Panthers drop below .500
LONDON - Another tough night at the office for the Kitchener Panthers.
They were doubled up 8-4 in London Friday night, marking Kitchener's third straight defeat.
If there is any silver lining, the bats started to get some results as the Panthers generated 11 hits. Three of those came from Yunior Ibarra, a season-high for the Cuban catcher.
Malik Williams, Yosvani Penalver and Raffi Gross all had two hits a piece.
Gross extended his hit streak to seven games, while Williams has multiple hits in three of his last four outings.
Kitchener had two runs in the first, before London responded with a run in the third and two more in the fourth to take a lead they wouldn't relinquish.
London's big inning came in the sixth, when they scored four runs.
Kitchener left 13 runners on base on the night.
Samuel Quintana gave up a run on one hit in three innings of work.
Elian Serrata took the loss, surrendering three runs (two earned) on three hits in 1.1 innings. Both Quintana and Serrata had three strikeouts.
Travis Keys struck out four in five innings to capture the win. He gave up two runs on eight hits and walked three.
Kitchener falls to 5-6 on the season. London improved to 7-3.
The Panthers look to rebound Sunday afternoon at home against the Chatham-Kent Barnstormers. First pitch is scheduled for 2:05 p.m.
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