Three-Run 8th Sparks Another Comeback Win
July 27, 2016 - Florida State League (FSL1)
Dunedin Blue Jays News Release
DUNEDIN, FL - The Dunedin Blue Jays (20-13) scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth to erase another late deficit against the Lakeland Flying Tigers (10-20). C Mike Reeves singled in the deciding run with two outs in the inning, one of his four hits while three other Jays collected three knocks on the night in their 10-9 win.
CF Anthony Alford's first three plate appearances resulted in extra-base hits. Alford tripled in the first and second innings, becoming the first D-Jay with multiple triples in a game this season. Alford's hits, along with a LF Jonathan Davis triple and more, cushioned Dunedin's early 6-0 lead for RHP Conor Fisk.
Fisk did not allow a run until the fifth where 1B Wade Hinkle took him deep to put Lakeland on the board. A pair of base hits and a pair of groundouts later, the Flying Tigers had cut the lead in half, 6-3. After a C Kade Scivicque leadoff double an inning later, LF Christin Stewart connected for his FSL-leading 23rd home run of the season to cut Dunedin's lead to one.
Lakeland finally captured the lead with a four-run eighth. RHP Adonys Cardona hit 99 on the radar gun for the first time in 2016, but he allowed five straight baserunners on a walk and four singles, including 3B Zac Shephard's which tied the game. With the infield in, CF Ismael Salgado chopped a ball over everyone's head into left field to give Lakeland an 8-7 lead.
RHP Dusty Isaacs (W, 1-0) relieved Cardona and recorded three big outs with a pair of runners on base after giving up a run-scoring double. The Jays went to the bottom of the eighth down a pair.
SS Richard Urena led off the inning with a solo home run to bring the Jays a run closer. After a Davis infield single, 3B Gunnar Heidt smashed a double off the left field wall to tie the game. With Heidt at third and two down, Reeves collected his fourth hit, a rolling single through the hole in right, putting Dunedin up 10-9. All three runs were charged to RHP Confesor Lara (BS, 2 & L, 2-2).
Dunedin looks for the series sweep on Thursday night with RHP Chris Rowley facing LHP Matt Hall at 6:30 pm. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.
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