Bradenton, FL – Aldo Gaxiola drove in a career-high five runs and Juan Sanchez homered as the Dunedin Blue Jays defeated the Bradenton Marauders 10-9 on Tuesday night at LECOM Park in their series opener.
KEY PERFORMERS
- 1B Aldo Gaxiola (3-for-5, 5 RBI, 2B, 3B, 3 R) set a career-high with five RBI and matched a season-high with three hits.
- Gaxiola smacked an RBI triple at 104.5 MPH in the 2nd to put Dunedin on the board, added a two-run double at 112.8 MPH in the 7th, and extended the Blue Jays lead in the 9th with a two-run single.
- His 112.8 MPH double is the hardest hit ball by a Blue Jay this season.
- Three of his four balls in play were 100+ MPH off the bat.
- Gaxiola has hit five balls 110+ MPH this season, while no other Dunedin player has hit more than one ball in play 110 MPH.
- Despite missing nearly two weeks on the injured list, Gaxiola’s 47 RBI rank 2nd on the team and 8th in the FSL.
- Gaxiola also turned an unassisted double play to strand the bases loaded in the 9th and clinch the win.
- 3B Juan Sanchez (2-for-4, HR, RBI, 4 R, BB) launched a game-tying solo homer in the 6th, his seventh homer of the season.
- Sanchez has homered in back-to-back games and gone deep in three of his last six contests.
- The Blue Jays No. 7 prospect scored a career-high four runs.
- Tuesday marked his 14th multi-hit game of the season and his second over his last three contests.
- DH Enmanuel Bonilla (2-for-5, 2B) doubled as part of his fourth multi-hit game this season.
- Bonilla has hits in each of his first two games since being activated off the injured list.