North Shore Wears Out Waikiki

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North Shore Wears Out Waikiki

Kyle Galdeira
10/14/08

North Shore pounded out 11 hits and took advantage of 12 Waikiki walks as the Honu hammered the BeachBoys, 14-5, tonight at Hans L’Orange Park in Waipahu.

Corey Brown of the Oakland Athletics provided the Honu with their first lead after tagging an Andrew Brackman fastball and sending it over the fence in center field for a two-run home run in the third inning. North Shore increased its lead to 3-0 when, with two out, Ryan Kalish walked, stole second and move to third on a Brackman wild pitch and came home on Jason Castro’s RBI single to left field.

Waikiki (6-8-1) answered in the home half of the fourth when Roger Kieschnick tripled to the right-center field gap to score Damon Sublett. Alfredo Silverio singled in Kieschnick to pull the BeachBoys within a run of the lead.

But the Honu (5-9-1) padded their lead with four runs in the fifth inning, a frame in which North Shore brought nine hitters to the plate. Matt McBride notched a double that scored Kalish, who had reached on an error earlier, and Kurt Mertins added a two-run double to plate Castro and McBride. Brown capped the inning with a single to left field that scored Mertins, and gave North Shore a 7-2 advantage that would not be relinquished.

Kenji Sato and Brown finished with two hits and three RBIs, while Kalish scored three runs and stole his seventh and eighth bases of the season.

Sublett and Kieschnick each finished with two RBIs to pace Waikiki.

Honu starter Yasutaka Hattori improved to 2-1 on the season after holding the BeachBoys to two runs on three hits, and striking out eight through five frames.

Brackman (1-3) took the loss for Waikiki, allowing three runs on three hits while striking out four through four innings.

The teams return to Hans L’Orange Park tomorrow at 7 p.m. for the second contest in a three-game set.