The Dunedin Blue Jays swept the Lakeland Flying Tigers in a doubleheader at TD Ballpark on July 11, winning 7-3 and 6-5 behind a go-ahead grand slam from Juan Sanchez and a walk-off single from Jake Cook.

Sanchez's grand slam salvages suspended opener

Game one was the resumption of a contest suspended July 10 in the top of the fifth inning with Dunedin trailing 1-0. The Blue Jays fell behind 2-0 before Sanchez, an 18-year-old ranked as Toronto's No. 7 prospect, crushed a grand slam in the seventh inning that left his bat at 104.8 mph. The blast gave Dunedin a 6-2 lead and propelled the team to a 7-3 win. Sanchez finished game one 1-for-7 (across both dates of the suspended game) with four RBI, a run scored and a walk.

Cook set the table in the opener with a pair of infield singles, beating out ground balls with sprint speeds of 30.5 and 30.3 feet per second to score two runs.

Right-hander Carson Messina pitched 3 1/3 innings in the July 10 start before the suspension, allowing one run (zero earned) on one hit with three strikeouts.

Cook's walk-off completes sweep in nightcap

The nightcap was scheduled for seven innings. Right-hander Denis Samudio retired the first nine batters he faced, struck out the side in the second inning and finished with a career-high nine strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on five hits.

Center fielder Blaine Bullard ripped a bases-clearing three-run double at 100.5 mph to stake Dunedin to an early 4-0 lead. But Lakeland clawed back to tie it 5-5.

With two outs and two strikes in the eighth inning, Cook lined a walk-off single up the middle with the bases loaded to seal the 6-5 win. It was Cook's second walk-off of the season and Dunedin's seventh walk-off victory of 2026, its second in the last three games. Cook finished the doubleheader 3-for-7 with three RBI, three runs scored and a walk.

Bullard earns FSL Player of the Week honors

Bullard's monster week earned him Florida State League Player of the Week honors for July 7-12, according to the league. The 19-year-old, selected by Toronto in the 12th round of the 2025 MLB Draft out of Klein Cain High School in Texas with a record $1,697,500 bonus for that round, went 9-for-20 (.450) with two home runs, 11 RBI and a 1.420 OPS across six games against Lakeland. He became the first position player and third Dunedin player to earn the weekly honor in 2026, joining right-handers Dylan Watts and Nolan Perry.

In his professional debut season, Bullard is batting .268/.340/.423 across 73 games with eight home runs and ranks among FSL leaders with 45 RBI (tied for seventh), 78 hits (tied for fourth), 123 total bases (fifth) and 30 stolen bases (second).

Blue Jays return home after all-star break for Threshers series

The Blue Jays return to TD Ballpark after the FSL All-Star break for a three-game series against the Clearwater Threshers, the Philadelphia Phillies' Single-A affiliate, beginning July 18 at 6:30 p.m.