Royals Blank Red Sox

Photo by Crystal Young

BRANTFORD - Pitcher Brett Lawson threw eight innings and Steven Dressler tossed the ninth as the Guelph Royals blanked the Brantford Red Sox 7-0 on four hits Sunday afternoon in Brantford.

Starting pitcher Abel De Los Santos battled for the Red Sox, taking his team into the seventh inning behind just 1-0. Guelph scored three times in the seventh and three times in the ninth en route to their 11^th win against 11 losses.

Veteran Sean Reilly keeps on rolling for the Royals. He hit a pair of home runs to give him nine on the year and is batting .478.

Nic Burdett had the only extra base hit for the Red Sox, a double. It was Brantford’s 18^th straight loss after starting the year with a victory.