Waikiki Rallies Past West Oahu

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Waikiki Rallies Past West Oahu

Kyle Galdeira
11/02/08

Waikiki scored twice in the ninth inning to cap a 6-5, come-from-behind victory over West Oahu this afternoon at Hans L’Orange Park.

Trailing 5-4 in the top of the ninth, the BeachBoys knotted the score as Marquez Smith laced a leadoff home run over the left field fence off reliever Cliff Flagello. Buster Posey then singled and moved to second on a wild pitch before coming around to score the go-ahead run on Yonder Alonso’s single.

Waikiki (15-12) jumped out to a 3-0 lead thanks to a three-run second inning capped by Tommy Giles’ RBI triple to plate Johan Limonta. Waikiki added another run in the fourth on a solo home run from Tony Thomas, the first long ball of the season from the Chicago Cubs prospect.

The CaneFires (13-14) answered with a run in the bottom of the fourth as Caleb Gindl doubled to lead off the inning, moved to third on James Skelton’s ground out, and came home on a Waldis Joaquin wild pitch. West Oahu then narrowed the deficit to 4-3 in the sixth inning as Gindl singled in Greg Burns, and eventually came home on a Skelton sacrifice fly.

Despite managing one hit, West Oahu brought across two more runs and took a 5-4 lead in the seventh inning thanks to some shaky defense on the part of Waikiki. With two out and the bases loaded, BeachBoys reliever Kazunori Yamamoto unleashed a wild pitch that allowed Kyle Peter to score, and Posey followed the errant pitch with a throwing error on which Logan Schafer came home.

Alonso led the way at the dish for Waikiki with three base hits while teammate Alfredo Silverio chipped in two doubles.

Gindl and Schafer paced the CaneFires with two base knocks apiece in defeat.

Yamamoto (3-0) earned the win after striking out four and allowing an earned run through two innings.

Flagello fell to 1-2, surrendering two runs on three hits, and blowing the save in the ninth.

Both teams have scheduled days off tomorrow, and resume play on Tuesday.