Monday, December 8, 1997

CaneFires,
Stingrays hang on

Nobuhiko Matsunaka drove in four runs as the West Oahu CaneFires beat the Honolulu Sharks, 10-1, in Hawaii Winter Baseball action yesterday at Hans L'Orange Park.

The West Oahu win kept the Sharks from clinching the Outrigger Division title.

Stingrays 3, Stars 1: At Hilo, Ricky Stone pitched seven strong innings and Joe Funaro helped out with three hits as Maui won, preventing the Stars from clinching the Volcano Division title..

Stone gave up only three singles and one earned run.

Hawaii Winter Baseball

Outrigger Division

	  	W	L	Pct.	GB
Honolulu 	26	25	.510	--	
West Oahu 	23	27	.460	2-1/2

Volcano Division

	  	W	L	Pct.	GB
Hilo	 	27	23	.540	--	
Maui	 	25	26	.490	2-1/2

Yesterday's results

West Oahu 10, Honolulu 1

Maui 3, Hilo 1

At Hans L'Orange Park

Honolulu  	010	000	000--1	6	3
West Oahu 	001	143	01x--10	10	0

Ramon Ortiz, Walker Chapman (4), Ernie Delgado (6), Sung Min Cho (8) and Shunsuke Hara; Phil Grundy, Paul Ah Yat (7), Jon Edwards (9) and Steve Lomasney. W--Grundy. L--Chapman.

Leading hitters--Hon: Brent Abernathy, 3-4, 2 2bs; Michael Glendenning, HR. WO: Cory Erickson, 2-2, 2b; Lomasney, 2-4, 2b; Terrence Long, 2-5, 3b; Nobuhiko Matsunaka, 2b, 4 RBIs; Jim Chamblee, 2-run HR; Fletcher Bates, 2b.

At Francis Wong Stadium

Maui	  	000	020	100--3	11	0
Hilo	  	000	000	100--1	4	0

Ricky Stone, David Lee (8), Ryan Kohlmeier (9) and Casey Snow; Onan Masaoka, David Lundberg (6), Trevor Schaffer (8) and Tucker Barr. W--Stone. L--Masaoka. S--Kohlmeier.

Leading hitters--Maui: Jose Funaro, 3-4, 2 2bs, 2 RBIs; Joe Mathis, 2-4, 2b; Carlos Casimiro, 2-5; Eugene Kingsale, 2-5. Hilo: Derek Baker, 2-4.

---

Hawaii Winter Baseball
1997 Roster & Schedule