AUBURNDALE, Fla. – Royals take one from Iowa natives, improving their overall record to 14-10. 
 
 
In game one the Defenders scored one run in the top of the first inning. The Royals scored by a wild pitch that brought in Taylor Briggs to tie the game. David Torres flied out to center field for a sacrifice fly to score Tyler Brown to improve the score to 2-1 in favor of the Royals. In the bottom of the 2^nd, Briggs flied out to center field for a sacrifice fly to score Daniel Coca. Josh Strickland singled to the shortstop to score Tad Stockowski. Brown then flied out to left field for a sacrifice fly to score Zachary Balogh which improved the game to 5-1 Royals up. 
 
In the bottom of the 4^th, Brown tripled to center field that scored Strickland, registered an RBI. Zachary Arnold scored in the bottom 5^th on a passed ball that made the game 7-1 for Warner. 
 
Freshman Elijah Garner pitched a great 7 innings for the Royals to secure the win. He improved his overall record to 1-0. 
 
Game two 
 
Just like game one, the Defenders scored one run in the first inning, but that didn't stop the Royals. John Pichman hit a moon shot out to left field to tie the game in the top of the 2^nd. In that same inning, Jan Martinez tripled to center field and recorded an RBI scoring Logan Flood. Brian Spradlin then singled to the 3^rdbaseman and registered an RBI scoring Martinez which improved the game to 3-1 Royals on top. 
 
Dordt made a comeback in the next two innings that made the score 4-3 Royals trailing. In the top of the 6^thPichman singled to right field that listed an RBI scoring Strickland to tie the game once again. The Defenders battled and walked off in the bottom of the 7^th to win the game 5-4. 
 
Warner will play on Thursday in the Warner Invitational against Bellevue for their first appearance in the tournament.