Jays Fall Twice To Fire Frogs Despite Perdomo Gem
The Dunedin Blue Jays dropped both games of a doubleheader against the Florida Fire Frogs on Tuesday evening at Dunedin Stadium, falling 5-1 in extra innings in game one and 6-2 in game two.Game OneIn game one, lefty Angel Perdomo continued his excellent start to the season by turning in
The Dunedin Blue Jays dropped both games of a doubleheader against the Florida Fire Frogs on Tuesday evening at Dunedin Stadium, falling 5-1 in extra innings in game one and 6-2 in game two.
Game One
In game one, lefty
The only blemish on Perdomo's stat line was four walks that ran his pitch count up and led the Blue Jays to turn the ball over to the bullpen in the sixth despite the ongoing no-hitter. LHP
Opposing Perdomo on the mound for Florida, RHP
After Fisman's shutout sixth, the Blue Jays turned the ball and the no-hitter over to RHP
Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the seventh, the game's final inning due to the doubleheader, the Blue Jays rallied. After the first two batters went down on a ground out and a line out, RF
McClelland returned to the mound for the eighth inning with a pace-of-play courtesy runner beginning the extra frame on second. In the eighth, the Fire Frogs knocked four hits, all singles, pushing across four runs to take a 5-1 lead.
Dunedin went down in order in the bottom of the eighth. McClelland took his first loss of the season.
Dunedin had seven hits in the ballgame. CF Josh Palacios was the only Blue Jay with multiple hits, finishing 2-4, and had Dunedin's only extra base hit, a double.
Game Two
The Blue Jays dropped the second game of the doubleheader 6-2, continuing to struggle offensively despite a strong start by RHP
Building off five one-run innings in his last outing, Murphy turned in another strong start for the Blue Jays. Although he went just 4.0 innings, the righty struck out six batters while allowing five hits and two runs.
The Fire Frogs scored the game's first run in the third, stringing together three singles off Murphy to go up 1-0.
A pair of walk coupled with a single by
With the shortened game due to the doubleheader, the Blue Jays turned to their bullpen in the fifth. RHP Jonny Cheshire entered the game sporting an exceptional 0.71 ERA over his first six outings in Dunedin. For the first time in his Florida State League career, the sidearmer struggled, allowing two walks, a hit by pitch, and three hits in the inning while the Fire Frogs pushed across four runs to go up 6-0.
Dunedin finally got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the seventh. C
Murphy took the loss for Dunedin, his fourth loss of the season. Cheshire and RHP
RHP
The Blue Jays and Fire Frogs will finish their three-game series tomorrow evening at Dunedin Stadium. LHP Matthew Gunter (0-0, 1.13 ERA) will start on the mound for Dunedin against Florida LHP