LAKE WALES, Fla. – Warner finished their 4 game series against the Judson Eagles by taking both games in today's double header by a combined score of 20-6.
With today's 2 wins the Royals have extended their win streak to 9 and have outscored opponents 87-29 during the 9 game stretch.
The Royals won game 1 today by a score of 8-2, hitting .346 as a team with 4 extra base hits.
Warner won game 2 by a score of 12-4, hitting .481 with 5 extra base hits and outscored the Eagles 44-10 in their 4 game series this week.
Both games today were scheduled for 7 innings.
GAME 1
Andres Fernandez made his 5
th start of the year on the mound for the Royals, Fernandez entered the day with a 2-2 record on the year and a 5.84 ERA.
Andres Fernandez came out and shut the Eagles down with a 7 pitch inning to start things off in the top of the 1
st.
Fernandez continued to pitch well from there, notching his 1
st complete game of the year on the mound and earning his 3
rd win of the season in the 8-2 victory. Fernandez struck out 8 Eagles batter, only giving up 6 hits in 7 innings pitched.
SID Players Of The Game
Andres Fernandez: CG, 7 IP, 8 K's
Ronny Penalo: 2-3; 2 Runs, 2 RBI, 3B
Warner kept the offense rolling into the 1
st game of today's double header, scoring 4 runs in the 1
st inning after the Eagles starting pitcher walked the bases loaded to open the bottom half of the inning and hits from
Ronny Penalo and
Trey Matthews.
The Royals added 2 more runs in the bottom of the 3
rd inning off a solo homerun from
Xanders Vazquez and another RBI single from
Trey Matthews.
Judson got on the board in the top of the 4
th inning when they knocked a single up the middle driving in 1 run.
Warner answered with 1 of their own in the bottom half of the 4
th off an
Alex Vazquez single to left field that scored
Alfred Brown.
Both teams tallied 1 more run in the 6
th inning; Judson's run came off a solo homrun and Warner added another homerun to their stats when
Deven Kirkland knocked his 1
st homerun of the year.
GAME 2
Jake Leiffer took the mound for the Royals in the 2
nd game of the day's double header. Leiffer entered the game with a 1-0 record and a 1.80 ERA on the year with 5 total appearances.
Jake Leiffer pitched 4 innings, struck out 6 and 1 ER before being relieved by
Tristan Starling. Starling struggled this afternoon, walking the bases loaded before being relieved by
Kody Smith in the 5
th inning.
Smith pitched 2 innings, striking out 5 batters before passing the ball off to
Taylor Briggs, who came in a shut the door on the day for the Royals, pitching the 7
th inning of game 2, producing 2 ground outs and fly out to end the game.
SID Player Of The Game
Ronny Penalo: 3-4; 2 RBI's; 2B
Once again the Royals jumped on the board in the bottom of the 1
st inning, scoring 2 runs off a double by
Ronny Penalo and a SAC Fly by
Josh Strickland.
The Royals added 3 more runs in the bottom off the 2
nd inning off a 2 run homerun by
Alfred Brown and a SAC Fly by
Xanders Vazquez.
Judson got on the board in the top half of the 3
rd inning, scoring 1 run off a solo homerun to left field.
Warner answered with a run of their own in the bottom of the 4
th inning when
Scott Fickas lined out to center field which allowed
Alfred Brown to tag up from 3
rd base.
The Eagles did most of their damage in the top of the 5
th inning, scoring 3 runs off walks and ground balls to the infield.
Warner exploded in the bottom of the 5
th inning when
Alex Vazquez came off the bench to pinch hit for
Alfred Brown and smashed a ball over the left field fence for the 1
st grand slam of the year for the Royals.
Ronny Penalo notched his 3
rd hit of the game when he beat out a ground ball to the 6-hole, adding 1 more run to the Royals score.
Rafael Astacio grounded out to 2
nd base, bringing home the 12
th run of the game for the Royals.
Kody Smith and
Taylor Briggs held it down for the Royals, pitching lights out in the 6
th and 7
th innings to seal the 12-4 win.