Royals Drop Opening Double-dip to Tribe and go 0-1-1

The Ridge Meadows Royals finnaly opened their exhibition season after two rainouts with a double header against the Tri-City Indians.  The Royals were minus 4 players and had some AA call-ups but still showed some promise while going 0-1-1 against a sharp Tri-City squad.  Tri-City boasted 13 hits over the two games even though Royals pitching registered 18 K's over the two matches.  The first game ended in a 2-2 draw where Ridge Meadows batters stranded 7 batters and registered 6 hits.  In the second game, rookie pitcher Kyle Ross was tagged with the loss even though he looked sharp in his first start of the season.  Ross tallied 5 K's over 3 innings of work.

The Royals shift their focus to the Cloverdale Spurs tournament on March 26/27 where they hope to continue season preparation for the start of the Bantam AAA regular season play on April the 10th against the Burnaby Braves.