Friday, November 14, 1997

Sharks beat CaneFires, 6-4

Nelson Castro drove in the tie-breaking run with a ninth-inning triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Carlos Villalobos as the Honolulu Sharks beat the West Oahu CaneFires, 6-4, last night at Hans L'Orange Field.

The CaneFires had tied it in the eighth on an RBI triple by Fletcher Bates and a sacrifice fly by Jim Chamblee.

Gabe Kapler, Giuseppe Chiaramonte and Norm Hutchins homered in the Sharks' third straight victory over the CaneFires.

Stars 8, Stingrays 3: At Wailuku, Bo Porter stroked three hits for the Hilo Stars, who rolled up an 8-0 lead after five innings and went on to snap Maui's winning string at five games.

Hawaii Winter Baseball

Outrigger Division

	  	W	L	Pct.	GB
West Oahu 	17	14	.548	--	
Honolulu 	15	15	.500	1-1/2

Volcano Division

	  	W	L	Pct.	GB
Maui	 	17	13	.567	--	
Hilo	 	11	18	.379	5-1/2

Today's games

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

Hilo vs. Maui, 6 p.m., Iron Maehara Stadium

Sharks 6, CaneFires 4

Honolulu 	020	011	002--6	7	0
West Oahu 	000	002	020--4	9	2

Junichi Kawahara, Shinichiro Minami (6), Brent Stentz (9) and Giuseppe Chiaramonte; Shinji Kurano, Jon Edwards (6), Teddy Warrecker (6), Paul Ah Yat (9) and Mike Barrett. W--Minami. Sv--Stentz. L--Warrecker.

Leading hitters--Honolulu: Gabe Kapler, 2-3, 2b, HR; Nelson Castro, 3b; Chiaramonte, HR; Norman Hutchins, HR. West Oahu: Barrett, 2-4; Kazuki Inoue, 2-4; Fletcher Bates, 3b; Cory Erickson, 2b.

Stars 8, Stingrays 3

Hilo	  	104	030	000--8	12	3
Maui	  	000	000	003--3	6	2

Jeff Kelly, Chad Ricketts (6), David Lundberg (7), Brian O'Connor (8) and Dave Schmidt; Ricky Stone, Jake Viano (3), Kevin Gryboski (5), J.J. Pearsall (5), David Lee (8), Ryan Kohlmeier (9) and Casey Snow. W--Kelly. L--Stone.

Leading hitters--Hilo: Adam Kennedy, 2-4; Billy Deck, 2-5; Ric Johnson, 2-2, 2 RBIs; Mark Budzinski, 2-5, 3b; Bo Porter, 3-5, 2b; Brandon Pernell, 2b. Maui: Carlos Casimero, 2b.

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