Kirk Homers in Rehab Debut, Guthrie Spins Six Shutout Innings in Win
Dunedin, FL – Alejandro Kirk homered in his Dunedin rehab debut and Troy Guthrie hurled six shutout frames as the Dunedin Blue Jays took down the Daytona Tortugas 4-2 on Wednesday night at TD Ballpark in game two of a six-game set. KEY PERFORMERS - RHP Troy Guthrie (6 IP,
Dunedin, FL – Alejandro Kirk homered in his Dunedin rehab debut and Troy Guthrie hurled six shutout frames as the Dunedin Blue Jays took down the Daytona Tortugas 4-2 on Wednesday night at TD Ballpark in game two of a six-game set.
KEY PERFORMERS
- RHP Troy Guthrie (6 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 2 BB, 8 K) fanned a career-high eight batters over six shutout frames to earn his first win of the season.
- Guthrie retired the first ten batters of the game in order.
- RHP Yimi Garcia (1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 1 K) fired a no-hit 7th inning with a strikeout and topped out at 96 MPH in his first MLB rehab outing for Dunedin.
- DH Alejandro Kirk (1-for-2, HR, RBI, R, BB) launched an opposite-field solo homer in the 3rd inning in his Dunedin rehab debut.
- His solo blast left the bat at 97 MPH.
- All three MLB position players who have rehabbed with Dunedin this season (Kirk, Addison Barger, Nathan Lukes) have homered at TD Ballpark.
- 3B Juan Sanchez (2-for-3, 2B, R, BB) extended his hit streak to seven games with his second straight multi-hit game.
- His 3rd inning single was scorched at 104.1 MPH.
- Over his last 14 games, the Blue Jays No. 6 prospect is batting .375 with two homers and 10 RBI.
- RF Blaine Bullard (1-for-5, HR, RBI, R) lifted a solo homer in the 1st to open the scoring, his sixth long ball of the season.