The Guelph Royals are right back in their playoff series against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Ryan Hart pitched seven strong innings and Sean Reilly and Jeremy Ware both homered as the Royals scored a convincing 7-2 win over the Leafs Tuesday night in Guelph, evening their best-of-seven opening round series at 1-1.

Game 3 is at Dominico Field at Christie Pits Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., with Game 4 back in Guelph on Saturday night. Game 5 is back at the Pits Sunday at 2 p.m.

Hart allowed two runs on six hits with two strikeouts and one walk before Greg Byron finished up with two scoreless innings. The Royals broke open the game with a four-run fifth inning to win their first home game of the series.

Ware hit a two-run homer in the fifth and Reilly added a solo shot in the inning for the Royals, who finished in seventh place, seven games behind the second place Leafs in the IBL regular season standings. Toronto took the series opener 7-4 on Sunday in Toronto.

Reilly and ex-Leaf Sean Travers both had three hits to pace the 12-hit Guelph attack. Travers also scored a run and drove in another while Ware scored a pair of runs for the Royals.

Toronto starter Drew Taylor couldn’t escape the big fifth inning and took the loss. He went just 4 1/3 innings, allowing five runs on seven hits with three strikeouts and two walks.

Dan Gibbons belted a solo homer in the fourth to tie the game at 1-1 and drove in both Toronto runs. Jordan Castaldo and Raul Borjas both had two hits for the Leafs, who had seven hits.

The game was tied 1-1 heading to the fifth, but the big inning put Guelph ahead to stay. The Royals added single runs in the sixth and seventh to give Hart some insurance.