Announcement
A long day at the park came to an end when the Royals scored seven runs with two outs in the bottom of the fifth to take end the scoring for the day and pull out an 11-8 victory over the Tigers.
With two outs in the bottom of the fifth and Hayden Gerloff on first base, Zach Milligan was hit by pitch followed by a walk to Sam Houle to load the bases. Brett Schulwolf lined a ball to the shortstop that was mishandled at second base leading to a score. Steven Davis then lined a double to the leftfield fence to clear the bases evening the game at 8. Ethan Richter was hit by a pitch to put two runners on. Markey Howlett lined a ball up the middle to score both runners. Markey scored to close the scoring in the fifth.
Zach pitched the final two innings relieving Ethan and Ryan Ludvik. Zach allowed no runs while striking out one and allowing two runners only.
At the plate, the team was lead by Sam Houle (2 hits and a walk), Zach (a single, walk and HBP), Stephen Davis (double, two walks and three RBIs), Markey Howlett (double and walk, three RBIs), Max Baker (single) and Sam Beasley (single). All of the Royals reached base on this hot day or put the ball in play. What a great offensive day where we see hardwork at home and at practice paying off.
Defensively, the Royals committed one error, but again remained solid on defense. We are continuing to work on the finer points of defense in practice, but today all of our players played two or three positions as we head toward mid-season where we will begin concentrating on one or two positions to master for each player.
The Royals return to action Tuesday night versus the Nationals. Go Royals!
