Carapellotti, Lasaracina Go Deep Twice in Doubleheader Split
Clearwater, FL – Owen Carapellotti and Giaconino Lasaracina each had multi-homer games as the Dunedin Blue Jays and Clearwater Threshers split Wednesday’s doubleheader at BayCare Ballpark. Despite a pair of homers from Owen Carapellotti helping Dunedin retake the lead in the 5th inning, the Blue Jays dropped game one 7-5.
Clearwater, FL – Owen Carapellotti and Giaconino Lasaracina each had multi-homer games as the Dunedin Blue Jays and Clearwater Threshers split Wednesday’s doubleheader at BayCare Ballpark.
Despite a pair of homers from Owen Carapellotti helping Dunedin retake the lead in the 5th inning, the Blue Jays dropped game one 7-5.
Dunedin bounced back in the nightcap behind a two-homer game from Giaconino Lasaracina and a go-ahead two-run homer from Raimundo De Los Santos, winning game two 4-2.
Dunedin has now homered in nine straight games, with 17 home runs over that span. They have homered multiple times in four straight games and in four of their last six games, a Blue Jay has hit multiple home runs.
KEY PERFORMERS
- RHP Reese Bassinger (2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 2 K) fired two hitless innings in relief in game two to earn his first professional save.
- Bassinger has allowed just one run on four hits over eight innings to begin his professional career.
- C Owen Carapellotti (2-for-3, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R) launched a pair of homers in game one and now has five home runs, including two multi-homer performances, over his last four games.
- Carapellotti smashed a game-tying solo homer in the 2nd inning at 103.6 MPH off the bat that traveled 410 ft., then unloaded on a 109.2 MPH two-run homer in the 6th.
- Carapellotti has hit safely in five straight games, over which he’s batting .389 with five home runs, seven RBI, and a 1.699 OPS.
- Wednesday marked Carapellotti’s fourth multi-homer game of the season, with two coming with Stockton (A’s).
- C Giaconino Lasaracina (2-for-2, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB) left the yard twice in game two, his third professional multi-homer game and first with Dunedin.
- Lasaracina put Dunedin on the board with a solo blast in the 2nd inning at 112.4 MPH that traveled 457 ft., the furthest tracked home run by a Blue Jay in the Statcast era (2021-present).
- His second homer was a solo blast in the 4th inning to extend Dunedin’s lead, leaving the bat at 109.4 MPH and traveling 420 ft. before leaving BayCare Ballpark.
- His first homer was the third-furthest tracked home run in the Florida State League this season.
- He’s homered in back-to-back games and three times over his last two games.
- Over his last 11 games, Lasaracina is batting .359 with four home runs and 10 RBI.
- SS/CF Ramindo De Los Santos (2-for-6, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R) notched a hit in each game, including a go-ahead two-run homer in the 2nd inning in game two, his fourth of the season.
- De Los Santos also recorded a pair of outfield assists in game two.