Dunedin, FL – Behind Juan Sanchez’s go-ahead grand slam in game one and Jake Cook’s walk-off winner in game two, the Dunedin Blue Jays swept a Saturday doubleheader against the Lakeland Flying Tigers at TD Ballpark, winning 7-3 and 6-5.
Game one was the continuation of Friday's suspended contest, resuming in the top of the 5th inning. Dunedin fell behind 2-0 before 18-year-old Blue Jays No. 7 prospect Juan Sanchez blasted a go-ahead grand slam in the 7th inning to propel the Blue Jays to a 7-3 victory.
Game two was a seven-inning contest in which Dunedin blew an early 4-0 lead before Jake Cook delivered a two-out, two-strike walk-off single to secure a 6-5 victory. The win marked Dunedin's seventh walk-off victory of the season and second in the last three games.
KEY PERFORMERS
- RHP Carson Messina (3.1 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 1 BB, 3 K) did not allow an earned run across 3.1 frames with three strikeouts before Friday’s suspension.
- RHP Denis Samudio (5.1 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 1 BB, 9 K) fanned a career-high nine batters across 5.1 frames in his night cap start on Saturday.
- Samudio opened the outing by retiring the first nine batters he faced including striking out the side in the 2nd.
- RF Jake Cook (3-for-7, 3 RBI, 3 R, BB) played hero in game two, lining a walk-off single up the middle with the bases loaded, two outs, and two strikes in the 8th.
- Cook’s game winner was his second walk-off winner of the season.
- Cook scored a pair of runs on a pair of infield singles in game one, beating out ground balls with elite sprint speeds of 30.5 and 30.3 feet per second.
- 3B Juan Sanchez (1-for-7, HR, 4 RBI, R, BB) blasted a go-ahead grand slam in the 7th inning of game one, giving the Blue Jays a 6-2 lead.
- Sanchez’s first career grand slam left the bat at 104.8 MPH.
- CF Blaine Bullard (1-for-6, 3 RBI, 2B, 3 BB, R) ripped a bases-clearing three-run double at 100.5 MPH to give Dunedin an early 4-0 lead in the night cap.
- Bullard has driven in a run in four of his last five games with eight RBI over his last five games.
- The Blue Jays No. 13 prospect is batting .375 over his last nine games with five extra-base hits and eight RBI during that stretch.