The Royals would get their revenge in game two as they
would counter a late Redlegs rally with one of their own
to take an exciting 10-9 win in 6 innings just before the
area was pummeled by heavy rains and hail.
Just as they did in game one, the Redlegs jumped out to
an early lead, scoring twice in the opening frame. Matt
Morrison started the inning with a single and stole
second base. Adam Parks then singled and quickly stole
second to put two runners in scoring position. Both
runners would eventually come around to score, taking
advantage of a couple of passed balls.
The Royals knotted things back up in the top of the
second as they scored two runs of their own and took the
lead in the third on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Ryan
Callison.
The Redlegs erased the lead in the fourth when Adam Parks
singled and eventually scored from second on a Royals
throwing error.
A two-run double by Evan Koogler in the top of the fifth
gave the Royals a 5-3 edge before the Redlegs came
storming back in the bottom of the frame. Matt Redman
started things off with a leadoff walk and Nick Davis
doubled him in for the innings first run. Ryan Gross
then sliced a single into right field to score Davis.
Brandon Howard then reached on an error before Jared
Bradley delivered an RBI base hit. Matt Morrison then
added a run with a sacrifice fly. Adam Parks then
doubled, putting runners on second and third briefly
before both were brought home on a two-run single from
Mike Hartman.
Now leading 9-5 after five innings and storms on the way,
it looked like the Redlegs had this one in the bag. The
Boys in Blue had other ideas though as they ripped off a
five run sixth inning that would eventually lead to their
first win of the season.
The Redlegs got the tying run on base in the bottom of
the sixth with a two-out single by Nick Davis, but Royals
starter Tyler Eaton was able to buckle down and record a
strikeout to end the inning.
Mother Nature took it from there and prevented any last
inning heroics the Redlegs might have had, as a severe
storm rolled through the area and ended the game.
Boxscore
| M Morrison | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| A Parks | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| J Watson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M Hartman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| K Arend | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M Mattice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E Limon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N Davis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J Gross | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| B Howard | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J Bradley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M Redman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| J Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2B: Parks; Davis
| A Carmack | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| M Redman | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| E Limon | 1.33 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| J Watson (L) | 1.33 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| M Hartman | 0.33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |