D-Jays Lose Third In A Row

The Bradenton Marauders improved their record to 12-9 with a 6-2 victory of the Dunedin Blue Jays on Thursday.

The Marauders broke open a scoreless tie with two runs in the sixth, seventh and ninth innings. 

D-Jay starter Asher Wojciechowski entered the sixth inning with a one-hit shutout, but three hits and two walks later, he would be done for the night.

Brett Lawrie started at third base for the Jays. Lawrie is "unofficially" rehabbing a hand fracture that has caused him to be out of the Las Vegas Triple-A lineup since May 31 — Unofficial rehab is because he was not on the Major League roster at the time of the injury. It happened days before he was to be called up to the Toronto Blue Jays for good.

Lawrie was traded to Toronto for pitcher Shaun Marcum on December 6, 2010. The six footer was selected 16th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft out of Langley, British Columbia. His minor league numbers were not overly impressive until this year. Before the injury he was hitting .354 with 15 home runs.

The 21-year-old is expected to play through the weekend before a decision is made on where he goes from here.

The Jays will try to snap their three-game losing streak when they face the Marauders on today (July 15) at . Dustin McGowan will start and throw anywhere from 45 to 50 pitches. Ryan Tepera will follow him.

Notes:

• Power-hitting Brad Glenn is on the disabled list with a lower body injury.
• An improbable double play occurred tonight when a hard ground ball ricochetted off the chest of shortstop Ryan Goins right to second baseman Ryan Schimpf, who stepped on second and relayed to first baseman John Talley.
• The Gulf Coast Blue Jays pitchers walked 10 batters and hit four more in losing 10-5 to the Gulf Coast Pirates. Shortstop Jorge Vega-Rosado and catcher Alexys Rodriguez each had three hits including doubles.