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Sung Woo Jang's Single Lifts Honu
Kyle Galdeira
10/21/08
North Shore’s Sung Woo Jang singled up the middle with two
outs in the bottom of the ninth to score Ryan Kalish from second and give the
Honu a 3-2, come-from-behind victory over Honolulu
tonight at Hans L’Orange Park.
The North
Shore bullpen kept the
squad in the game after starter Yasutaka Hattori departed, as three relievers
combined to toss five scoreless innings and strike out 11 Sharks hitters. Shawn
Nottingham (1-1) emerged victorious after striking out two in a perfect ninth
inning.
Shintaro Masuda put Honolulu
on the board in the third inning with a two-run home run over the fence in
left-center field to plate Darin Holcomb, and give Honolulu a 2-0 advantage.
The Honu (7-12) narrowed the gap to 2-1 in the home half of
the seventh when with the bases loaded and one out, Yamaico Navarro picked up a
sacrifice fly to right field as Kyu Hyun Moon came home to score. After Honolulu reliever Austin
Chambliss hit Matt McBride to load the bases again, Blake King entered from the
bullpen and got Jang to fly out, ending the threat.
But North
Shore tied the contest in
the eighth inning when Adam Davis walked, stole second and came in to score on
Dustin Realini’s single to right field. The hit was a game-high third base
knock on the evening for the Cleveland Indians prospect.
Honolulu
(13-6) starter Josh Stinson did not figure in the decision despite shutting the
Honu out through four innings, and striking out five. Kyle Drabek, son of the
1990 National League Cy Young Award winner Doug Drabek, also chipped in two
scoreless innings in his HWB debut with the Sharks.
Junior Guerra fell to 0-1, allowing the game-ending run on
Jang’s hit.
The teams return to Hans L’Orange Park tomorrow at 7 p.m.
for the second game of a two-game series.
