Gaxiola, Williams Lead Offensive Charge in Saturday Split
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – The Dunedin Blue Jays split a Saturday doubleheader with the St. Lucie Mets, taking game one, 9-2, before dropping game two, 11-4. Dunedin’s game one victory marked its third straight win and second consecutive victory by at least seven runs. KEY PERFORMERS - RHP Trace
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – The Dunedin Blue Jays split a Saturday doubleheader with the St. Lucie Mets, taking game one, 9-2, before dropping game two, 11-4.
Dunedin’s game one victory marked its third straight win and second consecutive victory by at least seven runs.
KEY PERFORMERS
RHP Trace Baker (2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 1 K) earned his first professional win in game one, firing two scoreless innings in relief.
- Baker has opened his pro career with four scoreless frames and five strikeouts.
3B Aldo Gaxiola (2-for-5, HR, 3 RBI, 2B, R, BB) socked a solo homer in the 1st inning of game one for his first hit of the season, then smoked a go-ahead two-run double in the 4th to give Dunedin a 4-2 lead.
Gaxiola’s two-run double left his bat at 110.7 MPH, the hardest hit ball by a Blue Jay this season. Only eight FSL players have hit a ball harder in 2026. Dunedin batters recorded just one hit in all of 2025 over 110.7 MPH.
Gaxiola’s two-hit, three RBI performance in game one snapped an 0-for-17 skid to open the season.
1B Peyton Williams (3-for-7, 3 RBI, 2 2B, 2 R) lined a two-run double in the 5th inning of game one, then added an RBI double in the 1st inning of game two as part of a two-hit night.
Williams has hit safely in five of six games for Dunedin this season and has reached base in all six.
His six RBI this season are T-5th most in the FSL while his nine hits are T-3rd.
RF Yorman Licourt (2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB) crushed a two-run homer in the 1st inning of game two for his FSL-leading third long-ball of the season.
Each of Licourt’s first three hits this season left the ballpark before a 3rd inning single in game two.
He is one of two Class-A players with three homers this season.
Licourt’s 3rd inning single left his bat at 108.2 MPH.
Licourt has reached base in all six games this season.
CF Austin Smith (2-for-4, 2 R, 3B) singled and scored in the 1st inning of game two, then tripled and scored in the 7th inning for his first professional three-bagger.