Royals Handcuff Rangers, 8-4

  The Dayton Rangers followed up an ugly fielding performance on Saturday with an even more costly dose of the ‘whoops’ on Sunday, falling to the Kettering Royals 8-4.

Jacob Robinson took the tough loss for the Rangers, who committed six errors on the night, resulting in four unearned runs. Jake pitched the complete game, not walking a single batter, and striking out eight.

Royals rookie Jason Holmberg shut down the Rangers offense for the first 6 innings, building a 6-0 lead at that point. Brad Clark singled in Clint Wolf in the seventh inning to get the Rangers their first tally of the night. The Rangers didn’t go down quietly though. In the ninth inning, Jack Millard and Jake Robinson each walked and Jonmarc Lippincott singled to left to load the bases. Clint Wolf then drove in Millard and Robinson with a single to center. After a fielder’s choice, Brad Clark singled in Wolf to cut the lead to 8-4. However, the rally was thwarted when Royals 3b Nathan Schwab snagged a flyball at the fence in foul territory to lock up the victory for the Royals.

Offensive performances of note: Jeremy Lippincott 1-3 3B; Clint Wolf 2-4 2RBI; Jonmarc Lippincott 2-3; Brad Clark 2-4 2RBI.