Dunedin Stays Undefeated At Home With Comeback Win
The Dunedin Blue Jays stayed undefeated at home on Wednesday evening at Dunedin Stadium, staging a seventh inning comeback to defeat the Fort Myers Miracle 8-4. With the win, the Blue Jays improve to 4-0 at home in 2018 and pull even at 6-6 overall on the season.Dunedin took an
The Dunedin Blue Jays stayed undefeated at home on Wednesday evening at Dunedin Stadium, staging a seventh inning comeback to defeat the Fort Myers Miracle 8-4. With the win, the Blue Jays improve to 4-0 at home in 2018 and pull even at 6-6 overall on the season.
Dunedin took an early 1-0 lead against Fort Myers starter LHP
Fort Myers answered in the top of the third, using a double by
The Miracle scored again in the fourth, stringing together three singles for a run, and added two more runs in the fifth on three singles, a sacrifice fly, and a passed ball to take a take a 4-1 lead.
Dunedin began battling back in the fifth. Gudino led off the inning with a walk and advanced to third on a double by rehabbing OF
Dunedin starter RHP
After six strong innings from Murphy, RHP
The Jays offense broke out in the seventh inning, scoring five times on four hits to give Dunedin a commanding late lead. Warmoth walked to lead off the inning and scored when 3B
With two runners on, LF
With the lead in hand, relievers RHP
Offensively, Dunedin's eight runs and 12 hits were new season highs for the team. Pompey led the squad with three hits, two doubles, two RBIs, and a run scored, raising his batting average during his rehab assignment with Dunedin to .400. Jones, Adams, and Knight each had two hits apiece in the game, and Gudino knocked in a pair of runs out of the ninth spot in the batting order.
The win brings Dunedin's overall record to .500 on the season at 6-6 and drops Fort Myers a game below .500 at 6-7. The two teams will complete their three game series at Dunedin Stadium tomorrow evening at 6:30 PM. RHP