Late Rally Not Enough for Bradenton in 11-6 Loss to Dunedin

Late Rally Not Enough for Bradenton in 11-6 Loss to Dunedin

Dunedin, Fla. – Despite 10 hits, including five for extra bases, the Bradenton Marauders fell 11-6 to the Dunedin Blue Jays on Thursday night at TD Ballpark.

Konnor Griffin finished the night 4-for-5 with an RBI, marking his second four-hit game of the year and twelfth multi-hit performance. Braylon Bishop also notched three hits, including two doubles, while driving in two runs.

Bradenton struck first in the top of the first, when Griffin led off with a single to center and Bishop doubled him in on a sharp grounder to right.

With Bradenton leading 1-0 in the bottom of the second, Dunedin grabbed the lead on a two-out, two-run single by Yhoangel Aponte that pushed the Blue Jays ahead 2-1.

Dunedin struck for two more runs in each of the third and fourth innings to push their lead to 8-1.

In the top of the fifth, Griffin grounded a one-out single to center, and scored later in the inning on an error after a Bishop single.

Trailing 8-2 with two away, Severino blasted solo homer to left center that cut the deficit to 8-3. Severino has now homered twice in the series and four times on the year.

After Dunedin tacked on three more in the bottom of the sixth to make it 11-3, Bradenton made one last push in the top of the seventh, when Mendez led off the inning by reaching on a throwing error.

With one out, Griffin cracked an RBI double to left center to score Mendez and make it 11-4. Bishop and Severino followed with back-to-back RBI doubles to cap scoring at 11-6.

With the loss, the Marauders fell to 15-20 while Dunedin moved to 22-14. The two return to TD Ballpark tomorrow night for game four of the series with first pitch set for 6:30 p.m. Coverage begins at 6:15 p.m. on the Marauders Broadcast Network.