Bradenton, FL – The Dunedin Blue Jays put the go-ahead run in scoring position down to their final out but couldn't complete the comeback in a 7-5 loss to the Bradenton Marauders on Saturday night at LECOM Park in game four of a six-game set.
The loss came in game one of a scheduled doubleheader. Game two was suspended due to inclement weather with the score tied 1-1 after five innings and will resume at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday before the originally scheduled nine-inning series finale.
KEY PERFORMERS
- LHP Giacomo Taschin (3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 4 BB, 1 K) allowed only one run on one hit across three frames in his sixth Class-A start.
- RHP Yimi Garcia (1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 1 K) fired a perfect 4th inning with a strikeout on 14 pitches (8 strikes) on MLB Rehab Assignment.
- 3B Juan Sanchez (1-for-3, 2 RBI, 2B) opened the scoring with a two-run double in the 1st inning at 101.6 MPH off the bat.
- In six games since the All-Star break, Sanchez is batting .333 with two home runs and six RBI.
- Six of his last nine hits have gone for extra-bases.
- CF Jake Cook (2-for-3, RBI, 2 R, BB) smacked a pair of hits including an RBI single in the 7th.
- Over his last 13 games, Cook is batting .380 with a .936 OPS.
- He’s hit safely in three straight and reached base in 11 straight.
- RF Blaine Bullard (2-for-4, SB) extended his on-base streak to 14 games with a two-hit night, including an RBI single in the 7th.
- Across his 14 game on-base streak, Bullard is batting .333 with two home runs and 18 RBI.
- Saturday marked Bullard’s team-leading 23rd multi-hit performance of the season.
- Bullard also stole his organization leading 32nd bag of the season.
- His 32 stolen bases are the most by a Dunedin player since Angel Del Rosario swiped 32 in 2022.