Monarchs Stalled by Milkmen, Drop Series Opener

Kansas City, KS — The Monarchs returned home for the first time in 12 days and ran into a Milwaukee team who scored four runs in the first three frames to claim a 7-2 win over KC.

The Milkmen opened up this game with a tally in the first inning after Hallquist doubled and Marrero reached first via error. Justin Janas recorded his 14th RBI of the season on a liner to left field to bring in Hallquist.

Just an inning later, ilwaukee added a pair of runs and it was Hallquist at it again with an RBI to bring in Charlie Merion and himself into score. Hallquist scored via error from Sahid Valenzuela and it was a three-run advantage for the Milkmen. They added a tally in third frame on a sac fly from Yordyn Valdes.

The Monarchs found some life in the fourth inning as Saul Garza crushed a solo homer to left field. He now currently has 11 homers and is second in the league.

Ryan Garcia started the night on the bump, but it was Ryan Middendorf who had the best day out of the bullpen. He went 1.1 innings while throwing three K’s and no runs given up.

Milwaukee continued to add up runs with a tally in the fifth and two in the seventh on RBI’s from Valdes and Delvin Perez. KC tried to claw their way back into with a sac fly from Austin Callahan in the ninth, but would come up empty and lose their 13th game of the season.

Both these teams will duke it out tomorrow night as the Monarchs will look to even the series at one apiece. The first pitch is scheduled for 6:35 at Legends Field.