Dunedin, FL – In a game that remained scoreless until the bottom of the 8th inning, Blaine Bullard lined the go-ahead RBI single as the Dunedin Blue Jays shut out the St. Lucie Mets 5-0 on Friday night at TD Ballpark in game four of a six-game set, extending their winning streak to three games.
Carson Messina, Reese Bassinger, Landon Waters, and Josbel Garcia combined on Dunedin’s fourth shutout win of the season.
KEY PERFORMERS
- RHP Carson Messina (4.2 IP, 0 R, 4 H, BB, 7 K) matched a career-high with seven strikeouts across a career-long 4.2 scoreless frames.
- Messina induced 13 whiffs and topped out at 95 MPH.
- The Blue Jays No. 26 prospect has fired 7.1 innings of one-run ball over his last two starts.
- CF Blaine Bullard (1-for-3, RBI, BB) lined a go-ahead RBI single in the 8th to open the scoring.
- The Blue Jays No. 8 prospect has reached base in 18 of his last 19 contests.
- Bullard concludes July having hit .310 with 21 RBI and a .879 OPS in 23 games across the month.
- DH Jake Bennett (1-for-2, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB) smacked a two-run double in the 8th for his first professional hit and walked twice.
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