Clearwater, FL – The Dunedin Blue Jays overcame an early deficit to hang 10 unanswered runs on the Clearwater Threshers in a 10-2 win on Friday night at BayCare Ballpark in game five of a seven-game series.
KEY PERFORMERS
- RHP Denis Samudio (5 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 4 BB, 5 K) earned the win, firing five innings of one-run ball with five strikeouts on a career-high 83 pitches.
- Samudio has pitched to a 3.38 ERA across his four August starts spanning 18.2 innings.
- RF Jake Cook (2-for-5, 2 RBI, 2B, 3B, R) recorded his second straight multi-hit performance, highlighted by a two-run triple in the 6th and double in the 8th
- The Blue Jays No. 23 prospect has multiple hits in four of his last six contests, over which he’s batting .393 with nine RBI, six extra-base hits, and a 1.221 OPS.
- Cook has an RBI in six straight contests.
- Over his last 30 games, Cook is batting .316 with a .897 OPS.
- 2B Dameury Pena (2-for-5, 2 RBI, 2B) smacked a two-run double in the 5th inning as part of a two-hit night.
- Acquired in the Jeff Hoffman deal from Minnesota, Pena is batting .325 through 11 games with the Blue Jays including five multi-hit performances.
- 1B Ryan Franden (2-for-5, RBI, 2 R) gave Dunedin the lead in the 5th with a go-ahead RBI single as part of his second professional multi-hit game.