 11-4

W: Ruppenthal (1-0) | L: Rojas (0-1)

Brooklyn HR: Duplantis (1)

Attendance: 1,200

ASHEVILLE, NC (May 6, 2021) – Asheville’s Luis Santana clobbered a pair of home runs, leading a 11-hit offensive attack to a 11-4 victory over the Brooklyn Cyclones, the High-A affiliate of the New York Mets, Thursday night in game three of a six-game set at McCormick Field.

BIG MOMENTS

• Former Mets prospect Luis Santana slammed a three-run home run in the first inning and a two-run shot in the fourth to push the Asheville lead to 6-1. Part of the trade with Houston that sent J.D. Davis to the Mets in 2019, Santana also added a double to finish 3-5 with five RBIs.
• Trailing 8-1 in the fifth, Cyclones outfielder Antoine Duplantis launched his first career home run, a solo shot, to cut into the Tourists lead.
• Hayden Senger doubled and scored twice, scoring on Joe Genord’s RBI groundout in the second and Matt Winaker’s run-scoring single in the sixth.

KEY CYCLONES PERFORMERS

• Antoine Duplantis: 1-4, home run, RBI, run
• Hayden Senger: 2-4, two doubles, two runs
• Bretty Baty: 2-3, two doubles, RBI, walk
• Michel Otanez: 1.0 IP, 3 K

NEWS AND NOTES

• The Cyclones have homered in three straight games to start the season, collecting long balls from Antoine Duplantis, Luke Ritter, and Hayden Senger.
• Brooklyn starter Oscar Rojas made his Brooklyn debut, pitching for the first time since 2018 with the Kingsport Mets. The Mexican right-hander missed 2019 due to injury.
• The Cyclones went just 2-7 with runners in scoring position Thursday night and are now 5-28, hitting .179 over the first three games of the series.

WHAT’S NEXT

Cyclones at Asheville, Friday, 6:35 p.m.

Probables: RHP Jaison Vilera (first start) vs. RHP Tyler Brown (first start)

Audio: MiLB First Pitch App