Royals Baseball Eliminated from The Sun Conference Tournament
5/11/2010 4:27:29 PM
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FORT MYERS, Fla. – The #3 seeded Warner University Royals baseball team closed the door on their 2010 season with a 10-0 defeat at the hands of #1 seeded Embry-Riddle University on Monday afternoon on day two of The Sun Conference tournament at the City of Palms Park. The Royals finish the season at .500 with a 26-26 record.
In a win or go home game for the Royals, starter Brett Stanton through five-and-a-third strong innings allowing only one earned run (two overall). After Stanton’s exit the Eagles’ offense would hit their stride scoring eight runs over the final two-and-two-thirds innings taking a commanding 10-0 lead.
The Royals offense was kept in check all afternoon by 2009 All American Justin Zinkovich. Hunter Reed, Cory Johnson, Ryan Paul and Casey Torrance had the Royals’ only hits on the day as the Royals only managed to put seven runners on base the entire game.
Stanton (6-2) took the loss on the mound tossing the five-and-a-third innings scattering seven hits with two strikeouts.