Monday, November 17, 1997

Minor helps Sharks
sink Stingrays

Star-Bulletin staff

Damon Minor's three-run double was the big hit in a five-run inning that sent the HonoluluSharks to a 7-5 win over the Maui Stingrays in Hawaii Winter Baseball at Rainbow Stadium.

The Sharks swept the three-game series from the Stingrays and have now won six in a row.

Stars 6, CaneFires 4:At Hilo, Bo Porter hit two home runs and drove in four runs to lead the Stars over West Oahu.

Porter hit a solo shot in the sixth inning and a three-run homer in the eighth for Hilo.

Hawaii Winter Baseball

Outrigger Division

  WLPct.GB

Honolulu 18 15 .545 -

West Oahu 17 17.500 11/2

Volcano Division

  WLPct.GB

Maui 17 16 .515 -

Hilo 14 18 .438 21/2

CaneFires 6, Stars 4

West Oahu  011000002-470

Hilo  00002103x-6100

Brandon Villafuerte, Masaaki Daitoh (6), Teddy Warrecker (7), Joseph Lisio (8) and Mike Barrett; Paul O'Malley, Kyle Kawabata (6), Jason Temple (7), David Lundberg (8), Chad Ricketts (9) and Dave Schmidt. W-Kawabata. Sv-Ricketts. L-Daitoh.

Leading hitters-West Oahu: Fletcher Bates, 2-2; Jim Chamblee, HR, 2 RBIs; Cory Erickson, 2b; Sou Tsutsui, HR. Hilo: Bo Porter, 2-4, 2 HRs, 4 RBIs; Mike Zywica, 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Sharks 7, Stingrays 5

Maui  010011200-5133

Honolulu  00501010x-7111

Kevin Gryboski, Ricky Stone (3), Mike McCutcheon (6), David Lee (7), Ryan Kohlmeier (7) and Jay Jones; Ramon Ortiz, Walker Chapman (6), Ayahito Shinada (7), Brent Stentz (9) and Giuseppe Chiaramonte.

Leading hitters-Maui: Joe Funaro, 2-4; Roberto Colina, 3-5; Nate Rolison, 3-5, 2b; Jones, 3-5. Honolulu: Robert Fick, 3-4, 2b; Damon Minor, 2b, 3 RBIs; Carlos Villalobos, 3-4; Nelson Castro, 2-4.

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Hawaii Winter Baseball
1997 Roster & Schedule