News
Honu Elude Sharks, Win Third Straight Game
Kyle Galdeira
10/31/08
North Shore picked up a wire-to-wire 5-1 victory over Honolulu Friday night at Les
Murakami Stadium. With its third straight win, North
Shore improves to 11-14 and moves to
within a game of West Oahu’s Hawaii Winter
Baseball West Division lead.
The Honu wasted no time getting on the board, as leadoff man
Corey Brown reached on an infield single and Kyle Martin smacked a home run
over the wall in left-center field to put North Shore
up 2-0 in the first inning. The blast was Martin’s league-leading sixth long
ball of the season.
North Shore added two more runs in the third frame as Matt
McBride scored on a Lars Davis passed ball, and a bases-loaded walk from Honolulu starter Josh
Stinson that forced Chris Carter in from third base. It later plated an
insurance run in the fifth inning as Kyu Hyun Moon drove in Carter on his
team-high second hit of the game.
Honolulu
(13-12) got its lone run in the home half of the inning as Tony Cruz singled up
the middle to plate Ruben Tejada.
Michael Taylor of the Philadelphia Phillies paced the Sharks
with two base hits.
Honu starter Jun Hyeok Heo (1-3) notched the win, tossing
three innings through which he allowed a run on four hits.
Stinson (2-2) took the loss after allowing four runs on
three hits and walking six through 2 2/3 innings.
The squads return to Les Murakami Stadium tomorrow for the
second contest in a three-game set.
