Carapellotti Goes Deep Twice in Fourth Straight Win

Dunedin, FL – Owen Carapellotti homered twice as the Dunedin Blue Jays won their fourth straight, taking down the Tampa Tarpons 10-1 on Wednesday night at TD Ballpark in game two of a six-game set.

Dunedin is now four games behind Tampa for first place in the FSL West with 24 games remaining.

Over Dunedin’s four-game winning streak, Blue Jays pitchers have allowed just four runs in 34 innings (1.06 ERA) with 34 strikeouts while holding opponents to a .132 batting average.

Since July 30, every Dunedin win has featured three or fewer runs allowed, including three shutouts. Over their seven wins in that span, Blue Jays pitchers have posted a 0.92 ERA and 0.83 WHIP.

KEY PERFORMERS

• RHP Jack Nedrow (5 IP, 1 R, 4 H 0 BB, 1 K) fired five innings of one-run ball in his return to Dunedin to pick up the win.
  • Nedrow owns a 1.50 ERA and 1.00 WHIP in seven games (three starts) for Dunedin this season.
• C Owen Carapellotti (2-for-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R) launched his first two homers in a Blue Jays uniform, his third multi-homer game of the season and the third multi-homer game by a Blue Jay this season.
  • Carapellotti socked a two-run homer in the 6th at 102.2 MPH off the bat before launching a solo blast in the 7th at 101.3 MPH, which traveled 403 ft.
  • Acquired from the Athletics in June in exchange for Hayden Juenger, Carapellotti has clubbed 10 home runs across 30 Class-A games this season.
• 2B Dameury Pena (3-for-4, RBI, R, 3B) recorded his second consecutive three-hit night, including a triple in the 3^rd and RBI single in the 8^th.
  • Pena is batting .329 in 62 Class-A games this season.
• SS Ryan Cooney (1-for-3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB) left the yard for the second time in as many games on a two-run blast in the 7^th.
  • Cooney’s two-run blast left the bat at 100.5 MPH and traveled 376 ft.
  • Cooney has homered twice and reached base in seven of his first eight professional games.