2015 DUNEDIN BLUE JAYS GAME NOTES Sunday, July 12 @ 5:00pm Dunedin Blue Jays (38-49/6-11) vs. Jupiter Hammerheads (40-47/5-12) Florida Auto Exchange Stadium ● Game #88/18 RH Jeff Hoffman (2-3, 3.47) vs. RH Drew Steckenrider (0-1, 4.91) 2015 AT A GLANCE Last Night at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium… Christian Lopes went 3-for-3 Vs. Jupiter in 2015 (8-4/4) with a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored to lead a 13-hit attack, as the D-Jays hung 5/26 Away L 3-4 Home Record: 23-22 on for a 6-4 victory over Jupiter to even the series at one. Leading 6-1 heading into 5/27 Away L 2-3 Road Record: 15-27 the eighth, Dunedin had to hold off a late rally by the Hammerheads. Jupiter 5/28 Away L 4-5 Daytime Record: 6-7 stranded five base runners in the final two innings. Aaron Sanchez, making a rehab 5/29 Away W 2-1 Night Record: 32-42 start, went two and two-thirds innings and allowed one run. Jeremy Gabryszwski 6/27 Home L 3-4 1-Run Game Record: 10-16 earned his team-leading sixth win with five innings in relief. Alberto Tirado recorded 6/28 Home W 6-4 2-Run Game Record: 7-4 the final four outs to pick up his third save. All nine Dunedin starters had hits. 6/29 Home 6:30pm 6/30 Home 6:30pm Current Streak: W1 Tonight’s Game… The D-Jays host the Jupiter Hammerheads, the Class-A 2015 Best Mark: 4-3 Advanced Affiliate of the Miami Marlins, in the third of a four-game series. This is 2015 Worst Mark: 37-49 Jupiter’s only visit to Dunedin this season. In late May, the Hammerheads won three First Half: 32-38 out of four over the D-Jays in Jupiter. Each game was decided by one run. Second Half: 6-11 Bottom Production… The bottom three hitters in Dunedin’s order last night (Lopes, April Record: 9-12 Loveless, and Medina) combined to reach base seven times and drove in four of the May Record: 12-17 six runs. June Record: 13-13 July Record: 4-7 Alford Doing it All… Anthony Alford went hitless in his first game with Dunedin. August Record: Since then, he is on a 14-game hitting streak and is 23-for-63 (.365) with 10 extra BLUE JAYS VS. FSL September Record: base hits (1-HR, 6-2B, 3-3B) six RBIs, and four stolen bases. Prior to his promotion, Total Home Away he was a Mid-Season All-Star with Lansing (.293 AVG, .418 OBP in 50 games) and Bradenton 2-2 2-2 vs. North Division: 26-31 had a 33-game on base streak to begin the season. Brevard Count. 7-5 4-2 3-3 vs. South Division: 12-18 Charlotte 2-2 2-2 vs. AL Affiliates: 18-18 Nay’s Nice Half… After hitting .218 in the first half (65 games), Mitch Nay is 23-for- vs. NL Affiliates: 20-31 55 (.418 AVG) so far in the second half in 15 games. He has at least one hit in nine Clearwater 4-8 2-4 2-4 of his last 10 contests. On Dunedin’s recent road trip, he was 9-for-18. In this series, Daytona 3-6 1-2 2-4 Sunday Record: 6-4 he is 3-for-5 and has reached base in six of his eight plate appearances. Fort Myers 4-4 2-2 2-2 Monday Record: 8-3 Jupiter 2-4 1-1 1-3 Tuesday Record: 1-12 Historic Marathon… The 21-inning contest between the D-Jays and Lakeland that Lakeland 5-7 4-2 1-5 Wednesday Record: 5-8 began last Sunday and ended Monday was the longest game (by innings) in the Thursday Record: 6-8 minor leagues this season. Dunedin took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on Palm Beach 1-3 1-3 Friday Record: 5-6 Matt Dean’s RBI ground out and did not score for the next 20 innings. Lakeland’s St. Lucie 1-3 1-3 Saturday Record: 7-8 first run came in the sixth. Dunedin pitchers walked two and struck out 20 in the Tampa 7-5 4-2 3-3 game. The D-Jays were 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position and stranded 13, TOTAL 38-49 23-22 15-27 D-Jays Score First: 29-12 while Lakeland was 1-for-12 and left 14 on base. There were no errors in the Opp. Scores First: 9-37 contest. The game lasted five hours and eight minutes, with a delay of one hour and 19 minutes. It was suspended in the 17th inning due to rain. Lead Entering 