Rehabbing Francisco Alvarez plays part in historic no-hitter for Brooklyn Cyclones
NY Post
The Brooklyn Cyclones made a bit of franchise history and rehabbing Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez was there for it all on Tuesday night.
Alvarez, who is rehabbing from a torn ligament in his thumb that he suffered in April, caught every inning of the Cyclones’ first-ever nine-inning no-hitter during their 3-0 home win over the Aberdeen Ironbirds.
Righties Dakota Hawkins, Joey Lancellotti, and Joshua Cornielly combined for nine innings of no-hit ball and struck out six batters during the memorable night.
Hawkins, who threw five innings on Tuesday recalled to The Post when Alvarez approached him about what was going on several innings in.
“The third inning rolls around and Alvarez comes up to me and says, ‘Hey, we’re throwing a no-hitter today.’ I go, ‘OK, sounds good,’” Hawkins said during a phone interview.
The 24-year-old Mets prospect, who was making his second start of the season for the Cyclones, praised Lancellotti and Cornielly and called the night “something special.”
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