BeachBoys Win Sixth Straight, Sweep Sharks

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BeachBoys Win Sixth Straight, Sweep Sharks

Kyle Galdeira
10/30/08

Waikiki put together a three-run rally with two out in the seventh inning to best Honolulu, 5-2, and complete a three-game sweep of Honolulu tonight at Hans L’Orange Park.

The victory, coupled with Honolulu’s sixth consecutive loss, moved Waikiki into a tie with the Sharks for the Hawaii Winter Baseball East Division lead. Both squads now sport 13-11 records.

BeachBoys starter Andrew Brackman of the New York Yankees dominated the opposition, and improved to 3-3 on the year after allowing one earned run on four hits and striking out seven.

Despite not factoring in the decision, Honolulu starter Satoshi Nagai racked up a league-high 11 strikeouts in six innings. The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles hurler surrendered two earned runs on seven hits while lowering his earned run average to 1.80.

Yonder Alonso paced Waikiki with three hits, while Buster Posey and Damon Sublett notched two base knocks apiece.

Sublett, another Yankees prospect, homered to right-center field in the fifth inning, and plated Johan Limonta with the two-run blast to put Waikiki up 2-0.

However, the Sharks notched the score at 2-2 in the home half of the frame when Eric Eiland reached on a Sublett error that allowed Greg Veloz to score from second. After Ruben Tejada singled up the middle to move his teammate to third base, Ryo Hijirisawa drove Eiland home on a sacrifice fly to left field for the tying run.

The BeachBoys surged ahead to a 5-2 lead in the seventh frame as Posey and Alonso each notched RBI singles with two out, and Roger Kieschnick doubled home Posey to give Waikiki some breathing room and put Brackman in line for the victory.

Dominic Brown led Honolulu with two hits, including a double, in defeat.

Roy Merritt (1-2) was saddled with the loss after allowing the two go-ahead runs to Waikiki in the seventh inning.

Honolulu travels to Les Murakami Stadium for a three-game series with North Shore running from tomorrow through Sunday. First pitch is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

Waikiki visits West Oahu at Hans L’Orange Park for a three-game set beginning tomorrow. First pitch is slated for 7 p.m.