Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 LAKE WALES, Fla. – The Warner Royals split their first two games of the WU Invitational, defeating Siena Heights 8-3 and dropping game 2 of the day 2-1 to Madonna University.
 
Xanders Vazquez tied the Warner single season record for consecutive games with a hit with, 18, set by Broderick Rodocker in 2015. Vazquez leads the Royals in batting average so far this season, hitting .441.
 
Warner was the away team in their 1^st game of the day and then finished the day as the home team in game 2.
 
SID Players Of The Day
Deven Kirkland: 2-3; HR; 3 RBI's, 1 Run
Michael Batten: CG, 14 K's
GAME 1
Ryan Klingler made his 1^st start of the year on the mound for Warner in the first game of their double header, pitching 4 innings and striking out 2 before being relieved by Kody Smith who pitched 2 innings before being relieved by Luke Myers; Myers closed things out for the Royals in the 7^th inning, sealing their 8-3 win.
 
The Royals jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the 2^nd inning when Deven Kirkland singled to right field, bringing home Taylor Briggs; Briggs pinch ran for Alex Vazquez after he was hit by a pitch.
 
Warner brought 2 runs across the plate in the top of the 3^rd inning when Ronny Penalo grounded into a FC bringing home Xanders Vazquez and then when Penalo stole 2^nd base, allowing Scott Fickas to score from 3^rd base.
 
Siena Heights scored 1 run in the bottom of the 4^th inning and added another run in the 5^th, lowering the deficit to just 1 run.
 
The Royals led 3-2 to start the 6^th inning but turned on the offense, scoring 5 runs off a homerun from Deven Kirkland, a single from Rio Russell, a Xanders Vazquez double and an Alex Vazquez single.
 
Siena Heights added their 3^rd run of the game in the bottom of the 7^th inning but fell to the Royals 8-3.
 
GAME 2
The Royals took on the Madonna University Crusaders in their 2^nd game of the WU invitational tournament.
 
Michael Batten took the mound for the Royals making his 4^th start of the season. Batten pitched magnificently for the Royals, only giving up 4 hits, 3 BB and striking out 14 Crusaders.
 
The Crusaders did just as good a job keeping the Royals hitters off balance in the pitching duel, striking out 9 Royals as a staff, while only allowing 5 hits.
 
The Crusaders scored both their runs in the 2^nd and 3^rd innings, off a hit and error to left field in the 2^nd and off a wild pitch in the 3^rd inning.
 
The Royals added 1 to the board in the bottom of the 3^rd when Rio Russell singled to center field bringing home Josh Strickland.
 
With the double header split the Royals are now 19-6 on the season and are set to take on Spring Arbor and Michigan-Dearborn today in day 2 of the WU Invitational.