After enjoying a bye in the first week of the Saskatoon Senior Baseball League season, the Marysburg Royals kicked off their 2018 campaign with four games in five days.
The loaded schedule did not faze the Royals, as they picked up wins in three of the four contests.Â
Vs. Diggers
The Royals kicked off their season on a high note, knocking off the Diggers 14-3 on May 29 in Saskatoon.
The new guys led the way offensively for the Royals.
First-year player Brody Frerichs finished with a pair of hits, will fellow first year John Lawrence also chipping in two hits and four runs batted in.
Nick Anderson was excellent on the mound for the Royals, pitching a complete game to pick up the win.
Vs. Dodgers
After picking up a win in their opening contest, the Royals fell painfully short of making it two straight as they suffered a 4-3 loss to the Dodgers in Saskatoon.
After struggling at times with their defense last season, errors reared their ugly head once again as the Royals’s four runs surrender all came unearned.
Brody and Thomas Lessmeister were solid on the mound for the Royals as they combined to pitch a complete game, while allowing no earned runs.
VS. Diggers
The Royals wrapped up their week on a high note as they knocked off the Diggers in each of the two game doubleheader in Marysburg on June 3.
The home opening weekend went exactly how the Royals planned, as they picked up wins of 11-0 and 8-1.
Carter Frerichs, Lessmeister, Nick Anderson, and Colin Bauml were excellent on the mound for the Royals, as the quartet combined to allow just one run in 14 innings of baseball.
Next for the Royals is a game against the Hoppers on June 5 before playing an Outlaws home doubleheader on June 10.
