Thursday, November 21, 1996

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Sharks’ big rally
overtakes Stars

The Honolulu Sharks scored three runs in the sixth inning to get close, then pushed across four more in the seventh to overtake the Hilo Stars, 8-5, in a Hawaii Winter Baseball league game at Rainbow Stadium last night.

Brad Fullmer's bases-loaded double drove in the game-winning run and gave reliever John Kelly his first victory over the season.

Matt Smith had a double, a home run and three runs-batted-in for the Sharks. Geoff Blum added three hits.

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West Oahu 5-4, Maui 0-1

At Wailuku, Russ Ortiz and Tony Dougherty combined on a three-hitter as the CaneFires won the first game of a doubleheader at Wailuku's War Memorial Stadium.

Marty Gazarek and James Betzsold each knocked in two runs for West Oahu.

Gazarek again had the productive bat in the second game with two RBIs. West Oahu broke a 1-1 tie with three runs in the top of the seventh inning.

Maui's Anthony Sanders hit a solo homer in the second game.

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Box Score

Outrigger Division

  		W	L	Pct.	GB
Honolulu 	21	12	.636	--
West Oahu 	12	18	.400	7-1/2

Volcano Division

  		W	L	Pct.	GB
Maui	 	15	16	.484	--
Hilo	 	15	17	.469	1/2

Today's games

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

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

Last night's results

West Oahu 5, Maui 0 (1st)

West Oahu 4, Maui 2 (2nd)

Honolulu 8, Hilo 5

At War Memorial Stadium

First game

West Oahu 	004	010	0--5   7   1
Maui	  	000	000	0--0   3   2

Russ Ortiz, Tony Dougherty (7) and Craig Mayes; Doug Million, Orin Kawahara (5) and Ben Petrick. W-Ortiz (2-4). L-Million (1-2).

Leading hitters-West Oahu: Atsunari Inaba, 2-4, 2b; Marty Gazarek 2b, 2 RBIs; James Betzsold, 2-2, 2 RBIs; Matt Bokemeire, 3b.

Second game

West Oahu 	010	000	3--4   9   2
Maui  		000	100	1--2   5   2

Sang Soo Kang, Aaron Fultz (6), Justin Speier (7) and Kevin Lidle; Mark Seaver, Chris Macca (6) and Kenji Johjima. W-Fultz (1-0). L-Macca (0-2). Sv-Speier (6).

Leading hitters-West Oahu: Matt Bokemeire, 2-4, 2b; Marty Gazarek, 2-4, 2 RBIs; Luke Owens-Bragg, 2-3. Maui: Anthony Sanders, HR; Keith Johnson, 2b; Kyle Cooney, 2b.

At Rainbow Stadium

Hilo 	 	000	311	000--5   7   3
Honolulu  	010	003	40x--8  11   1

Jerrod Riggan, Brandon Villafuerte (6), Jim Baron (7) and Soo Hyuk Lim, Virgil Chevalier (8); Masao Teramae, John Kelly (6), Patrick Flury (8). W-Kelly (1-0). L-Baron (4-3). Sv-Flury (4).

Leading hitters-Hilo: Tony DeRosso 2-4, 2b, 2 RBIs; Hirotoshi Kitagawa, 2b; Brent Butler, 2b. Honolulu: Takayuki Saito, 2-4, 3b; Geoff Blum, 3-4; Brad Fullmer, 2b, 2 RBIs; Matt Smith, 2-4, 2b, HR, 3 RBIs.