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Recap

Rockville Royals and the Wombats battled in a tight game before the Royals pulled away in the top of the 6th. In another great pitching duel, Bill Riggieri out-gunned the Wombats’ C. Rivera. Riggieri ended the day with a complete game 3 hitter, walking one and adding a tremendous 14 punchouts while not giving up an earned run. C. Rivera held the Royals to only 2 runs before running out of gas in the 6th. Despite striking out a respectable 5 hitters, the statistic is misleading as Rivera’s fastball was electric. Offensively for the Royals, Riggieri “helped himself out” going 2-3 with a double, two runs and a stolen base. The veteran Joe “Junior” Antonelli continued one of his best offensive seasons, filling up the stat sheet with 2 walks, a single, a run scored and a stolen base. Dan Copes added to his MVP caliber season, going 2-3 with 2 RBI and 2 stolen bases. Shane Legare reached base 3 times, going 1-2 with a RBI. Jesse Wilkinson drove in a run with a hard shot towards the first base line.