Sarasota Reds vs Dunedin Blue Jays

Rafael Gonzalez on the mound for the Sarasota RedsDunedin, Florida: The Sarasota Reds held off a late inning charge by the Dunedin Blue Jays to walk away with a 6-4 on Saturday night at Knology Park. The Reds took the lead first and never relinquished the lead to earn the road win.

The Reds broke the scoreless tie in the top of the fourth inning. Drew Stubbs led off the inning with a triple to right field. Carson Kainer plated the run with a ground out to third, scoring Stubbs. Jason Louwsma would then follow with a double to center. Louwsma would move to third on ground out by Justin Tordi and then later score on an RBI single by Anthony Esquer to give the Reds a 2-0 lead.

The Reds would add another run to their total in the top of the sixth inning. The inning once again got started with an extra base hit by Stubbs, this time a double to left. Stubbs would steal third and then score on an RBI single by Louwsma to increase the lead to 3-0.

The Blue Jays picked up their first run in the bottom of the sixth inning. David Smith doubled to center to get things going. Brian Dopirak would drive home the run with an RBI single to score Smith and pull the D-Jays to within two runs of the lead 3-1.

The Reds pushed across another run in the top of the seventh inning. Chris Heisey reached base after being hit by a pitch to lead off the inning. Heisey stole second base and would later score on an error to extend the lead to 4-1.

Both clubs would exchange runs in the eighth inning. In the top of the inning it was an RBI single by Esquer to score Kainer to put a run on the board for Sarasota. Then in the bottom half, Smith drove home Sean Shoffit to put a Blue Jay run on the board. The score was 5-2 at the end of the eighth inning.

Sarasota would pick up one more run on the night in the top of the ninth inning. Turner struck a line drive double to left to lead off the inning. He would advance to third on a single by Valaika and then scored on a ground out by Juan Francisco to give the Reds a 6-2 lead.

The Blue Jays tried to mount a rally in the bottom of the ninth inning. Cory Patton homered to right to lead off the inning. Jesus Gonzalez followed by hitting a double to the right field corner. Gonzalez would advance to third and then later score on two wild pitches by the Reds closer Sean Watson. Watson would recover by striking out Shoffit to end the inning and nail down the 6-4 victory for the Reds.

Rafael Gonzalez picked up the win for the Reds and Watson the save.

Click on the photo above for pictures from the Reds/Blue Jays game.

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