Cook’s Walk-Off Caps Doubleheader Split
Dunedin, FL – The Dunedin Blue Jays split a doubleheader with the Ft. Myers Mighty Mussels on Thursday night at TD Ballpark, dropping game one 10-8 in extra innings before rallying for a 4-3 walk-off victory in game two. In the opener, Dunedin erased an early 4-0 deficit and surged
Dunedin, FL – The Dunedin Blue Jays split a doubleheader with the Ft. Myers Mighty Mussels on Thursday night at TD Ballpark, dropping game one 10-8 in extra innings before rallying for a 4-3 walk-off victory in game two.
In the opener, Dunedin erased an early 4-0 deficit and surged ahead 6-4, but Ft. Myers plated two runs in the 7th to force extras before a four-run 8th inning proved the difference in a 10-8 Mussels win.
In game two, the Blue Jays battled back from a 3-1 deficit and tied the game in the 7th on a Raimundo De Los Santos RBI triple. Jake Cook then delivered a walk-off RBI single up the middle to score De Los Santos and lift Dunedin to their fourth walk-off victory of the season.
KEY PERFORMERS
- RHP Troy Guthrie (5 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 1 BB, 4 K) allowed two runs over five strong innings with four strikeouts in game two.
- Through his first four frames, Guthrie yielded only one hit and did not allow a run.
- He retired nine consecutive Mussels batters between the 2nd and 5th.
- LHP Austin Smith (2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 1 K) earned his first professional win in game two, hurling a career-long two innings of one-run ball in relief.
- RF Nathan Lukes (2-for-3, HR, 2 RBI, R) smoked an RBI single in the 2nd inning of game one, then launched a solo homer in the 5th in his second game on MLB Rehab Assignment.
- His homer off the batter’s eye left the bat at 102.1 MPH and traveled 403 ft.
- Lukes played five innings in right field in game one.
- SS JoJo Parker (3-for-6, R, 2B, BB, SB) logged a pair of singles in game one, and doubled, stole a bag, and scored in game two.
- The Blue Jays No. 2 prospect has been on base in 11 straight games, over which he’s batting .342 with five extra-base hits.
- Parker has a hit in five straight contests.
- CF/DH Blaine Bullard (5-for-8, RBI, 3 2B, R) had three hits including two doubles, an RBI, and a run scored in game one, then doubled and singled in the night cap.
- Over his last 17 games, Bullard is batting .290 with seven RBI.
- Bullard owns five multi-hit performances over his last seven contests.
- 1B David Beckles (2-for-6, HR, 5 RBI, 2B, R) smoked a two-run double and a two-run homer in game one, tallying a season-high four RBI.
- His first homer of the season left the bat at 104.3 MPH and traveled 357 ft.