ROYALS VS ONTARIO BLUE JAYS IN THE RAIN

On Saturday the Royals travelled to Scarborough to face the Ontario Blue Jays 18U in what turn out to be two close games under nasty weather conditions. The Royals came out ready to play in the first game and played very well defensively turning three double plays and keeping the Ontario Blue Jays to 2 runs through 5 innings before allowing the victory to slip away in the sixth when their opponents scored 3 runs giving them a 5-3 win. The Royals managed just 4 hits to go along with their 8 walks. Logan Karse was the offensive star hitting a double, walking and scoring 2 of the 3 Royals runs. Daniel Campos, Matthew McCue and Andrew Bolton all hit singles.
The newest member of the Royals, John Bryce, started the game for the Oakville team. Bryce went 5 1/3 innings allowing 4 runs on 6 hits, 7 walks and 2 Ks. Despite having trouble with his control, Bryce fought hard and left the game with one out in the sixth inning with 2 men on and leading 3-2. The lefty was replaced by Dolan Dunigan who threw a wild pitch followed by a walk and a single before getting the final two Jays to ground out.
The second game was stopped after 4 1/2 innings due to the poor field conditions caused by the rain that kept falling through out the day. The Royals got on base 11 times with 6 singles and 5 walks but had trouble scoring those runners as they left 9 players on base and scored only 2 runs. Matthew McCue continued to be the Royals top hitter with another 2 singles and an rbi. The other 4 singles were hit by Daniel Campos, Dolan Dunigan, Adam Shaver and Andrew Bolton.
Paul Anderson started for the Royals and pitched 4 innings allowing 5 runs, 3 earned, on 5 hits, 6 walks and 2 Ks. Brendan Ellingham came in in the bottom of the fifth inning and walked the first 3 batters and allowed a single, that scored a run, to the following Jay before the game was stopped due to the poor conditions.
The Royals next face the Toronto Mets on Saturday in Oakville and in Toronto on Sunday.