Blue Jays Minor League Baseball Blog

Adrian Martin fell to 3-2 on the season in Dunedin’s 5-4 loss despite a decent start.  He gave up two runs on three hits with five strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.

Eric Nielsen went two for five with two RBIs.  Kyle Philips went two for four with a double and a run.

Josh Kreuzer came up huge for Dunedin with a walk off, three run homer in the bottom of the win to push Dunedin to a 3-2 win over Vero Beach.  Prior to that, Dunedine had been shut down by three different Vero Beach pitchers.  Eric Nielsen and Carlo Cota each had two singles and they both scored on Kreuzer’s homerun.

Adrian Martin picked up the win by pitching a shutout ninth inning.  He gave up a hit and Brandon Magee gave up just one run in seven solid innings in a nice start.

Dunedin beat Lakeland 5-3 and the big hit of the game was a seventh inning, two run homer by David Corrente.  Eric Nielsen also hit a homerun and he drew two walks.

A.J. Wideman had a nice start although he didn’t get a decision.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on eight hits and one walk with three strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.  Orlando Trias picked up the win and he improved to 5-5 on the season.

Everyone was a hitting star in Dunedin’s 20-5 pasting of the Cubs.  The scored was 18-3 after just five innings before Dunedin cooled off. In all, they picked up 26 hits as a team.  David Corrente homered twice and drove in four runs, Eric Nielsen went five for five and he drove in five runs while Carlo Cota went five for five with four RBIs.

A.J. Wideman improved to 3-1 with a decent start.  He gave up three runs on five hits and one walk with three strikeouts in six innings.

Dunedin shutout Brevard County 4-0 and A.J. Wideman provided most of the great pitching.  He gave up five hits and a walk with five strikeouts in seven shutout innings and the win improves his record to 2-1 on the season.

Eric Nielsen went two for four with a double and two RBIs.  Josh Kreuzer went one for three with a homerun and he scored two runs.

Josh Kreuzer had a big game in Dunedin’s 6-4 win over Fort Myers.  He went two for three with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  Eric Nielsen also had a nice game and he went three for four with an RBI and a run.

John Thomson picked up the win and he improved to 1-0.  He gave up four runs (one earned) on five hits with five strikeouts in seven innings.

Orlando Trias picked up his first win of the season in a solid seven inning outing for Dunedin.  He gave up one run on five hits and a walk with three strikeouts.

Jacob Butler went yard for the third time this season with a solo homer in the third inning.  Eric Nielsen went two for four with a double, a run and an RBI in the 3-1 win.

Clearwater took a 3-0 lead into the seventh inning when the Blue Jays bats finally woke up.  Three runs in the seventh tied it and then two more in the ninth won it as Dunedin won their second straight game.

Anthony Hatch and Eric Nielsen led the way at the plate.  Hatch went two for four with a triple, two RBIs and two runs.  Nielsen went two for five with a double and two RBIs.

Russ Savicaks got the start and he gave up the three runs in 5 1/3 innings.  The pen picked him up though and three relievers combined for 3 2/3 shutout innings of one hit ball.

Orlando Trias had a tough first inning in which he gave up three and then a tough final frame in which he gave up two runs.  On top of that, he struck out just one in 5 1/3 innings of work.  Brandon Magee was pounded as well. He gave up four runs on five hits and he got just one batter out.

Eric Nielsen had a solid game at the plate.  He went two for four with a double and a run.  Josh Kruezer doubled, scored and drove a run.