By Staff
June 7th, 2018
BURLINGTON, ON
It finally happened – the Burlington Herd recorded their first win of the season when they took a 6-3 game against the Guelph Royals Tuesday night at David E. Hastings Stadium.
It was the teams 9th game of the season.
Herd leadoff hitter Justin Gideon went 3-for-4 with two singles, a triple, two runs and an RBI. Mattingly Romanin drove in a run and scored twice, Nolan Pettipiece had two hits and two runs, and Andrew Mercier had an RBI.
Casey Bouillere-Howard (1-0) picked up the win in relief, giving up a run on four hits in 6.2 innings. He walked one and struck out three. Tyler Herr struck out all four batters he faced for his first save.
Derek Zwolinski started and allowed two runs on one hit with four walks in an inning before he was pulled after facing four batters in the second.
Justin Interisano went 2-for-4 with a solo home run for the Royals, who dropped to 3-5. Toure Sinclair singled twice and scored once, while Matthew Pilarczik and William Heurter each had an RBI.
Edwin Javier (1-1) took the loss, allowing four runs (three earned) on five hits over seven innings. He walked five and struck out 11.
Panthers past Baycats
Noelvis Entenza threw seven scoreless innings to lead the Kitchener Panthers to a 5-0 win over the Barrie Baycats Tuesday night at Coates Stadium.
Entenza (2-0) scattered four hits and walked three with four strikeouts.
Offensively, Tanner Nivins hit a two-run blast in the Panthers’ three-run fifth inning. Brian Burton went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run, while Mike Andrulis had the other RBI.
Kyle DeGrace and Brandon Dhue had two hits apiece for the Baycats.
Santos Arias (1-1) took the loss, giving up four runs (two earned) on seven hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out two.
Kitchener improved to 7-3, and Barrie fell to 5-3.
