DUNEDIN, Fla. (Interstat) — Brandon Barriera struck out six over four hitless innings and Brayden Heidel allowed one earned run over three relief innings as the Dunedin Blue Jays beat the Tampa Tarpons 8-3 on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at TD Ballpark.

Dunedin scored single runs in the second, third and fourth innings, then broke open the game with three runs in the sixth. After Tampa scored twice in the top of the eighth to make it 6-3, the Blue Jays answered with two in the bottom half, including Ryan Cooney’s solo homer. Giaconino Lasaracina drove in three runs, and Dameury Pena went 3 for 4 with an RBI.

Dunedin collected nine hits while Tampa managed two. Diego Castellanos had an RBI in the fifth, and the Tarpons added two runs in the eighth on a throwing error. Sabier Marte took the loss.

Heidel earned the win to improve to 1-2. Marte fell to 0-2. Dunedin improved to 52-57, while Tampa dropped to 61-47. Attendance was 440, and the game lasted 2:19.