Thursday, October 30, 1997

Sharks, CaneFires win

WAILUKU -- Jonathon Rivers' two-run double keyed a four-run uprising in the ninth inning that gave the Honolulu Sharks an 8-5 Hawaii Winter Baseball victory over the Maui Stingrays last night.

Mike Metcalfe's home run in the eighth gave Maui a 5-4 lead but the Sharks came roaring back in the ninth. Norm Hutchins delivered the tying run with a single, his fourth hit of the game. Rivers doubled in two more and another scored on a wild pitch.

CaneFires 9, Stars 8: At Hans L'Orange Park, West Oahu overcame an early 6-1 deficit to down Hilo on a run-scoring single by Jim Chamblee in the 11th inning.

Outrigger Division

	  	W	L	Pct.	GB
Honolulu 	11	7	.611	--	
West Oahu 	8	10	.444	3	

Volcano Division

	  	W	L	Pct.	GB
Maui	 	10	8	.556	--	
Hilo	 	7	11	.389	3	

Today's games

Honolulu vs. Maui, 6 p.m., Maehara Stadium.

Hilo vs. West Oahu, 6:30 p.m., Hans L'Orange Park.

CaneFires 9, Stars 8

11 innings

Hilo		130	010	001	20--8	14	1
West Oahu	010	000	005	21--9	15	2

Onan Masaoka, Jason Temple (6), Brian O'Connor (7), Trevor Shaffer (8), Kyle Kawabata (9), Armando Almanza (9), Dave Lundberg (10) and Dave Schmidt; Jayson Durocher, Jon Edwards (6), Paul Ah Yat (9) and Steve Lomasney. W--Ah Yat (2-2). L--Lundberg (0-1).

Leading hitters-Hilo: Adam Kennedy, 2-6, 2b; Billy Deck, 2-6, 2 2bs; Ric Johnson, 2-5; Brandon Pernall, 2-4; Schmidt, 2-5, 2b, 3 RBI; Corey Pointer, 2-5, 2 HR, 3 RBI; Mike Zywica, 2b. West Oahu: Mark Fischer, 3b, 2 RBI; Mark Barrett, 2-6; Fletcher Bates, 2-5; Nobuhiko Matsunaka, 2-5, 2b; Jim Chamblee, 2-4, 2b, Chad Whitaker, 3-5, 2b; Tadahito Iguchi, 2-5, HR, 3 RBI.

Sharks 8, Stingrays 5

Honolulu	102	000	104--8	12	0
Maui		101	100	110--5	10	1

Ramon Ortiz, Walker Chapman (5), Brent Stentz (8) and Shunsuke Hara; Luther Hackman, Mike McCutcheon (5), J.J. Pearsall (7), David Lee (7), Ryan Kohlmeier (9), Sean Bogle (9) and Casey Snow. W--Stentz (2-1). L--Kohlmeier (0-1).

Leading hitters--Honolulu: Norm Hutchins, 4-5; Brent Abernathy, 2-5; Jonathan Rivers, 3-3, 2b, 3b, 3 RBI; Damon Minor, HR, 3 RBI; Nelson Castro, 2b. Maui: Joe Mathis, 2-4; Joe Funaro, 2b; Calvin Pickering, 3-5, 2 RBI; Mike Metcalfe, 2-4, HR.

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