Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Canton Royals 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 7 2 E. Mass Devil Rays 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 3

The Royals went into this past weekend a half game out of first place behind the Malden Braves. And on Friday night, some timely hitting and a great pitching performance by Chris Johnson put the Royals in first place with a 5-2 victory. Johnson went 6 innings giving up 2 runs (both unearned) on 6 hits with 3 walks and 3 Ks. Kevin Ceurvels pitched a scoreless 7th inning notching his first save of the season. With the game tied at 2 in the top of the 5th, Mike Ahearn hit a pop up behind the pitchers mound which hit off the glove of second baseman Matt Church. With no one covering second base, Ahearn hustled around first base and when an errant throw to try and get him skipped into center field, Ahearn just kept running and made it to third base. Dominic Coviello drove him in with an RBI single and two batters later, Bryan Weber singled to left driving in two more runs putting the Royals on top for good.