The Rogers Royals baseball team scored 7 runs and held the visiting Buffalo Bison to 5 in the Royals league triumph on Tuesday.

The Royals now hold a 5-9 record. They take the field next when they travel to Big Lake for a Mississippi 8 outing on Thursday, May 10. Rogers will face a Hornets team coming off a 6-4 league loss to St. Michael-Albertville (Albertville, MN). The Hornets record now stands at 5-8.

Next, the Bison face the Monticello Magic (Monticello, MN) in a Mississippi 8 outing, on Thursday, May 10. Buffalo will attempt to advance on its 6-9 season record. The Magic enter the outing with a 7-11 record after their 5-4 league win over Cambridge-Isanti (Cambridge, MN).

Rogers jumped out to a 7-run lead and held on to win 7-5. Dillon Morris (12) pitched five innings, yielding three runs, and Kyle Ellis (10) and Michael Terres (9) finished out the game, with Terres recording the final out to pick up the save. Andrew Smith and Austin Barbeln each had two hits, A. Smith also had two RBI and Ryan Gelle (11) also had two RBI with a 1st inning triple.