Dunedin, FL – Despite a strong showing from the Blue Jays pitching staff, the Dunedin Blue Jays dropped their sixth straight, falling to the Jupiter Hammerheads 7-5 in their series opener on Monday night at TD Ballpark.
Blue Jays pitchers combined to allow only one earned run on five hits with nine strikeouts.
KEY PERFORMERS
- RHP Dylan Watts (3.1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 7 K) hurled 3.1 perfect frames with a career-high seven strikeouts in his first professional start.
- Watts struck out six consecutive batters between the 1st and 3rd.
- Over his last four outings, Watts has pitched to a 2.25 ERA over 12 innings with 16 strikeouts and four walks.
- He topped out at 97.4 MPH and induced a career-high 17 whiffs.
- RHP Diego Dominguez (3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 2 K) hurled three no-hit frames in relief with two strikeouts.
- Dominguez has not allowed a run over his last three outings, spanning 6.1 innings with five strikeouts.
- LF Blaine Bullard (2-for-5, RBI, R, SB) logged his third multi-hit game of the season, highlighted by an RBI single in the 5th.
- 2B Eric Snow (2-for-3, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SB) reached base four times, including RBI singles in the 5th and 9th innings.
- Snow logged his fourth multi-hit and fourth multi-RBI performance of the season.
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