NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The Royals made their way down south a bit on Sunday for a rescheduled, non-conference contest against the Captains of Christopher Newport. 

The Royals were able to push across six against the nationally-ranked opponent, but ultimately fell by a final tally of 17-6.

Highlights

• EMU hopped on the board in the top of the first with a double down the left field line off the bat of Blake Sargent, scoring Brett Lindsay who walked earlier in the inning to get the offense moving with two outs. 
• With one away in the top of the fourth, Cole Bashinski worked a walk and quickly moved to second via a wild pitch from the Captains starter. Nick Arnold then knocked a single to left center to push Bashinski around with ease to score the second run of the day for EMU. 
• In the top of the fifth, the Royals got something moving with one out to try to cut into the Captains' lead. Drew Petitt knocked a double down the left field line, quickly being scored in the next at-bat with a triple to right center off the bat of Jordan Jones. Jaylon Lee put together a strong at-bat, knocking a deep fly out to center field to score Jones easily with the sacrifice fly.
• Bashinski led off the top of the ninth with a walk and with one away, Matt Harding forced a Captains' error and Alex Gulisano knocked a single to load the bases up. Petitt singled to center field to push across one and Jones then worked a walk to push across another to round out the scoring on the day for EMU.

Standouts

• Jones - 1-4 with two RBI. 
• Gulisano - 2-4 on the day. 
• Petitt- 2-4 with an RBI. 

What's Next

The Royals will next play host to CNU on this coming Tuesday, Apr. 5th in another non-conference game with first pitch scheduled for 4:00 PM.

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