Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 R H E Bay State Pirates 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 2 Canton Royals 3 1 4 6 x 14 14 2

The Royals brought their winning streak to 5 this past Thursday night defeating the Pirates by a score of 14-2 in 5 innings. After putting up 17 runs on 16 hits four days earlier, the Royals bats continued to roll as the collected 14 runs on 14 hits in just 4 innings before the game was called due to the league run rule. Chris Johnson picked up the win going 4 innings giving up 2 runs (1 earned) on 2 hits, walking one and striking out 4. All 9 players in the starting linup collected at least 1 hit and 8 of the 9 starters scored at least 1 run. After the July 4th break, the Royals will host the Beverly Indians on Sunday July 9th at 9:30am at Ruane Field in Canton.