The Royals travelled to Fort Dodge, Iowa yesterday to face Iowa Central Community College. Iowa Central C.C. has been ranked nationally in the top 10 NJCAA II fourteen consecutive seasons and have made 9 appearances in the NJCAA II World Series finishing fourth in 2010.
With the University of Minisota and University of Iowa present, Iowa Central played their top players in the first game versus the Royals 18U and won 10-2.
Royals managed only 4 hits against the Iowa Central's pitchers who consistently threw 90 mph and topped at 93 mph. The biggest hit of the day for the 18U Royals came of the bat of Joshua Lee-Him in the 4th inning has he hit a home run that cleared the fence 360 feet way. Adam Shaver hit a double to lead of the top of the 7th inning. The other 2 hits were singles by Kaleb Leff and Daniel Campos.
Arsene Pinguelo was given the starting assignment to face the 11 time region champions in the last 14 years and pitched the first 3 innings as planned. Luke Melymick took over in the 4th but after walking the first two batters he faced had to leave the game with a sore elbow. Mark Wilush took over from Melymick and pitched the final 3 innings.
In the second game Iowa Central took a 10-1 lead after 5 innings. In the sixth and seventh innings the 17U Royals took advantage of the Iowa pitcher who had been brought in after 2 innings and left in to finish the game, scoring 5 runs in the 6th and 8 runs in the top of the 7th to make the final score 15-14 for the team from Fort Dodge.
The pitching for the 17U Royals was handled by Brandon Hurst (3 innings), Mitchell Kay (1 2/3 innings) and Matt Lahn (1 1/3 innings). The following players had hits for the 17U Royals: Matt Lahn hit a double and a single; Greg Hewitt had 2 doubles; Justin Burgess, Kyle Kinsey, Jason Darichuck and Levi Larmour all had two singles each; Patrick Pinlac and Cam Wilkie had a single each.
Today the Royals travel to West Burlington, Iowa for a 12 inning game at 4PM.
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