Dunedin, FL – The Dunedin Blue Jays won in walk-off fashion in 11 innings on Thursday, outlasting the Lakeland Flying Tigers 6-5 at TD Ballpark in game three of a six-game set.
Brock Tibbitts delivered the game winner in the 11th inning with a double to left-center field, the first walk-off hit of his professional career. It marked Dunedin’s sixth walk-off win of the season.
Dunedin's bullpen trio of Austin Smith, Franly Urena, and Josbel Garcia combined for five scoreless innings, stranding eight Flying Tigers on base.
KEY PERFORMERS
- RHP Franly Urena (2.1 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 2 BB, 4 K) did not allow an earned run in 2.1 frames in relief.
- Urena has not allowed a run across his last four appearances spanning 6.1 innings with eight strikeouts.
- Over his last 11 outings since May 29, Urena has posted a 1.06 ERA with 23 strikeouts in 17 innings and opponents’ batting .096.
- RHP Josbel Garcia (1.2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 0 K) escaped bases-loaded jams in both the 10th and 11th innings to earn his second win of the season.
- CF Blaine Bullard (2-for-5, RBI) tallied his third straight multi-hit game, highlighted by an RBI single in the 2nd.
- The Blue Jays No. 13 prospect tallied his team-leading 22nd multi-hit game of the season.
- He’s hit safely in five straight, batting .375 over that stretch.
- Bullard has driven in a run in three straight games with five RBI over his last three.
- C Giaconino Lasaracina (1-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, R) blasted a two-run homer in the 2nd to open the scoring, his second in ten games for Dunedin and eighth in 24 games between FCL and Class-A this season.
- His two-run shot left the bat at 104.7 MPH and traveled 432 ft, the furthest tracked home run by a Blue Jay this season.
- RF Jean Joseph (2-for-4, R, BB) logged his second straight multi-hit performance.
- Joseph has a hit in three straight and five of his last six games.