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Santos Saves Win for CaneFires
Kyle Galdeira
10/21/07
The West Oahu CaneFires held on for the 6-4, seven-inning
victory over the Honolulu Sharks in the finale of a three-game set this
afternoon at Waipahu’s
Hans L’Orange Park. The Sharks had the tying and go-ahead runs on base in the
bottom of the seventh frame, but Castle High graduate Reid Santos got Kyler
Burke to pop out to second base, and earned his first HWB save in the process.
Ian Gac, Chad Tracy, Jamie Hoffmann and K.C. Herren each
collected two of West Oahu’s ten hits, and
drove in a run apiece.
The CaneFires (6-12-1) took a 3-1 lead in the third inning
thanks to solo home runs from Gac and Tracy. Tracy’s
long ball to left field moved the son of Pittsburgh Pirates manager Jim Tracy
into a tie for the league lead in home runs (4) with North Shore
sluggers Jeramy Laster and Mat Gamel. West Oahu
would add three insurance runs in the fifth frame which proved very necessary
down the stretch.
Honolulu
(10-8-1) received two hits and an RBI from Argenis Diaz, who bumped his
league-leading batting average up to .407. Catcher Matt Wieters notched his
sixth double of the campaign in the losing effort. The Sharks did their best to
capitalize on five seven-inning walks issued by reliever Garrett White, but scored
just two runs as Santos left the bases loaded.
Keisaku Itokazu (2-0, 2.18 ERA) earned the win after tossing
six innings in which he allowed two runs on six hits and struck out five. Jimmy
James (3.18 ERA) fell to 1-1 on the season, allowing three runs in four
innings.
Both squads have the day off tomorrow.
