The Fredericton Simpson Royals thumped the Chatham Miramichi Honda Ironmen 20-3 in New Brunswick Senior Baseball League play on Saturday at Ironmen Field. (FREE PRESS PHOTO\/NATHAN DeLONG)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nMIRAMICHI \u2022 The Chatham Miramichi Honda Ironmen hoped to extend their winning streak to three games in their first date of the year at their regular home field, but the Fredericton Simpson Royals had other plans.<\/p>\n
The Ironmen (10-5) fell behind 2-0 in the opening frame and couldn\u2019t close the gap en route to a 20-3 loss to the Royals \u2014 their most lopsided setback of the season \u2014 on Saturday at Ironmen Field.<\/p>\n
That followed a 3-2 walk-off win in extra innings over the three-time defending champs, the Charlottetown Gaudet\u2019s Auto Body Islanders, on Thursday and a 1-0 victory over the struggling Moncton Dixie Lee Mets on Monday at Waldo Henderson Memorial Field in Chatham Head, where the Ironmen had played all of their home games before Saturday.<\/p>\n
Work to replace the lights at the city-owned field on John Street was halted late last month when unionized electricians working for the project\u2019s contractor, Black & McDonald, went on strike. That\u2019s forced the senior Ironmen and the Chatham O\u2019Donaghue\u2019s Junior Ironmen, of the New Brunswick Junior Baseball League, to play most of their home games at other city fields this season.<\/p>\n
With Saturday\u2019s loss, the Ironmen remained in second place in the five-team senior circuit, trailing the Islanders (13-5) by one and a half games, although Charlottetown has played three more games. The Royals (11-7) are in third, followed by the Saint John AJ\u2019s Alpines (7-10) and the winless Mets (0-14).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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