Sanchez homers in 5-4 loss to Jays

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (June 4, 2018) - Jesús Sánchez hit his seventh home run of the season Monday, but the Stone Crabs let a four-run lead get away in a 5-4 loss to the Dunedin Blue Jays at Charlotte Sports Park.  
Sanchez' first inning home run registered 403 feet to right field, landing on top of a two-story building. It extended the Charlotte lead to 3-0 after they had taken a 1-0 advantage on a Robbie Tenerowicz double and a Nate Lowe RBI single to center.
Still up by three in the bottom of the fourth, Lucius Fox doubled to deep center before Brendan McKay singled him to third. Tenerowicz followed with a sacrifice fly to center to extend the Charlotte lead to 4-0.
With the same score in the top of the fourth, Dunedin (22-32) got two runners on with an error and a walk before Josh Palacios made it 4-1 with an infield single to second. After another error brought home a second run, John La Prise singled up the middle to bring the score to 4-3.
Down by one in the fifth, Kevin Smith reached on an error before Bradley Jones crushed a two-run homer off the batters' eye in center to give Dunedin a 5-4 lead.
Blue Jays starter Zach Logue (1-0) put up three straight zeroes in the middle innings to get the win, allowing four runs over 6.1 frames, striking out five. Jake Fishman and Jackson McClelland went 2.2 scoreless innings of relief to finish off the game. McClelland notched his third save.
Stone Crabs starter Brock Burke (1-5) allowed five runs (one earned) on seven hits over five innings while striking out five. Ivan Pelaez and Spencer Jones combined for four shutout innings of relief.
The Stone Crabs will look to get even in the series Tuesday night at 6:35 p.m. Brendan McKay (2-1, 2.12) will make the start for Charlotte against Tayler Saucedo (3-3, 4.20) of Dunedin. Coverage begins at 6:20 p.m. on the Stone Crabs Baseball Network.