ROYALS SWEEP INDIANA BANDITS AT THE UNIVERSTY OF SAINT FRANCIS IN FORT WAYNE INDIANA

All three Royals teams gathered Tuesday morning in Fort Wayne, Indiana at the University of Saint Francis for a 3 hour showcase. The showcase went very well and the coaches present showed interest in various Royals players that will graduate in the next couple of years.
In the afternoon the 18U Royals won both games of a doubleheader against the Indiana Bandits, a local traveling team. With the University of Saint Francis coaching staff watching the Royals won the first game by a score of 9-5 and the second game 10-8.
In the first game the Royals scored in every inning with the exception of the final inning. By the end of the second inning the Royals had taken a 6-1 lead but the Bandits scored 4 in the 3rd to make the score 7-5 after 3 innings. The Royals kept the Indiana team off the score board for the rest of the game while adding a run in the fourth and another in the fifth to make the final score 9-5.
J.D. Bryce, who will be playing for the University of Saint Francis this coming school year, started for the Royals and went 2 2/3 innings allowing 5 runs, but only 2 were earned, on 4 hits, 5 walks and 4 Ks. Bryce was relieved by Alex Mann who pitched the next 2 1/3 innings. Alex pitched very well allowing a single hit and striking out two. Mann was followed by Kyle Flemington who had a 3 up 3 down inning. Paul Anderson pitched the final inning allowing one hit and striking out one.
Daryl Taube hit his second home run of the trip. Dolan Dunigan had two singles and walked on his two other at bats and also scored a run. Daniel Campos singled, scored a run and had 2 rbi. Del Pozo, Bolton and Forester all had singles. Kaleb Leff singled, walked twice and scored a run. Logan Karse singled, scored twice and had one rbi.
In the second game the Royals came out swinging and  scored 7 runs on 5 hits in the top of the first inning.
The Royals would scored two more in the second inning and added a final run in the top of the seventh.
Jonathan Del Pozo had a triple a single and scored 2 runs. Taube hit a triple, scored 2 runs and added 2 rbi. Joshua Lee-Him had 2 singles and 1 rbi. Campos hit a single and had an rbi. Leff singled and scored a run. Adam Shaver had 3 rbi and scored a run.
Arsene Pinguelo started for the Royals and went his scheduled 3 innings. Pinguelo who will be pitching for the University of Saint Francis next fall pitched very well with his fastball sitting 83-86 mph, allowed one unearned run during the 3 innings and left the game with a 9-1 lead. Graeme McCarrel took over in the fourth inning and went 1+ inning allowing 4 runs, 3 earned, on 5 hits and a walk. Joe Brown replaced McCarrel and did an excellent job over 2 innings allowing only one hit and getting a strike out. Dolan Dunigan came in to pitch the seventh and had trouble finding the strike zone. Paul Anderson replaced Dunigan with 2 outs in the seventh after the Bandits had made the score 10-8 and striked out the first batter he faced to end the game and give the Royals their second win of the day.
The Royals will now travel on Wednesday morning to Toledo, Ohio where they will play at Toledo University and Bowling Green University.