Palm Beach Falls to Dunedin 10-8 in 11 Innings Friday Night

JUPITER, FL – The Palm Beach Cardinals (32-23) could not complete the comeback in extra innings against the Dunedin Blue Jays (27-28) losing by a final score of 10-8 in 11 innings on Friday night at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.

The Blue Jays would score the game’s first run in the top of the first inning for the second straight night. With Palm Beach starting pitcher Jose Davila, Victor Arias led off the ballgame with an infield single and Kekai Rios would drive in Arias on an RBI double to left field to quickly give Dunedin the 1-0 lead.

Dunedin would add on to their lead in the top of the fourth inning. With the bases loaded and no outs, Cristian Feliz would drive in a run on an RBI groundout. Later with two outs, Alexis Hernandez hit an RBI single which gave the Blue Jays a 3-0 lead. In the very next inning, Dunedin would add two more runs on three-straight doubles with one out and increased their lead to 5-0.

Davila earned a no-decision and finished his start with five innings pitched and allowed five earned runs on 11 hits and struck out just three batters.

With Hunter Hayes on the mound for Palm Beach in the top of the seventh inning, Damiano Palmegiani hit his second solo home run of the series which put Dunedin up 6-0.

After the top of the seventh inning, the narrative of the ballgame would completely flip in favor of the Palm Beach Cardinals. In the bottom of the sixth inning, the Cardinals scored their first two runs of the ballgame thanks to back-to-back RBI doubles by Jose Cordoba and Brayden Jobert which cut the Palm Beach deficit to 6-2.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, the Cardinals came all the way back. Nine batters came up to the plate with five drawing walks, including Chase Davis with an RBI walk. Cordoba would tie the ballgame with an RBI groundout to tie the ballgame 6-6. Jobert would give Palm Beach its first lead on a check-swing, RBI infield single up the first base line to make it 7-6 in favor of the Cardinals.

In the top of the ninth inning, Ettore Giulianelli recorded one out and put runners at first and third base which prompted a pitching change to bring in Zack Showalter (L, 1-1; BS, 1). Showalter recorded the final two outs but the tying run came into score on a Sammy Hernandez throwing error to make it 7-7.

For the second straight game, the Cardinals and Blue Jays went to extra innings. Showalter continued to pitch for Palm Beach and allowed the placed-runner to score on an RBI hit-by-pitch to Victor Arias to give Dunedin an 8-7 lead. However, the Cardinals were able to score the placed-runner thanks to an RBI single by Chase Adkison which immediately tied the ballgame at 8-8.

Showalter stayed in the game for the top of the 11th inning and Dunedin would get two runs across home plate thanks to a two-RBI double by Yhoangel Aponte which gave the Blue Jays a 10-8 lead. The Cardinals were able to load the bases in the bottom of the 11th inning but failed to score as Palm Beach fell to Dunedin by a 10-8 final score in 11 innings on Friday night.

Cordoba, Jobert, and Adkison each had two hits in the ballgame with Cordoba and Jobert recording two RBIs each. Palm Beach is now 6-2 in extra-inning games in 2024. With the loss, and the Jupiter Hammerheads defeating the Lakeland Flying Tigers 6-4 in Friday, the Cardinals lead the FSL East Division by just two games.

With the series tied at two wins each, the series continues for game five on Saturday, June 8^th with first pitch scheduled for 6:00 p.m. at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium as Chen-Wei Lin (3-3, 3.00 ERA; No. 22 STL Prospect MLB Pipeline) is scheduled to make the start on the mound for Palm Beach.

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About Jupiter Stadium, LTD:

Opening in 1998, the 110-acre complex/stadium is specially designed to house two Major League and two Minor League Baseball Teams. The stadium is home to the Miami Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals for Spring Training. The Florida State League’s Jupiter Hammerheads (Class A Affiliate of the Miami Marlins) and Palm Beach Cardinals (Class A Affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals) make their home at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium from April through September. This year-round facility can accommodate the smallest birthday party to the largest corporate outing, while never forgetting that each and every fan is our most important product.