May 28, 2022 – Florida State League (FSL) – Dunedin Blue Jays News Release
The Blue Jays defeated the St Lucie Mets 5-1 on Friday night to even the series
at two games apiece thanks to an early lead and some excellent pitching. Dahian
Santos made his fifth appearance and third start in May, wrapping up his dominant
month and holding the Mets lineup at bay. Santos looked strong yet again, going 4.2
innings and striking out nine. His only blemish came in the fifth inning when Mets 3B
Kevin Villavicencio hit a solo shot to put St. Lucie on the board.
Geison Urbaez took over the pitching duties after Santos walked the next batter
and continued to give Mets hitters fits. Urbaez, in just his second appearance for the
DJays this season, pitched three scoreless innings and struck out four, earning his first
win of the year. Urbaez made way for Braden Scott with two outs in the eighth, and
Scott continued the trend of great pitching. Scott didn’t allow a hit in his inning and a
third, and recorded his second save in as many opportunities.
Mets starter, Joel Diaz, got roughed up in the first inning of his Single-A debut,
allowing four runs, three of which came off the bat of a Damiano Palmegiani 3-run home
run. Palmegiani now has three home runs in his last six games and seven RBI’s in that
same stretch.
The Blue Jays tacked on one more run in the eighth on a Gabby Martinez RBI
single for some added insurance, and finished off the win, improving to 19-24 on the
season. Dunedin takes on St. Lucie for two more games at TD Ballpark before a short
road trip to Clearwater next week. First pitch on Saturday scheduled for 6:30 p.m where kids can run the bases after the game.
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