Monday, November 25, 1996

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Stingrays brings Sharks’
win streak to an end

Maui blasted Honolulu pitching for 17 hits, including 13 for extra bases, en route to a 9-2 victory over the Sharks in a Hawaii Winter Baseball league game at Rainbow Stadium before a crowd of 2,152 yesterday.

The Stingrays also halted Honolulu's winning streak at six.

With the score tied 1-1, Maui's Josh Booty greeted Honolulu reliever Toyokazu Ohba with a leadoff home run to right to start the fifth inning. Mitsuru Honma followed with a triple to left-center field and, one out later, scored on Ben Petrick's double down the left-field line.

The Stingrays iced the game with a five-run seventh that featured doubles by Anthony Sanders and Nate Rolison, a triple by Petrick and Danny Clyburn's two-run homer.

West Oahu 3-1, Hilo 0-2

At Hilo, the hometown Stars managed just four hits in each game but escaped with a doubleheader split against the visiting Cane Fires.

In the opener, Marty Gazarek hit a two-run homer in the first inning and scored in the sixth to lead West Oahu to a 3-0 victory.

Chad Hartvigson, Jason Berry and Justin Speier, who earned seventh save of the season, combined on the four-hitter.

Hilo took the second game, 2-1, scoring the winning run in the bottom of the fifth inning. Hirotoshi Kitagawa walked, took second on Gavin Jackson's sacrifice bunt and scored on Scott Hunter's single.

Virgil Chevalier's homer had given the Stars a 1-0, first-inning lead. The CaneFires had tied the score in the top of the fifth on Matt Bokemeier's RBI single.

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Box Score

Outrigger Division

  		W	L	Pct.	GB
Honolulu 	24	13	.649	--
West Oahu 	14	20	.412	8-1/2

Volcano Division

	  	W	L	Pct.	GB
Maui 		17	18	.486	--	
Hilo 		16	20	.444	1-1/2

Today's games

Maui vs. Hilo, 6 p.m., Francis Wong Stadium.

West Oahu vs. Honolulu, 6:55 p.m., Rainbow Stadium.

Yesterday's results

Maui 9, Honolulu 2

West Oahu 3, Hilo 0 (1st)

Hilo 2, West Oahu 1 (2nd)

At Rainbow Stadium

Maui  		000	120	510--9  17   0
Honolulu 	001	000	010--2   6   3

Luther Hackman, Shintaroh Yoshitake (6), Matt Snyder (9) and Ben Petrick; John Kelly, Toyokazu Ohba (5), Hideki Sato (8) and Shunsuke Hara. W-Hackman (3-0). L-Ohba (4-2).

Leading hitters-Maui: Anthony Sanders, 3-5, 2b; Petrick, 3-5, 2b, 3b, 2 RBIs; Danny Clyburn, 2 2bs HR, 2 RBIs; Nate Rolison, 2-5, 2 2bs; Keith Johnson, 2-5, 2b; Jaime Jones, 2-4, 3b, 2 RBIs; Josh Booty, HR; Mitsuru Honma, 2-4, 3b, HR. Honolulu: Geoffrey Blum, 2-3, 2b, HR, 2 RBIs; Vashon Walker, 3-4.

At Francis Wong Stadium

First game

West Oahu 	200	001	0--3   9   0
Hilo  		000	000	0--0   4   1

Chad Hartvigson, Jason Berry (7), Justin Speier (7) and Craig Mayes; Matt Beaumont, Dan Murray (6), Dan Ricabal (7) and Virgil Chevalier. W-Hartvigson (1-0). L-Beaumont ( 2-3). Sv-Speier (7).

Leading hitters: Not available.

Second game

West Oahu 	000	010	0--1   7   1
Hilo	  	100	010	x--2   4   1

Terry Harvey, Cam Smith (6) and Sam Voita; Yoshiya Takeuchi, Rob Bonanno, Tae Seok Kim and Virgil Chevalier. W-Takeuchi (2-0). L-Harvey (0-3). Sv-Kim (3).

Leading hitters: Not available.