Martinez masterful as Panthers win in Guelph
Yadian Martinez delivers a pitch at Hastings Stadium on Canada Day Tuesday. Photo by Michael Rankin.
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GUELPH - Yadian Martinez was a wizard for the Kitchener Panthers, and the offense did the rest on a Canada Day down the road in Guelph.
Martinez struck out seven in seven innings of work to lead the Panthers to a 7-4 win over the Royals.
Martinez gave up five hits and three runs (one earned). Two of those five hits came in the first inning, and at one point retired 16 of 18 batters in a row.
The Panthers took advantage of a plethora of errors by the Royals defense.
Jamie Cabral and AJ Karosas both recorded triples. Cabral actually circled the bases, as his line drive deep to right field in the eighth got him to third, and a throwing error got him home on the same play.
Danny Garcia collected his second save in as many games with a perfect ninth.
Edgar Garcia gave up five runs (two earned) in 4.1 innings of work in the loss.
Kitchener has now won two straight and host Chatham-Kent on Thursday night at 7:30 p.m.
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