Blue Jays MiLB Recap: Fisher Cats come back big!

Dunedin Blue Jays @ Lakeland Flying Tigers (Win 7-6)

A late surge pushes the D-Jays by the Flying Tigers on Sunday.  A rough start for the D-Jays pitchers led to an early Tigers lead.  Tom Robson allowed 2 runs (1 earned) the first inning.  Robson had issues throwing strikes through his 3.2 innings as he threw 38-80 of his pitches for strikes and walked six.

Alonzo Gonzalez got three innings of work in and allowed just the one run on a Christin Stewart home run.  He allowed two hits and two walks while striking out two.  Chris Rowley was a roughed up in his lone inning of work, allowing four hits and three earned runs during his outing.  Jose Fernandez and Carlos Ramirez closed the door after the comeback for the D-Jays.

Pitching Grade:  C

The offence bashed the Flying Tigers bullpen in the late innings.  All seven D-Jays runs were scored after the 4th inning.

Michael Bourn played in his second game and recorded his first hit, stolen base, and RBI during the game out of the leadoff spot.  Danny Jansen picked up an RBI on a ground out and scored twice despite going 0-for-3 on the day.  Ryan McBroom collected an RBI and scored as he went 1-for-3.  Christian Lopes was the performer of the game though.  He hit a three-run homer in the 8th inning to put the D-Jays on top.

This would be the game winning home run and he also had another RBI and finished 2-for-4 on the day.  The D-Jays were able to take advantage of a wild Tigers pitching staff and gathered 10 walks and five hits.  This gave them plenty of base runners to work with but they were only 3-for-16 with runners in scoring position.

Offensive Grade:  B-

Line of the game – Christian Lopes 2-4 with a run scored, a 3 run homer, and 4 RBI

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Lansing Lugnuts vs Lake County Captains (Loss 5-11)

A pair of Lugnuts home runs were not enough to keep the Captains at bay Sunday.  The Captains hitters marched all over the Lugnuts pitchers in the early going and never let go of the lead.

Tayler Saucedo and the defence were saddled with all 11 of the runs during the first three innings.  Eight runs were charged to Saucedo during his 2.1 innings of work with eight hits, three walks, and two home runs.  The bullpen proved to be a workhorse in this match up, though.  Conor Fisk was first out of the pen and threw 2.2 innings of work, allowing just two hits and striking out four.  Starlyn Suriel, Dusty Isaacs, and Colton Turner combined for four innings of no-hit ball.  Isaacs would be the only pitcher in the final 4 innings to even allow a base runner.

Pitching Grade:  C+

On offence, the two home runs helped the Cats claw five runs together but it was just not enough to overcome the early large deficit.  Andrew Guillotte raked in a 3-for-4 performance with a two-run homer in the 6th.  He continues to impress and now holds a .340 batting average thus far this season.  Juan Kelly also hit a solo bomb in the 7th innings for his first of the season.  Josh Almonte also had a multi hit game and collected an RBI and scored a run in a 2-for-4 day.  The Captains were able to hold the lineup in check other than the home runs and punched out 10 Lugnuts during the game while walking five.

Offensive Grade – B-

Line of the game – Andrew Guillotte 3-4 with a run scored, a home run, and 2 RBI

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