Panthers suffer school day setback

KITCHENER - A rough seventh inning for the Kitchener Panthers.

The Chatham-Kent Barnstormers scored eight runs in the inning, en route to a 12-5 decision in front of over 1,000 students in Waterloo region Thursday morning. The contest was Kitchener's final exhibition game.

The Panthers stormed out to a 3-0 lead in the first, but the Barnstormers caught up by the fifth.

The game went back-and-forth, and Kitchener had a 4-3 threshold until the Barnstormers took over in the seventh.

Evan Elliott struck out four in three innings of work, and gave up two runs on three hits.

On offense, Yordan Manduley, AJ Karosas and Klaus Aplevich each picked up two hits.

Charlie Towers and Wander Santana both had a hit and an RBI.

These teams will meet again in a home-and-home this weekend in regular season play.

First, Chatham on Saturday. Then, the Panthers host its home opener Sunday at 2 p.m.

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