Home Crowd Wills Bradenton to 4-1 Win

BRADENTON, FL - In the middle game of a series bouncing back and forth between Clearwater and Bradenton, the Marauders scored all four of their runs from the fifth inning on against the Dunedin Blue Jays in a victory on Zoo Night and Girl Scout Night at LECOM Park.

   After the visitors plated their only run in the very first inning on a pair of hits, RHP Cody Bolton went scoreless through the next five innings while allowing only one more Blue Jay hit and recording a new season-high eight punch outs. RHP Drew Fischer earned his first hold of the year over a perfect seventh inning, and RHP Luis Escobar matched him with a three-up, three-down performance in his lone frame of work in the eighth. RHP Joel Cesar earned his third save in three tries while allowing his first two hits against so far this season, but got the game-tying run to fly out with two runners on to clinch the victory.

   Offensively, 3B Dylan Busby continued his hot stretch after a pair of homers last night with two extra base hits including an eighth inning triple to right field. OF Daniel Amaral was also excellent in the victory, going a perfect two for two at the dish with a first inning triple, his first of the season. Bradenton plated two runs in the fifth inning on a single hit, and scored a run each in the seventh and the eighth en route to their eighth win of the year through the first ten games. 

   Bradenton travels back to Jack Russell Stadium in Clearwater tomorrow to take on the Blue Jays, with a 1 pm start time scheduled between LHP Domingo Robles in his third start of the year against RHP Nate Pearson for Dunedin. Catch all the action with Matt Neverett on the Bradenton Marauders Baseball Network by visiting BradentonMarauders.com, TuneIn Radio, MiLB.tv, or the MiLB First Pitch app!