Meisner masters Staten Island, Cyclones cruise to win
Brooklyn Bashes Bombers, 8-2, Moves Closer to Playoffs
Casey Meisner’s summer in Brooklyn has mirrored the Cyclones’ wild ride through the 2014 short-season campaign.
He went winless in his first seven starts, but has since earned victories in each of his last four decisions, including a critical 8-2 triumph at Staten Island on Tuesday night that moved the resurgent Baby Bums closer to their goal of a New York-Penn League Wild-Card spot.
“Meisner started off the year 0-3. Now, he’s 4-3,” first-year Brooklyn manager Tom Gamboa told the Staten Island Advance after Meisner continued his hot streak by limiting the playoff-hopeful Yankees to one run on four hits with a season-high 11 strikeouts over six brilliant innings.
A third-round pick in the 2013 MLB Draft out of Cypress Woods High School, Meisner went 1-3 with a 3.06 ERA in 10 outings, including four starts, for the Mets’ Gulf Coast League Rookie-level affiliate last year.