Wednesday, December 10, 1997

Sharks, Stars
win divisions

HILO -- Junichi Kawahara allowed four hits and struck out 11 in seven innings as the Honolulu Sharks beat the Hilo Stars, 7-2, last night to clinch the Outrigger Division crown in Hawaii Winter Baseball.

Despite the loss, Hilo took the Volcano Division title when Maui lost, 6-4, to West Oahu and was eliminated.

The Sharks and Stars will play for the championship at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Hans L'Orange Park.

Norm Hutchins, Carlos Villalobos and Mike Glendenning each drove in two runs to pace the Sharks' attack against Hilo.

CaneFires 6, Stingrays 4: At Hans L'Orange Park, Tadahito Iguchi hit two homers to power West Oahu.

Box Score

Outrigger Division

	  	W	L	Pct.	GB
Honolulu 	27	25	.519	--	
West Oahu 	24	27	.471	2-1/2

Volcano Division

	  	W	L	Pct.	GB
Hilo	 	27	24	.529	--	
Maui	 	25	27	.481	2-1/2

Last night's results

Honolulu 7, Hilo 2

West Oahu 6, Maui 4

Tonight's games

Honolulu vs. Hilo, 6 p.m., Francis Wong Stadium

Maui vs. West Oahu, 6:30 p.m., Hans L'Orange Park

Sharks 7, Stars 2

Honolulu  	011	110	012--7	11	1
Hilo	  	001	001	001--2	6	4

s Junichi Kawahara, Brent Stentz (8), Min Sung Cho (9) and Giuseppe Chiaramonte; Jeff Kelly, Kyle Kawabata (5), R.A. Dickey (6), Trevor Shaffer (7), Jason Temple (8), Armando Almanza (9) and Dave Schmidt. W--Kawahara. L--Kelly.

Leading hitters--Honolulu: Carlos Villalobos, 3-4, 3 runs, 2 RBIs, double, HR; Hilo: Adam Kennedy, 2-4.

CaneFires 6, Stingrays 4

Maui	  	000	002	110--4	8	0
West Oahu  	110	202	00x--6	12	1

Darrin Babineaux, Sean Bogle (4), Scott Randall (8) and Jay Jones; Keith Evans, M. Daitoh (7), Paul Ah Yat (9) and Mike Barrett. W--Evans. S--Ah Yat. L--Babineaux.

Leading hitters--Maui: Calvin Pickering, 2-3, HR; Joe Mathis, 2-4, 2 RBIs, 3B; West Oahu: Nobuhiko Matsunaka, 3-4, 3B; Tadahito Iguchi, 2-2, 2 HRs; Mike Barrett, 2-4, 2B.

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