Parker's Game-Tying Blast Not Enough
Dunedin, FL – Blue Jays No. 1 prospect JoJo Parker's game-tying home run in the 8th inning sent Sunday's series finale against the Tampa Tarpons to extra innings, but the Dunedin Blue Jays fell 5-4 in 10 innings at TD Ballpark. KEY PERFORMERS - RHP Bradley Wilson (4.1 IP, 1
Dunedin, FL – Blue Jays No. 1 prospect JoJo Parker's game-tying home run in the 8th inning sent Sunday's series finale against the Tampa Tarpons to extra innings, but the Dunedin Blue Jays fell 5-4 in 10 innings at TD Ballpark.
KEY PERFORMERS
- RHP Bradley Wilson (4.1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 2 BB, 5 K) allowed only one hit in 4.1 frames of one-run ball.
- SS JoJo Parker (2-for-3, HR, 3 RBI, 2B, 2 R, 2 BB, SB) launched a three-run game-tying homer in the 8th, his ninth long ball of the season.
- The Blue Jays No. 1 prospect has homered in five of his last nine games.
- Parker has 10 extra-base hits in his last nine games (five home runs, one triple, four doubles), over which he owns a 1.446 OPS.
- His 28 extra-base hits this season are T-1st in the FSL.
- Parker has stolen nine consecutive bases without being caught, and he’s the second Toronto farmhand to reach 20 stolen bases this season.
- 2B Raimundo De Los Santos (2-for-4, R, 3 SB) swatted a pair of hits and swiped three bags.
- De Los Santos is batting .327 in 17 games for Dunedin since being activated from the injured list on May 20.
- Sunday marked his third multi-hit performance over his last four games.
- He is the third Blue Jay to tally three stolen bases in a game this season, joining Blaine Bullard and Eric Snow.