Gaxiola Reaches 10 Homers, Jays Swept in Twin Bill
Bradenton, FL – The Dunedin Blue Jays were walked off in both ends of a doubleheader on Sunday, falling 2-1 in game one and 7-5 in game two to the Bradenton Marauders at LECOM Park. Game one was the continuation of Saturday's suspended contest, resuming Sunday tied 1-1 after five
Bradenton, FL – The Dunedin Blue Jays were walked off in both ends of a doubleheader on Sunday, falling 2-1 in game one and 7-5 in game two to the Bradenton Marauders at LECOM Park.
Game one was the continuation of Saturday's suspended contest, resuming Sunday tied 1-1 after five innings before Bradenton walked it off in the bottom of the 7th.
In game two, Dunedin held three separate leads, including a two-run advantage in the 9th inning, but fell on a walk-off home run.
KEY PERFORMERS
- LHP Ricky Tiedemann (1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 2 K) stuck out a pair in a shutout inning of work in his first rehab outing with Dunedin.
- Tiedemann threw 18 pitches (11 strikes).
- His fastball topped out at 97.7 MPH and averaged 96.4 MPH.
- RHP Denis Samudio (4 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 2 BB, 8 K) fanned eight batters across four innings in game two, throwing a career-high 76 pitches.
- Samudio has struck out 22 batters across his last 12 innings spanning three starts.
- DH Jesus Sanchez (0-for-2, RBI, BB) gave the Blue Jays a 3-2 lead in the 7th inning of game two with a sacrifice fly to deep center field in his second MLB rehab game for Dunedin.
- 1B Aldo Gaxiola (2-for-4, HR, RBI, R) clubbed a game-tying solo homer in the 6th inning of game two, his team-leading 10th homer of the season.
- Gaxiola is the first Dunedin player to double-digit long balls since Arjun Nimmala and Christian Feliz in 2024.
- The opposite field blast was his first since 6/16 in Lakeland.
- Gaxiola had multi-hit performances in three of his four games played in Bradenton this week, over which he went 7-for-17 (.412) with six RBI.
- 2B Raimundo De Los Santos (1-for-4, HR, RBI, 2 R, BB) opened the scoring in the 3rd inning of game two with a solo shot to right field, his second home run of the series in Bradenton.
- After not leaving the yard in his first 162 professional games, De Los Santos has homered three times this season, all coming in his last 25 games.
- De Los Santos is batting .314 over his last 25 games with three homers and a .948 OPS.
- PH Enmanuel Bonilla (1-for-1, HR, 2 RBI, R) swatted a go-ahead, two-out, two-run homer in the 9th inning of the nightcap to give Dunedin a 5-3 lead.
- Bonilla is batting .286 in five games since being activated from the injured list with four RBI.