Jays Open Post-All-Star Slate With Two Wins
The Dunedin Blue Jays started strong after the All-Star Game by taking a pair of games from the St. Lucie Mets on Monday evening at Dunedin Stadium. The Blue Jays finished what they started back in April by taking game one of tonight's doubleheader by a 9-5 score, completing a
The Dunedin Blue Jays started strong after the All-Star Game by taking a pair of games from the St. Lucie Mets on Monday evening at Dunedin Stadium. The Blue Jays finished what they started back in April by taking game one of tonight's doubleheader by a 9-5 score, completing a game started on April 15th that was suspended by rain. In game two, the Blue Jays used a clutch 3-run home run by Josh Palacios to erase a deficit and win 3-2.
It was a strange sight for fans to see the Blue Jays as the visiting team on the scoreboard at Dunedin Stadium in game one as the Blue Jays finished their Jackie Robinson Day game started on the road at Historic Dodgertown in Vero Beach against the Mets. Back in April, the Blue Jays had jumped to a 6-0 lead in the fourth inning, and they had no problem finishing the win tonight by a 9-5 score.
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The Blue Jays offered additional run support for Saucedo after spotting him the 6-0 lead back in April. In the fifth, RF
In the seventh, a walk to Mineo and singles by LF
The Mets scored twice in the fifth on a single, a triple, and an RBI groundout and again in the sixth on a solo homer. Two doubles in the seventh pushed another run across, and a walk and a double in the ninth plated their fifth run in the ninth. Despite the St. Lucie rallies, they never pulled close thanks to Dunedin's big opening lead.
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After the high scoring affair in game one that saw 24 hits between the two teams and 14 runs, game two was a much quieter ballgame.
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The Mets got on the board first in the third, knocking their only hit of the day off Eller, a solo home run that just cleared the wall in left by
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Entering tonight's games, Josh Palacios had been one of the Florida State League's most clutch batters, hitting .325 with runners on base and .377 with runners in scoring position. With Pinto and Orozco on base, he continued his hot streak in big situations by drilling a three-run home run high off the batters eye in center field to give Dunedin a 3-1 lead.
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After going 3-3 in game one, Palacios was 2-3 in game two. Rodrigo Orozco reached base four times in the first game, working three walks and adding a single before going 1-2 in the second game.
The wins improve Dunedin's record to 29-37 on the year with two games remaining in the first half. St. Lucie falls to 27-38 with the losses. The two teams will square off again tomorrow with RHP