Guelph Royals 5, Oshawa Dodgers 2

In Guelph, Mike Alati slugged a three-run home run in the first inning that paced the Guelph Royals to a 5-2 win over the Oshawa Dodgers in the Intercounty Baseball League on Tuesday.

Kevin Hinton added a pair of singles and is two away from becoming the third player in IBL history to record 600 career hits.

Scott Diamond (2-0) allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings and Matt Lareau worked a pair of hitless innings of relief for his first save.

Steven Reiss (0-1) gave up five runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings for Oshawa.

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