SSA: @ Brooklyn Cyclones 7, Hudson Valley Renegades 6 (11 innings)Hi, I'm JayceIt's hard to have a better professional debut than first baseman Jayce Boyd (pictured). "I was more excited than nervous, but there was definitely a little bit of tension in there," he said post-game. "I had to sit and watch for a few days, so I was kinda getting antsy."
The Mets 6th round pick, a right-handed hitter, doubled on a ground ball down the leftfield line, on a drive inside the rightfield line, and then drilled a line drive triple to the warning track in straight-away center. Then, with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th inning, he lined a sacrifice fly out to rightfield to bring home the winning run. He finished 3-for-5 with two doubles, a triple, a run and two RBI. His swing looked clean and balanced and he used the whole field. He's listed at 6'3", but that seems a little generous to me.
After a busy week that including traveling from Omaha, where he was playing in the College World Series with Florida State to packing up in Tallahassee and signing with the Mets, Boyd seemed relieved to be back on the field, "It's been a little hectic," he said "but [I'm] finally getting to slow down and play some baseball."
In the bottom of the 11th, the Cyclones used pinch-runner Jonathan Clark at third base for Boyd's at-bat. Boyd said that Clark, "mighta been the fastest guy I'd seen in my life so all I had to do was hit it up in the air and he was probably going to score."
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