Malo, in Spanish, means “bad.”

So it’s a good thing Brooklyn Cyclones shortstop Jonathan Malo speaks French.

Malo grew up 30 minutes outside Montreal in a town called St. Roch De L’Achigan. As logic would have it, his first language was French.

He didn’t have to worry about any kids ribbing him about his last name. Even if he did, he’s proving them wrong with his stellar early season play for the Cyclones.

Malo was batting .350 with a home run and six RBIs going into last night’s sweep of the New Jersey Cardinals. The Cyclones won 5-4 in the completion of Monday’s rain-suspended game and won 6-5 in the regularly scheduled contest, a shortened seven-inning affair.

Malo’s road to professional ball in Brooklyn was not only an international one, but a tumultuous one.

Drafted in 2003, Malo’s minor league career started a year later than it should have. Problems obtaining a visa prevented Malo from entering the country and playing with the Mets organization. And because he was property of the Mets now, he couldn’t join any semi-pro or club teams to keep the rust away.

“I just stayed in shape and then went to the [Mets] instructional league in September,” said Malo, who went 1-for-4 in each of yesterday’s contests.

Malo said he could have played in the Dominican Republic, but decided instead to rehab a dislocated right forefinger he suffered in a car accident. The car hit a deer, by the way.

“He has a missed a year and has picked up pretty well,” Cyclones manager Mookie Wilson said. “This is the first time I’ve ever seen him. I like what I see. He’s mature, very smart, very coachable.”

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The Cyclones (7-2) scored three runs in the seventh inning and another in the bottom of the ninth to defeat the Cardinals, 5-4, in the completion of a rain-suspended game that started Monday. The game picked up in the bottom of the fifth yesterday.

Coming out of a 48-minute rain delay in the ninth, right fielder Jesus Gamero slashed a no-out bases loaded single to left past a drawn-in infield to plate Joe Mihalics for the winning run.

In the second game, with the score tied 5-5 and runners at second and third with none out in the final frame, Jonel Pacheco crushed the game-winning single to center for the Cyclones’ second come-back win of the night.