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BeachBoys Blank Sharks, Extend Division Lead
Kyle Galdeira
11/07/08
Four Waikiki pitchers combined to shut out Honolulu as the BeachBoys notched a 2-0
victory over the Sharks tonight at Les Murakami Stadium.
The BeachBoys improved to 17-13 on the season, and extended
their Hawaii Winter Baseball East Division lead to 2 ½ games over the Sharks.
Waikiki took the game’s
first lead in the home half of the third when Tony Thomas Jr. tripled to
left-center field and plated Tommy Giles. Yonder Alonso blooped a single to
center field to score Thomas Jr., and put the BeachBoys up 2-0.
Honolulu
(14-15) received a game-high two base hits from second baseman Greg Veloz in
defeat.
Waikiki starter Jeremy
Bleich of the New York Yankees improved to 3-1 on the year after tossing five
scoreless innings through which he struck out a game-high nine, and scattered
four hits without surrendering a walk. Jeremy Papelbon closed out the ninth
inning en route to his sixth save of the season.
Honolulu
starter Satoshi Nagai (3-2) took the loss after allowing two runs on three hits
through 4 2/3 innings.
The two squads return to Murakami Stadium tomorrow at 7 p.m.
for the second game in a three-game set.
