LAKE WALES, Fla. – This afternoon the Warner Royals played host to the Florida National University Conquistadors in what was their 3^rdgame of the 2019 season. Thanks to a stellar pitching performance from senior Andres Fernandez and some high-powered offense, the Royals were able to come away with their 1^stwin of the year 10-3.
 

Warner Sports Information Players Of The Game

• #22 Andres Fernandez; 7.0 Innings pitched, 3 ER's, 8 K's
• #3 Trey Matthews; 2-4; 3 RBIs, 2 2B, 1 BB
• #8 Scott Fickas; 3-4, 4 Runs 4 Runs, 1 RBI, 1 BB

 
When asked how he felt about how he saw the ball today Scott Fickas replied, "I felt comfortable, I was seeing the ball well and it was good to be back in a game situation and see live pitching."
When asked what was different between this weekend and last weekend for the Royals Trey Matthews replied, "We came out with better confidence and jumped on them early, our pitchers were able to throw strikes and pound the zone and we played great defense behind them." 
 
1^stInning
FNU: 3 up, 3 down 
WARNER: Rio Russell singled to center and Scott Fickas singled to center to drive in Russell.
Fickas later scored on a base hit to 2^ndbase by Ronny Penalo.
 
2^ndInning
FNU: 1^st2 batters reached base safely on base hits; FNU triple scored both runs; a ground ball to short stop drove in the 3^rdrun for the Conquistadors; Warner ended the inning on a strike em out throw em out.
WARNER: 3 up; 3 down
 
3^rdInning
FNU: FNU had a 1 out single; Andres got the next 2 batters out onn a pop up to 3^rdand line out to CF.
WARNER: Leadoff single by Scott Fickas; Fickas advanced to 3^rdon an overthrow by the pitcher to 1^stbase on a pickoff attempt ; Ronny Penalo drew a walk with 1 out; Penalo stole 2^ndbase to get in scoring position; Josh Strickland drove in the tying run on a Sac Fly to left field; Penalo later scored on an error by the 2^ndbaseman for the 4^thrun of the game for the Royals. 
 
4^thInning
FNU: 3 up' 3 down.
WARNER: Leadoff single by Erich Jaquez; Rio Russell advanced Jaquez to 2^ndbase on a ground ball to 2^ndbase; Jaquez was stranded at 2^ndbase. 
 
5^thInning 
FNU: Andres Fernandez struck out the 1^stbatter; 1 out single by FNU; 5-4-3 inning ending double play.
WARNER: Trey Matthews drew a leadoff walk; Ronny Penalo grounded into a double play to end the inning.
 
6^thInning
FNU: Andres Fernandez struck out the 1^st2 batters and got the 3^rdbatter to ground out to short.
WARNER: Erich drew a 2 out walk; Jaquez was caught stealing to end the inning. 
 
7^thInning
FNU: 3 up; 3 down. 
WARNER: Rafael Astacio singled to right with 1 out; Astacio stole 2^nd; Scott Fickas singled to left to advance Astacio to 3^rd; Astacio scored the 5^thrun for the Royals on a pass ball; Trey Matthews hit a ground rule double to right center to score Fickas; Josh Strickland singled to left to bring home Strickland; Zachary Balogh scored the 8^thrun of the game, curtesy running for catcher Trey Matthews, on a pass ball; a 6-3 ground ball ended the inning for the Royals.
 
8^thinning
FNU: Joey Theune came in to pitch for the Royals; leadoff single to right field; Theune struck out the 2^ndbatter of the inning; 4-6-3 inning ending double play. 
WARNER: Xanders Vazquez pinch hit for Rio Russell and singled to center field with 1 out; Scott Fickas drew a 2 out walk; Trey Matthews hit a 2 out double to drive in the 9t and 10^thruns for the Royals. 
 
9^thInning 
FNU: Joey Theune struck out the 1^st2 batters; Warner shortstop made an error with 2 outs; Theune struck out the 4^thbatter to end the game.