Cook’s First Pro Homer Caps 15-Run Outburst

Ft. Myers, FL – The Dunedin Blue Jays erupted for a season-high 15 runs on a season-high 16 hits to defeat the Ft. Myers Mighty Mussels 15-5 on Saturday night at Hammond Stadium in game five of a six-game set.

All nine Dunedin starters scored a run, eight recorded a hit, and six posted multi-hit games. The Blue Jays' 10-run victory marked their largest margin of victory this season.

KEY PERFORMERS

• RHP Silvano Hechavarria (5 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 1 BB, 1 K) fired five scoreless frames to earn up the win.
  • Hechavarria picked up his second straight victory and has allowed one run on eight hits over his last two starts spanning 10 innings.
• SS JoJo Parker (4-for-6, 2 RBI, 2 R, 3B) tallied a career-high four hits, highlighted by a two-run triple in the 3^rd for his first professional three-bagger.
• 3B Juan Sanchez (2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2B, BB) doubled home a run in the 3^rd before adding a sacrifice fly in the 9^th.
  • The Blue Jays No. 6 prospect also lined out at 107.9 MPH.
  • Sanchez has hit safely in five straight and 12 of his last 13 games.
  • Over his last 17 games, Sanchez is batting .382 with two home runs, 14 RBI, and a 1.074 OPS
• CF Jake Cook (1-for-4, HR, 4 RBI, R) launched a grand slam in the 9^th for his first professional home run.
  • The grand slam left his bat at 101.3 MPH.
  • It was the first grand slam by a Blue Jay this season and the club’s first since Eddie Micheletti Jr. on 8/25/24 @ CLR.
• 1B Brock Tibbitts (2-for-4, 3 RBI, 2B, R) recorded his first multi-hit and multi-RBI games with Dunedin since returning from the injured list.

BOX SCORE