Late Rally Falls Short In Stroman Start
The fans at Dunedin Stadium on Wednesday night were treated to a trio of rehabbing Major League stars in game three of Dunedin and Charlotte's four-game set at Dunedin Stadium. RHP Marcus Stroman took the mound for the Blue Jays on rehab from Toronto, facing off against Tampa CF Kevin
The fans at Dunedin Stadium on Wednesday night were treated to a trio of rehabbing Major League stars in game three of Dunedin and Charlotte's four-game set at Dunedin Stadium. RHP
Stroman was strong early in his first official outing since being placed on the disabled list on May 11th with shoulder fatigue. He faced the minimum in the first two innings before walking a pair in the third. He held the Stone Crabs hitless until the fourth inning when top prospect
Dunedin spotted Stroman with an early run, but wasn't able to score again until the ninth inning. They got on the scoreboard in the second when 1B
After the Sanchez home run gave the Stone Crabs the lead in the fourth, Charlotte scored one time against each of Dunedin's four relief pitchers in the game. RHP Jonny Cheshire allowed a run in the fifth when Kiermaier tripled to the left field gap and Hechavarria followed with a single. LHP
In the eighth, Robbie Tenrowicz led off with a single against Dunedin RHP
Palacios hit his second triple of the game in the ninth against RHP
The Blue Jays would not go down quietly, scoring four times in the bottom of the ninth before stranding the tying and winning runs on base. CF Joshua Palacios led off the inning with a single and advanced to third when Smith followed with a double. After a strikeout and a lineout recorded by reliever
RF
The Blue Jays outhit the Stone Crabs in the game 10-8 but came up short on the scoreboard. Palacios, Clemens, and Pinto each had two hits for Dunedin. While Smith's streak of six straight multi-hit games came to an end, his double in the second extended his hit streak to seven games and raised his Dunedin average to .351.
The Blue Jays and Stone Crabs will finish their four-game set tomorrow evening at Dunedin Stadium in the final game before the Florida State League All-Star Game. The first 1,000 fans at tomorrow's game will take home an exclusive Vladimir Guerrero Jr./Sr. Bobblehead. LHP