7th: 32-2 Tied Entering 7th: 3-5 Bombs Away For Rowdy… Rowdy Tellez hit long solo home runs in three Trail Entering 7th: 3-42 consecutive games from June 26-28 and drove in at least one run in his first five Lead Entering 8th: 28-2 games with Dunedin. On July 3, he hit a pair of two-run blasts. In 16 contests with Tied Entering 8th: 5-5 the D-Jays since his promotion from Lansing, he is 20-for-66 (.303 AVG) with five Trail Entering 8th: 2-41 home runs, 16 RBIs and nine runs scored. He had seven home runs and 19 BLUE JAYS LAST 10 (4-6) Lead Entering 9th: 29-2 doubles in 68 games with Lansing this year and was named a Mid-Season All-Star. 7/11 Jupiter W 6-4 Tied Entering 9th: 3-5 7/10 Jupiter L 3-4 Trail Entering 9th: 1-40 Lopes Lighting it Up… Christian Lopes has hits in 23 of 33 games since returning 7/9 at Daytona L 1-5 to the D-Jays from New Hampshire. He is 38-for-120 (.317 AVG) over that span with 7/8 at Daytona W 6-1 Shutouts: 4-6 nine doubles, a home run, and 18 RBIs. The D-Jays are 16-17 in those contests. 7/7 at Daytona L 1-3 Jays Not Hitting HR: 18-44 7/6 at Lakeland L 2-9 Jays HR in a Game: 20-5 Loving the Long Ball… The D-Jays are 20-5 this season when they hit a home run 7/5 at Lakeland L 1-2 (21) and just 18-44 when they do not hit a long ball. Their 33 home runs are tied for fifth 7/4 at Lakeland L 2-6 vs. RH Starter: 26-35 in the Florida State League. 7/3 Brevard County W 12-4 vs. LH Starter: 12-14 7/2 Brevard County W 6-1 Extra Innings: 2-6 Coming Through in the Clutch… In Dunedin’s 38 wins this season, they are Double-Headers: 5-3 hitting .328 with runners in scoring position (123-for-375) and have left 240 runners BLUE JAYS NEXT 10 Series Record: 7-13-6 on base (6.3 per game). In their 49 losses, they are hitting .183 with runners in 7/13 Jupiter 6:30pm scoring position (68-for-371) and have left 351 runners on base (7.2 per game). 7/15 at St. Lucie 6:30pm Scoring 4 or Less: 9-44 7/16 at St. Lucie 6:30pm 7/17 at St. Lucie 6:30pm Scoring 5 or More: 29-5 Odds and Ends… The D-Jays are 29-5 this season when they score five runs or more and 32-2 when leading after six innings… They are 29-12 when scoring first 7/18 at St. Lucie 6:30pm Allowing 4 or Less: 31-20 7/19 Daytona 5:00pm and 9-37 when the opponent does… Brady Dragmire has seven consecutive Allowing 5 or More: 7-29 7/20 Daytona 6:30pm scoreless relief appearances (11.2IP, 15K), dropping his ERA from 10.27 to 6.88… 7/21 Daytona 11:00am The D-Jays lost three consecutive one-run games to open the second half. They are 7/22 at Bradenton 1:00pm 10-16 in one-run games this season and have dropped their last seven. 7/23 at Bradenton 6:30pm UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS Monday 7/13 6:30pm vs. Jupiter RH Luis Santos (5-6, 5.08) vs. RH Jorgan Cavanerio (0-2, 5.91) Wednesday 7/15 6:30pm at St. Lucie RH Conner Greene (0-1, 4.09) vs. TBA Thursday 7/16 6:30pm at St. Lucie RH Sean Reid-Foley (0-1, 3.38) vs. TBA Friday 7/17 6:30pm at St. Lucie TBA vs. TBA BLUE JAYS STARTING PITCHER Blue Jays 1st round selection (9th overall) in the 2014 draft #30 JEFF HOFFMAN MISCELLANEOUS HT: 6’4’’ WT: 185 B/T: R/R This is his 1st professional season AGE: BORN: Ranked as the #3 prospect in the Blue Jays organization by BIRTHPLACE: Latham, NY Baseball America 22 1/18/1993 Full name is Jeffrey Robert Hoffman Selected out of East Carolina University in Greenville, NC...was a recreation and parks management major YR CLUB W L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB K He was East Carolina’s highest ever draft pick in the four major American sports 15 Dunedin (A+) 2 3 3.47 10 10 49.1 52 19 19 15 32 Spent three years at East Carolina...went 3-3 with a 2.94 ERA and 72 Ks in 2014 (10 starts, 67.1 IP, 20 walks) Went undrafted out of high school Underwent Tommy John surgery in early May 2014 Last start in college was in April 2014...struck out 16 against Middle Tennessee State (8IP, 3H, 0R, 1BB) Tossed 9.2 innings on 4/12/13 vs.