Tuesday, November 19, 1996

Sharks, CaneFires
split doubleheader

Star-Bulletin staff

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Brad Fullmer's two-run homer in the ninth inning gave the Honolulu Sharks a 7-6 victory over the West Oahu CaneFires in the second game of a Hawaii Winter Baseball doubleheader yesterday at Hans L'Orange Field.

West Oahu ended its five-game losing streak in the first game with a 9-7 win. The CaneFires scored six times in the fourth inning to offset a grand slam by Honolulu's Chad Hermanson.

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Outrigger Division

  		W	L	Pct.	GB
Honolulu 	19	12	.613	--	
West Oahu 	10	17	.370	7	

Volcano Division

  		W	L	Pct.	GB
Maui 		14	14	.500	--	
Hilo 		15	15	.500	--	

Today's games

West Oahu vs. Maui, War Memorial Stadium, 6 p.m.

Hilo vs. Honolulu, Rainbow Stadium, 6:55 p.m.

First game

Honolulu 	000	210	4--7   7   0
West Oahu 	010	620	x--9  10   1

Mike McCutcheon, Yoshihiro Seo (4), Joseph Verplancke (4), Patrick Flurry (6) and Michael Barrett; Chad Hartvigson, Jason Barry (4), Richard Fultz (5), Anthony Dougherty (6), Dong Hee Park (7), Justin Speier (7) and Craig Mayes. W-Barry. L-Seo. S-Speier.

Leading hitters-Hon: Chad Hermansen 2-4, grand slam HR; Geoff Blum 2-4, HR, 2 RBIs. WO: C. Mayes 2-3, 2b, 3 RBIs; Luke Owens-Bragg 2-3; Matt Bokemeier 2-4, 2b, 2 RBIs; Atsunori Inaba 2b, 3 RBIs.

Second game

Honolulu 	000	401	2--7  12   2
West Oahu 	410	001	0--6  10   2

Hideki Okajima, John Kelly (4), Toyokazu Ohba (5), Hideki Sato (6) and Shunsuke Hara, M. Barrett (5); Terry Harvey, Ji Choi Park (5), Jason Myers (6), J. Speier (7) and Kevin Lidle. W-Sato. L-Speier.

Leading hitters-Hon: G. Blum 3-4; C. Hermansen 2-3; Brad Fullmer 2-4, 2-run HR; Michael Asche 2-4, HR. WO: Pil Sung Kong 2-3, 2b; L. Owens-Bragg 2-4, 2b, 3b; A. Inaba 2-5, 2b.