Clearwater, FL – Vladimir Guerrero Jr. smacked an RBI double on MLB Rehab while Jake Cook enjoyed a four-hit night as the Dunedin Blue Jays defeated the Clearwater Threshers 7-4 on Thursday night at BayCare Ballpark in game four of a seven-game series.
KEY PERFORMERS
- RHP Dax Dathe (2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 4 K) fired scoreless 8th and 9th innings with four strikeouts to lock down his second professional save.
- DH Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (1-for-1, 2B, RBI, R, 2 BB) lined an RBI double in the 1st at 98.8 MPH off the bat and walked twice in his first MLB Rehab game with Dunedin.
- RF Jake Cook (4-for-5, HR, RBI, 3 R, HBP, SB) tallied a career-high four hits including a game-tying solo blast in the 4th, his fourth homer of the year.
- The Blue Jays No. 23 prospect has multiple hits in three of his last five contests, over which he’s batting .391 with a 1.183 OPS.
- Cook is the fourth Blue Jay to record a four-hit game this season.
- 3B Aldo Gaxiola (2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI) crushed a go-ahead solo blast 108.2 MPH, 419 ft. to center field in the 5th for his 13th homer of the year.
- Gaxiola has homered twice in his last four games.
- He’s batting .356 with three home runs and a 1.045 OPS through 13 games in August.
- Across 15 games vs. Clearwater this season, Gaxiola is hitting .350 with five home runs and a 1.076 OPS.