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Honu Continue Domination of CaneFires
Kyle Galdeira
10/24/07
North Shore won its fifth consecutive Hawaii Winter Baseball
game with a 7-6 victory over West Oahu tonight at Waipahu’s Hans L’Orange Park. The Honu (15-6)
have now won all seven meetings with the CaneFires (6-14-1), and hold a
comfortable 8 ½-game advantage over their HWB West Division counterparts.
West Oahu got out to an
early 1-0 lead thanks to a second-inning solo home run off the bat of Russell
Mitchell.
But North
Shore answered with the
tying run in the top of the fourth inning, and pulled away thanks to four runs
in the fifth, and two more in the seventh. Brad Corley hit a two-run home run,
and four different Honu hitters picked up two base knocks on the evening.
The CaneFires rallied in the ninth, however, thanks to an
RBI double from Ian Gac, followed by a two-run double to deep right-center
field by K.C. Herren which narrowed the deficit to 7-4. West
Oahu proceeded to load the bases with two out, and Honu reliever
Omar Aguilar unleashed a wild pitch which allowed Herren to trot home and bring
the home team within two runs of tying the score. Aguilar then tossed another
wild pitch, allowing Brian Jeroloman to score from third, and the tying runner,
Hidekazu Hoshi, moved over to third.
Kevin Roberts was summoned by North Shore
skipper Kevin Bradshaw to save the game for the Honu, and Roberts did just
that, retiring Ryan Rogowski to end the game.
Shinya Nakayama (3-1, 4.26 ERA) earned the victory after
going six innings and striking out nine while allowing one run on one hit.
Marco Gonzales fell to 0-1 and saw his ERA balloon to 21.60, allowing four runs
without retiring a batter.
The two teams return to Hans L’Orange Park tomorrow at 6:30
p.m. for the series finale.
