Thursday, November 27, 1997Eugene Kingsdale's run-scoring single in the top of the 12th inning gave the Maui Stingrays a 4-3 Hawaii Winter Baseball victory over the Honolulu Sharks last night at Rainbow Stadium. Stingrays
top Sharks in 12Maui's Calvin Pickering had sent the game into extra innings with a pinch-hit homer in the ninth. His eighth homer of the season tied him with West Oahu's Jim Chamblee for the league lead.
David Lee, the third of four Maui pitchers, picked up the victory after working two scoreless innings. Ryan Kohlmeier checked the Sharks in the bottom of the 12th to earn a save.
Ryan Minor put Honolulu ahead , 1-0, with an RBI double in the first. Maui's Roberto Molina and the Sharks' Norm Hutchins traded solo homers in the sixth.
In the seventh, Maui's Brian Richardson was hit in the head by a Jason Grilli pitch and had to leave the game. Pinch-runner Randy Winn eventually scored on a groundout, tying it at 2-2.
But the Sharks untied it in their half of the inning on a run-scoring single by Nelson Castro.
Last night's scheduled doubleheader at Hilo between the Stars and West Oahu was rained out.
The league's All-Star Game will be played tomorrow on Maui at 6 p.m.
Outrigger Division
W L Pct. GB Honolulu 23 20 .535 -- West Oahu 19 22 .463 3
W L Pct. GB Maui 22 20 .524 -- Hilo 19 21 .475 2Yesterday's resultsMaui 4, Honolulu 3, 12 innings
West Oahu at Hilo, 2, postponed, rain
Today's games
No games scheduled
Tomorrow's game
All-Star Game, at Wailuku, Maui, 6 p.m.
Maui 000 001 101 001--4 10 1 Honolulu 100 001 100 000--3 8 1Ricky Stone, Scott Randall (6), David Lee (10), Ryan Kohlmeier (12) and Jay Jones; Jason Grilli, Matt Apana (8), Shinichiro Minami (9), Brent Stentz (11) and Giuseppe Chiaramonte. W--Lee. Sv--Kohlmeier. L--Stentz.Leading hitters--Maui: Carlos Casimiro, 3-5, 2b; Roberto Colina, 2-5, HR; Calvin Pickering, HR. Sharks: Carlos Villalobos, 2-6, 3b; Norm Hutchins, HR.
Hawaii Winter Baseball
1997 Roster & Schedule
