Bell rounds the bases
enough to beat Castle
Led by the play of catcher Matt Bell, Farrington defeated Castle 4-2 in a rain-postponed makeup baseball game yesterday afternoon.
Bell started off the game by clocking a 3-2, high fastball over the left center fence to put the Govs up by one before the Knights answered with two runs in the bottom of the first.
Bell helped erase that lead by scoring the tying and go-ahead runs in the third and fifth innings while helping pitchers Brian Cabral and Alison Tolentino shut out the Knights the rest of the way.
Castle head coach Joe Tom Jr. attributed their loss to "errors and lack of offensive punch," but also credited the Farrington defense with several outstanding plays. "We just didn't hit as well as we could have, but to our credit, we made the most of our attempts."
At Castle H.S. field
Brian Cabral, Alison Tolentino (7) and Matt Bell. Shane Dydasco, Jared Haitsuka (5), Kaimi Ah New (5), Jeff Akamine (7) and David Mohika. W--Cabral. L--Haitsuka. S--Tolentino.
Farrington (2-2) 101 020 0 -- 4 3 3 Castle (1-3) 200 000 0 -- 2 5 5
Leading hitters--Far: Bell 3-runs, HR. Cas: Mohika 2-3, run; Ah New 2b, RBI.
Leilehua 4, Radford 0
A big third inning for the Mules assured their win over the Rams and kept their four-game win streak alive.
Bryant Moniz's RBI single to center early in the bottom of the third blew open a scoreless tie. Catcher Jesse Matsuura then added another two runs with his single to right. Ross Masuhara topped off the four-run inning, driving in one with his sacrifice fly to left field.
Pitcher John Olley went the distance for Leilehua, allowing no runs on four hits and no errors, struck out nine and walked one.
At Fred Wright Park
Andrew Atmospera, Chad Afi (6) and Kyle Howell. John Olley and Jesse Matsuura. W--Olley. L--Atmospera.
Radford (1-2) 000 000 0 -- 0 4 1 Leilehua (4-0) 004 000 x -- 4 4 0
Leading hitters--Rad: Kahoku Tampos 2-3. Lei: Matsuura 2 RBIs.