LAKE WALES, Fla. - The Royals returned to SUN Conference play with a statement win over (RV) Keiser University. Warner's offense exploded for 7 runs in the opening Inning on Thursday and never looked back on their way to a 11-to-5 win over the Seahawks.
The Seahawks struck first in Thursday night's game taking an early 1-0 lead in the top half of the 1st Inning, but the Seahawks lead would be short lived as the Royals offense sent 12 batters to the plate and scored 7 in the bottom of the Inning.
Gabriel Rodriguez scored the Royals 1st run of the game when
Jhenzel Figueroa reached on a fielding error.
Danny Garcia's aggressive baserunning led to him taking advantage of a throwing error by the pitcher on a sacrifice attempt by
JD Swarbrick for Warner's 2nd run of the game.
Evan Ledoux and
Timothy Dunn then hit back-to-back 2 RBI doubles to Right Field that scored Swarbrick, Figueroa, Ledoux and
Adriel Torres-Gonzalez Samuel Blanco drove in
Timothy Dunn on an RBI single to Right Field to give Warner a 7-to-1 lead after the 1st.
Danny Garcia drove in Dunn on an RBI single of his own in the 3rd Inning to bring the Royals lead to 7 after the opening 3 Innings of Thursday's game.
(RV) Keiser chipped away at the Royals lead in the 5th and 6th Innings and would cut Warner's lead down to 3 runs entering the bottom of the 6th. Warner answered back in the 6th and 7th Innings when
Paddy Smith hit a RBI single to Center to score
Jacob Gumieny.
Garrett Gregory followed that up with a 2 RBI double to Right-Center Field in the 7th that scored
Carlito Collins and Figueroa to give the Royals an 11-to-5 lead entering the final Innings of the game.
Warner's pitching staff was dominant in Game 1 of the series as 6 different Royals took the mound in the win.
Austin Vakiener had a strong outing after beign called upon to start for the Royals allowing only 1 run on 4 hits and struck out 1 in 3.0 Innings pitched.
Aidan Murphy threw 1.1 Innings out of the bullpen and allowed only 1 run on 1 hit and struck out a team high 3 Seahawks.
Evan Christ, Harper Mclendon and
Alexi Angelo shut down the high powered Seahawks offense combining to strike out 4 batters without allowing a hit to close out the win for the Royals. Warner's final stat line was 11 runs on 14 hits, 5 of which were doubles, with 2 stolen bases and only 1 error in Thursday's win.
Warner will look to build upon their strong overall performance tomorrow when they continue their SUN Conference Series with (RV) Keiser University.
Warner Game Stat Leaders -
Hits: Danny Garcia &
Samuel Blanco (3)
RBIs: Timothy Dunn,
Garrett Gregory &
Evan Ledoux (2)
Stolen Bases: Ethan Pues &
Danny Garcia (1)
Ks: Aidan Murphy (3)
Up Next:
The Royals and Seahawks will face-off in a double-header at the Sikes Family Field on
Friday the 10th with games starting at
3:00pm and 6:00pm.
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