Friday, November 21, 1997

Stars get lift from Kennedy

Star-Bulletin staff

Adam Kennedy stroked two singles and a double, driving in three runs, as the Hilo Stars beat the Honolulu Sharks, 5-2, last night in a Hawaii Winter Baseball game at Francis Wong Stadium.

Kennedy broke a 2-2 tie with a two-run double in the seventh inning and scored an insurance run on Derek Baker's single.

Honolulu's Robert Fick extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a single and double.

Stingrays 5, CaneFires 0: At Hans L'Orange Park in Waipahu, Maui pitcher Darrin Babineaux, who made his first start of the season with a league-leading 0.65 earned run average, blanked West Oahu for five innings before two relievers completed a two-hit shutout.

The CaneFires did not reach base after the fourth inning.

Hawaii Winter Baseball

Outrigger Division

        W  L          Pct.       GB

Honolulu   19  18  .514  -  

West Oahu   18  19  .486  1  

Volcano Division

      W  L  Pct.  GB

Maui   19  17  .528  -  

Hilo   17  19  .472  2  

Yesterday's results

Maui 5, West Oahu 0

Hilo 5, Honolulu 2

At Han's L'Orange Field

Maui   000  012  020-5  7  0

West Oahu   000  000  000-0  2  2

Darrin Babineaux, David Lee (6), Ryan Kohlmeier (9) and Jay Jones; Keith Evans, Phil Grundy (6), Jon Edwards (8), Teddy Warrecker (9) and Steve Lomasney. W-Babineaux. L-Evans.

Leading hitters-Maui: Calvin Pickering, 2-3; Joe Funaro, 2b, 2 RBIs; Jones, 2b.

At Francis Wong Stadium

Honoluluu   000  002  000-2  7  4

Hilo   001  001  30x-5  5  2

Katsuhiko Maekawa, Matt Apana (6), Ayahito Shinada (7) and Robert Fick; Takao Inoue, Brian O'Connor (6), Trevor Schaffer (8), Jason Temple (9) and Dave Schmidt. W-O'Connor. L-Apana. S-Temple.

Leading hitters-Hon: Brent Abernathy, 2-3; Robert Fick, 2-4, 2b. Hilo: Adam Kennedy, 3-4, 2b, 3 RBIs.

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