ROYALS CONTINUE TO IMPRESS AT BEAST OF THE EAST TOURNAMENT

It is only fitting that two Canadian teams would play each other on Canada Day, and that is exactly what happened in the town of Hannibal, Ohio at the Beast of the East baseball tournament. On this Canada Day the Brampton Royals were no match for the Oakville Royals as the Oakville team won easily by a score of 11-3 to bring their record at the tournament to 3-0.
The Oakville team scored seven runs in the top of the first inning on six hits and never looked back.
Daniel Campos, Logan Karse and Matthew McCue all had two hits each. Jeff Slasor, Daryl Taube, Kaleb Leff and Joshua Lee-Him all had a hit.
Paul Anderson started the Oakville Royals and went 3 innings allowing three runs, two of them earned, on 4 hits, 2 walks and 5 Ks. Anderson was followed by Brendan Ellingham who pitched two scoreless innings allowing one hit and one walk. Alex Mann pitched a perfect final inning inducing a fly fall to right and striking out the final two Brampton players. The game was called after 6 innings due to a two hour game time limit.
After a 5 1/2 hour break the Royals faced Butler, a team from just outside Pittsburgh who were also 3-0 at the tournament. The Royals scored in the top of the first inning when Slasor, who had walked to lead off the game was driven in by  Daryl Taube's single. Butler tied it up in the bottom of the third and due to good pitching and excellent defense by both teams the game stayed at 1-1 until the bottom of the sixth, when Butler hit a home run to take a 2-1 lead. In the top of the seventh got a hit from Jeff Slasor but two very questionable calls had two Royals players striking out looking in the inning to give the American team the win.
Slasor and Taube had two hits and McCue had the other Royals hit. The Royals defense was excellent with excellent catches made by all three outfielders, Karse, Campos and Dunigan who also threw a player out at home from left field. On the infield Slasor at short stop and Bolton at second base also made excellent defensive plays.
Phillip Hinton went the distance for the Royals allowing two runs on 7 hits and 3 Ks.
All in all, a great showing on Canada Day by the Royals despite the poor umpiring that favoured the American team. What a surprise!!!!!