LAKE WALES, Fla. – The Royals continue to prove powerful at home flexing their bats with 10 hits and 13 runs over the Sand Sharks of South Carolina Beaufort who had 4 hits off 3 runs. Rafael Astacio hit a solo homerun to the opposite field and Jesse Haney and Alker registered 3 RBI a piece.

GAME RECAP WU 13, USCB 3

The Royals jumped out early plating 2 off a Jesse Haney single up the middle. The Sand Sharks answered in the top of the 2^nd with an RBI single of their own from Triplett. The Royals added 5 more runs in a huge bottom of the 2^nd. Cole Parks hit into a fielders choice that scored Rafael Astacio. Haney then drew a walk that forced in Xanders Vazquez with bases loaded. Jesse Alker stood in and burned the left fielder for a double that knocked in Haney, Junior Fermin, and Parks. The game went scoreless until Astacio led things off in the bottom of the 6^th with an opposite field solo homerun. Later in the inning, Fermin shot a single into left field that scored Vazquez. A Wild pitch with bases loaded forced in Rio Russell. Mick Tinny then hit a sacrifice fly ball out to right field that scored Fermin. Another wild pitch scored Haney. Derek Deler then shot a double into left center that scored Alker. The Royals jumped out to a 13-1 lead in the bottom of the 6^th. Faced with their last chance the Sand Sharks mounted up 2 runs in the top of the 7^th, but it was not enough to stop the Royals as the game ended in a 7 inning mercy rule 13-3.

The Royals played their 22^nd home game in a row, during which they were 13-9 winning the 33^rd Annual Warner Invitational. Today's win gives them a winning streak of three, they last fell to NCAA D-II Purdue University-Northwest. The Royals will play their 23^rd and 24^th home games again tomorrow finishing out the series against the Sand Sharks.