Thursday, December 4, 1997

Sharks sweep;
Stars win, 10-9

WAILUKU -- Carlos Villalobos' two-run homer capped a four-run sixth-inning comeback that gave the Honolulu Sharks a 5-3 victory over the Maui Stingrays and a sweep of their Hawaii Winter Baseball doubleheader last night.

In the first game, Maui's Darrin Babineaux held Honolulu to one unearned run over five innings but Gabe Kapler sent the Sharks ahead, 3-1, with a two-run homer in the sixth and they scored five runs in the seventh to win, 8-1.

At Waipahu, the Hilo Stars beat the West Oahu CaneFires, 10-9, on Corey Pointer's bases-empty homer in the ninth.

Hawaii Winter Baseball

Outrigger Division

	  	W	L	Pct.	GB
Honolulu 	25	22	.532	--	
West Oahu 	21	25	.456	3-1/2

Volcano Division

	  	W	L	Pct.	GB
Hilo	 	23	22	.511	--	
Maui	 	23	23	.500	1/2

Yesterday's results

Honolulu 8, Maui 1

Honolulu 5, Maui 3

Hilo 10, West Oahu 9

Sharks 8, Stingrays 1 (1st game)

Honolulu 	001	002	5--8	4	0
Maui	 	000	010	0--1	4	3

Junichi Kawahara, Sung Min Cho (7) and Robert Fick; Darrin Babineaux, David Lee (6), Mike McCutcheon (7) and Jay Jones. W--Kawahara. L--Lee.

Leading hitters--Honolulu: Damon Minor, 2b, 2 RBIs; Gabe Kapler, HR, 2 RBIs.

Sharks 5, Stingrays 3 (2nd game)

Honolulu 	000	014	0--5	11	2
Maui	 	010	020	0--3	6	1

Katsuhiko Maekawa, Walker Chapman (5), Brent Stentz (7) and Giuseppe Chiaramonte; Ricky Stone, Scott Randall (6), Ryan Kohlmeier (6), Jake Viano (7) and Casey Snow. W--Chapman. Sv--Stentz. L--Kohlmeier.

Leading hitters--Honolulu: Robert Fick, 2-4; Minor, 2-2; Carlos Villalobos, 2-3, 2 RBIs, HR; Nelson Castro, 2-3. Maui: Joe Mathis, 3b.

Stars 10, CaneFires 9

Hilo	 	100	210	  321--10	14	3
West Oahu	111	200	  310--9	15	1

Jeff Kelly, David Lundberg (5), Trevor Shaffer (7), Armando Almanza (8) and Tucker Barr; Paul Ah Yat, Phil Grundy (6), Teddy Warrecker (8), S. Prihoda (9) and Mike Barrett. W--Almanza. L--Prihoda.

Leading hitters--Hilo: Adam Kennedy, 2-4, 2b; Ric Johnson, 2-5, 2b; Corey Pointer, 4-5, 2 RBIs, 2b, HR; Brandon Pernell, 2-5; Barr, HR; Mark Budzinski, 3b. West Oahu: Fletcher Bates, 2-5, 2b; Barrett, 3-6, 2 RBIs, 2b; Nobuhiko Matsunaka, 3-5, 2 RBIs, HR; Mark Fischer, 2-4; Cory Erickson, 2b; Tadahito Iguchi, 2b.

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