Thursday, November 28, 1996

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West Oahu pulls one
out in the ninth

An unearned run in the top of the ninth inning was the difference as West Oahu edged Honolulu, 6-5, in a Hawaii Winter Baseball league game at Rainbow Stadium last night.

The game in Hilo between the Maui Stingrays and the Hilo Stars was postponed by rain and will be made up as part of a doubleheader Dec. 11 at Francis Wong Stadium.

The CaneFires had tied the score at 5-5 in the sixth inning on a bases-loaded walk, and error and a sacrifice fly by Brad Tiller.

In the ninth, Atsunori Inaba reached second on an error by Sharks shortstop Chad Hermansen, took third on Marty Gazarek's single and scored on a single by Matt Bokemeier.

Jeremy Carr homered for Honolulu while Hermansen was 3-for-4 with 2 RBIs.

The annual all-star game is tomorrow at Maui's War Memorial Stadium starting at 6 p.m.

Saturday, before the Maui-West Oahu 2 p.m. game at Hans L'Orange Park, there will be a Playboy Playmates and Friends Softball Tournament. It is a benefit for Easter Seals. General admission is $5 with reserved grandstand seats $10. For more information, call Billie Gabrial-Zito at 536-1015.

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Outrigger Division

  		W	L	Pct.	GB
Honolulu 	26	14	.650	--
West Oahu 	15	22	.405	9-1/2

Volcano Division

	  	W	L	Pct.	GB
Maui	 	18	19	.486	--
Hilo	 	17	21	.447	1-1/2

Last night's results

West Oahu 6, Honolulu 5

Maui at Hilo, ppd., rain

At Rainbow Stadium

West Oahu 	000	113	001--6	12	2
Honolulu  	200	030	000--5	12	5

Sang Soo Kang, Jason Myers (5), Matt Skrmetta (5), Cam Smith (9) and Sam Voita; Joe Verplancke, Mike McCutcheon (5), Hideki Sato (6), Pat Flury (9) and Chad Hermansen. W-Skrmetta (4-1). L-Flury (1-3). Sv-C. Smith (1).

Leading hitters-West Oahu: Matt Bokemeier, 2-5; Marty Gazarek, 2-5; Gabriel Kapler, 3-5; Craig Mayes, 2-3; Luke Owens-Bragg, 2b. Honolulu: Jason Conti, 2-5; Jeremy Carr, HR; Geoffrey Blum, 2-4; Brad Fullmer, 2-4, 2b; Chad Hermansen, 3-4, 2 RBIs, 3b; Matt Smith, 2b.