2019 New York-Penn League Championship Series, Game 3
With the Brooklyn Cyclones and the Lowell Spinners tied 1-1 in the best of three series, the two teams squared off in a winner-takes-all game on the eve 9/11. Taking the mound for Brooklyn was Nate Jones, a right-hander drafted in the 5th round of the 2019 MLB Draft out of Northwestern State University of Louisiana in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Assigned to the Cyclones after signing, Jones posted a 6.59 ERA in 13.2 innings, allowing 10 hits, walking 8, and striking out 14. Taking the mound for Lowell was Jayson Groome, a left-hander drafted in the first round of the drafted in the 1st round of the 2016 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox who was on a rehab assignment recovering from 2018 Tommy John surgery.