Tarpons rally past Blue Jays behind Martin-Grudzielanek’s big night
TAMPA, Fla. (Interstat) — Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek went 3-for-3 with a home run and an RBI to lead the Tampa Tarpons to an 8-5 victory over the Dunedin Blue Jays on Wednesday at George M. Steinbrenner Field.
Dunedin surged ahead with a five-run fourth inning, highlighted by Juan Sanchez’s three-run homer and Jake Cook’s two-run double. But Tampa answered back in the bottom half with a run, then erupted for four in the sixth on Jackson Lovich’s two-run homer and a sacrifice fly. The Tarpons added another in the seventh.
Brian Arias (1-3) earned the win with 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief, allowing two hits and striking out two. Josh Tiedemann notched his fourth save, pitching a hitless ninth with one strikeout. Ramon Suarez (0-1) took the loss for Dunedin.
Santiago Gomez drove in three runs, and Jackson Lovich added two RBIs for Tampa. Sanchez finished with three RBIs for Dunedin, which fell to 13-22. Tampa improved to 17-18. Attendance was 1,475. Time of game was 3:00.