Ramon Homers, Lead Slips Away Late in 7-5 Loss

Dunedin, FL – The Dunedin Blue Jays couldn’t hold an early 4-0 advantage, falling 7-5 to the Jupiter Hammerheads in game three of their six-game set on Thursday at TD Ballpark.

After Dayne Pengelly and Keyner Benitez traded scoreless frames to open the night, Dunedin broke through with a four-run 5th to open the scoring and take the lead. Jupiter responded with two runs in the 8th before erupting for five in the 9th, batting around to seize a 7-4 lead. The Blue Jays put the tying run on base with nobody out in the bottom of the 9th, but a game-ending double play cut the comeback short.

KEY PERFORMERS

• RHP Dayne Pengelly (3.2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 4 BB, 3 K) hurled 3.2 shutout frames with one hit and three strikeouts, extending his scoreless streak to 10 innings.
• RHP Yondrei Rojas (1.1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K) retired all four batters he faced including three strikeouts in his first outing on Minor League Rehab Assignment.
• LF Dariel Ramon (2-for-3, HR, 3 RBI, BB, SB) launched a three-run homer in the 5^th to open the scoring, his third homer of the season.
  • After not leaving the yard over the first 150 games of his professional career, Ramon has launched three homers in his last 10 games with 9 RBI.
  • Over his last 10 games, Ramon is batting .323 with 3 HR and a 1.139 OPS.
  • Ramon tallied his fifth multi-hit game and third multi-RBI game of the season.
• CF Blaine Bullard (2-for-4, RBI, 3 SB) tallied a pair of hits including an RBI single in the 5^th.
  • He’s 5-for-13 (.385) over the first three games of the series vs. Jupiter, with an RBI in each of the first three contests.
  • Bullard also stole three bases, the most in a game by a Blue Jay this season, and now has 14 bags in his last nine games.

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