Friday, October 24, 1997

Stingrays’ rally sinks Sharks

Star-Bulletin staff

The Maui Stingrays broke a five-game losing streak with a five-run sixth inning in a 6-5 triumph over the Honolulu Sharks in a Hawaii Winter Baseball game at Rainbow Stadium last night.

Eugene Kingsale's bases-clearing triple down the left-field line was the key hit in the inning.

At Hilo, the West Oahu CaneFires won their second consecutive game with Tadahito Iguchi hitting a two-run homer in the fifth inning.

Stingrays 6, Sharks 5

Maui	  	000	105	000--6	8	2
Honolulu 	111	000	110--5	10	0

Mike Vavrek, Darrin Babineaux (4), J.J. Pearsall (6), David Lee (6), Ryan Kohlmeier (9) and Jay Jones, Casey Snow (9); Ramon Ortiz, Tom LaRosa (4), Yusaku Iriki (6) and Robert Fick, Shunsuke Hara (6). W--Babineaux (1-0). L--LaRosa (0-2).

Leading hitters--Maui: Eugene Kingsale, 3b, 3 RBI; Randy Winn, 2-4; Jose Funaro, 2-4, 3b. Honolulu: Norman Hutchins, 3b; Robert Fick, 3-3, HR, 2 RBI; Gabe Kapler, 2-5, 3b.

CaneFires 7, Stars 3

West Oahu 	100	023	001--7	7	0
Hilo	  	100	011	000--5	8	1

Jayson Durocher, Phil Grundy (4), Teddy Warrecker (7), Paul Ah Yat (9) and Steve Lomasney; Onan Masaoka, Chad Ricketts (5), David Lundberg (6), Brian O'Connor (7), Kyle Kawabata (9) and Dave Schmidt. W--Grundy (1-1). L--Ricketts (0-1).

Leading hitters--West Oahu: Mark Fischer, 2b; Tadahito Iguchi, HR, 3 RBI; Jim Chamblee, 2-5. Hilo: Adam Kennedy, 3-5; Derek Baker, 2-5, 2 RBI; Bo Porter, 2b.

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