CaneFires Rally Late, Edge BeachBoys

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CaneFires Rally Late, Edge BeachBoys

Kyle Galdeira
10/26/07

The West Oahu CaneFires overcame a 5-0 deficit to edge the Waikiki BeachBoys, 6-5, this evening at Waipahu’s Hans L’Orange Park. The CaneFires (7-15-1) snapped a three-game losing streak with the come-from-behind victory.

Trailing 5-0, West Oahu rallied in the home half of the seventh frame to tie the game thanks in part to a two-out, three-run double from Anthony Hatch, and an RBI single off the bat of Russell Mitchell. Ian Gac launched his fourth home run of the season to put the CaneFires up, 6-5, in the eighth with a leadoff shot into the trees behind the left field fence.

West Oahu reliever Tyler Chambliss (1-1, 5.09 ERA) earned the win after striking out five in two innings, and Marco Gonzalez closed out the ninth inning for his first save of the season.

Waikiki (10-13) right fielder Michael Wilson (.357 avg.) collected his eighth double of the season, drove in a run and scored twice in the losing effort. Josh Sullivan fell to 0-3 after allowing all six CaneFires runs, though only one was earned.

Both teams return to Hans L’Orange Park tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. for the second game of a three-game set.