Eagles Baseball

Recap

Royal Runs Away With Early Lead in Victory

Oak Park Junior Varsity Eagles watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in a 15-2 loss to Royal on Tuesday. Royal scored on a triple by Lucas Rieker in the first inning, a walk by Landon Parada in the first inning, a single by Gabriel Flores in the first inning, and a double by Danny Asplund in the second inning.

The Oak Park Junior Varsity Eagles struggled to put runs on the board and had a tough time defensively containing Royal, giving up 15 runs.

Royal fired up the offense in the first inning, when Rieker tripled on a 1-2 count, scoring one run.

Royal scored four runs in the seventh inning. Royal batters contributing to the big inning included Brendan Watkins, Rodney Sabbe, and Hayden Traxler, all driving in runs in the frame.

Nate O’Brien took the win for Royal. O’Brien surrendered two runs on nine hits over six innings, striking out one and walking one. Asplund threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen.

John Pemberton took the loss for Oak Park Junior Varsity Eagles. The bulldog surrendered seven runs on eight hits over four innings, striking out five.

Oak Park Junior Varsity Eagles racked up nine hits in the game. Richard Sanchez and Gabe Gonzalez all managed multiple hits for Oak Park Junior Varsity Eagles. Gonzalez and Sanchez each collected two hits to lead Oak Park Junior Varsity Eagles.

Royal collected 14 hits. Watkins, Flores, Rieker, and Asplund all managed multiple hits for Royal. Watkins led Royal with three stolen bases, as they ran wild on the base paths with eight stolen bases.

“Powered by Narrative Science and GameChanger Media.  Copyright 2022.  All rights reserved.”  Any reuse or republication of this story must include the preceding attribution.