Fujie goes deep again in Panthers’ win

GUELPH – Yosuke Fujie hit his league-leading fifth home run, and the Kitchener Panthers rolled to a 9-4 win Saturday in Guelph. 

Kitchener’s leadoff hitter opened the game with a solo blast and then added an RBI single in the eighth as the Panthers moved to 4-5. Yosvani Penalver went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI, while Yunior Ibarra and Yordan Manduley both drove in a run.  

Evan Elliott (1-0) went six innings on the mound to earn the win. He gave up four runs (one earned) on six hits with a walk and five punchouts.  

J.D. Williams and Matthew Ward accounted for half of the Royals’ eight hits. Ashton Patterson singled and scored twice for Guelph (4-5).  

Jacob Kush suffered the loss after yielding six runs (five earned) on seven hits over six innings. He walked three and fanned five.