Dunedin, FL – JoJo Parker launched his 12th home run of the season, but the Dunedin Blue Jays fell 6-3 in 10 innings to the St. Lucie Mets on Saturday night at TD Ballpark in game five of a six-game set.
KEY PERFORMERS
- RHP Denis Samudio (5 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 3 BB, 6 K) allowed two runs in the first and concluded his outing by hurling four shutout frames.
- Samudio has allowed two runs or less in each of his last three starts.
- SS JoJo Parker (2-for-5, HR, 2 RBI, R) launched a game-tying two-run blast in the 6th at 114.2 MPH, 446 feet, his 12th of the year and Dunedin’s hardest and furthest hit ball this season.
- Parker also lined a single in the 1st at 102.7 MPH.
- Over his last four games, the Blue Jays No. 1 prospect is 8-for-20 (.400) with three home runs, nine RBI, and a 1.379 OPS.
- MLB’s No. 27 prospect has a hit and RBI in six straight.
- Saturday marked Parker’s 19th multi-hit game and team-leading 17th multi-RBI game of the season.
- Six of his last eight balls hit in play have left the bat at 100+ MPH.
- The mammoth blast was the second-hardest hit home run by a Dunedin Blue Jay in the Statcast era and fifth furthest tracked home run.
- 1B Ryan Franden (1-for-3, 2B, BB) smacked a double in the 7th for his first professional hit and walked.