Guelph Royals 9, Kitchener Panthers 2

In Guelph, Kyle Leon had three hits, including a home run, and drove in three runs to help the Royals to a 9-2 win over the Kitchener Panthers in the opening game of their best-of-seven semi-final series. Game two is Sunday in Kitchener.

Trevor Churchill added a pair of hits and scored twice and Rob Dinwoodie singled home the winning run in the third inning.

Mel Melehes (1-0) allowed one run and two hits in seven innings for the win and Tom Bertic (0-1) gave up six runs and seven hits in five innings for Kitchener.

Rowan Anderson had a pair of hits and scored and Joel Scott added a run-scoring triple for Kitchener.

                    1 2 3  4 5 6  7 8 9   R  H  E
KITCHENER PANTHERS  0 0 0  0 0 0  1 1 0 - 2  4  2
GUELPH ROYALS       0 1 3  0 1 1  1 2 X - 9  9  0

Guelph vs. Kitchnener
(Guelph leads series 1-0)
Game 1 - Guelph 9, Kitchener 2
Game 2 - Sun. August 10 at Kitchener, 7:30 p.m.
Game 3 - T.B.A.
Game 4 - T.B.A.
Game 5 - T.B.A. *
Game 6 - T.B.A. *
Game 7 - T.B.A. *

Toronto vs. Brantford
Game 1 - Sun. August 10 at Toronto, 2:00 p.m.
Game 2 - T.B.A.
Game 3 - T.B.A.
Game 4 - T.B.A.
Game 5 - T.B.A. *
Game 6 - T.B.A. *
Game 7 - T.B.A. *

* If Necessary