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Saipan Masters draw with Yona Rulz

Tuesday, 02 June 2009 23:24

“What a game, what a game.”

Yona Rulz pitcher Alvin Fejeran “unloads the canon during a Pacific Islanders Masters Baseball Tournament game against the Saipan Masters Monday, June 1, 2009 at Paseo Stadium in Hagatna. Yona Rulz and Saipan Masters played to a 17-17 tie. Photos by Matt Weiss



That was what was echoed throughout the stands after a fantastic 2009 Pacific Islanders Masters Baseball Tournament competitive division game yesterday at Paseo Stadium between Yona Rulz and the visiting Saipan Masters.


After five complete innings of play, both teams found themselves deadlocked at 17-17 to end the game in a draw.

“What a great game,” Saipan fan Margaret Flores said. “This is a great way for players and fans alike from Saipan, Guam and Australia to get together and have fun.”

Guam Masters Baseball Association president Roke Alcantara, Sr. said “the tournament is put together every year so that we can compete against off-island teams and by doing that, make a lifelong bond with new people on the baseball diamond.”

There are two divisions in the tournament, a competitive division and a non-competitive division known as the social division.

Both teams scored at will when it counted and in the end, after time had expired, game umpires called it a draw. Fans were treated to great ball throwing and acrobatic maneuvers that only players in the 2009 tournament can bring.

After Yona Rulz took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning, the Saipan Masters waited for the right opportunity to strike. That came in the bottom of the second inning after scoring four runs to take a 4-1 lead. Dennis Renguul was credited with a two-RBI double after he hit the ball into deep center field. Moments later, Mark Flores recorded a RBI single after he brought in Dennis with a shot to the left field fence. Ending the spree was Mike Muna as he hit the ball softly on the ground forcing Mark Flores to cross the plate on a fielder’s choice call.

Not to be outdone, Yona Rulz tied the game 4-4 in the top of the third inning after Frank Fernandez drove in Richard Mendiola and Felix Mesa for a two-RBI triple. Moments later, a fielding error by the Saipan Masters resulted in Fernandez stepping over home plate for another score.

“We are just having fun out here, enjoying the games and our stay on Guam,” said Ted Dapileo, a resident of  As Lito, Saipan.

Saipan once again proved they belong among the elite of Guam as they retook the lead 7-4 in the bottom of the third. Starting things off was Bob Lizama of Garapan, Saipan. Lizama ripped a towering shot into left field for a two-RBI single that brought in Wally Imul and John Duenas. Ted Ngewakl brought in Mark Flores after smacking an RBI single shot to shallow right field.

Yona thought they put the game out of reach in the top of the fourth inning by scoring 10 runs giving them a comfortable 14-7 lead. Ken Espinosa got things going after recording an RBI single. From there, Mendiola smacked a hard shot to left field for a two-RBI single to tie the game.

Two errors by the Saipan Masters and two straight two-RBI doubles and an RBI single gave the Yona team a comfortable lead. So they thought at that point.

Saipan managed to score a run in the bottom half of the fourth inning, trimming Yona’s lead to14-8. Yona Rulz added anoher three runs in the top of the fifth inning to take a 17-8 lead. Espinosa recorded a two-RBI single that brought in two of his teammates. Moments later, Mendiola added another RBI to his total after lining a shot to right field bringing in JR Javier.

Now it was do or die for the Saipan Masters as the time winded down and the final inning was upon them. The Saipan Masters came through as they scored nine runs tying the game, thus putting the smiles on all of the players of Yona Rulz away.

Saipan Masters’ pitcher Bob O’Conner pitches the ball during a Pacific Islanders Masters Baseball Tournament game against Yona Rulz Monday, June 1, 2009 at Paseo Stadium in Hagatna. Yona Rulz and Saipan Masters played to a 17-17 tie.



Three straight RBI singles by Muna, Kapileo and Ben Cabrera gave the Saipan team hope. Moments later a throwing error by Yona pitcher Victor Hernandez brought in another run. With two outs in the books, the Saipan Masters stayed strong in the face of defeat and scored five more runs on RBI singles by Lizama, a 2 runs stand up doubles by Dennis Renguul, a singles by Muna, Kapileo and Cabreara.

With the tie, Yona Rulz is 0-1-1 in the tournament and the Saipan Masters are now 0-1-1. In other action the Guam A’s defeated the Agat Cardinals 7-9. The Cardinals are 0-1 in the tournament and the A’s are 1-0.

In the social division, the Guam Masters are 2-0 in the tournament and the Aussie Wombats are 0-1 after Guam defeated the Australian team 8-0. In the other game in the social division, the Kosrae Masters defeated the Korea “J” Masters 20-8. Kosrae is 1-1 in the tournament and the Korea “J” Masters are 0-2.

Action continues tomorrow with the Guam Masters taking on Guahan Old School at 1 p.m. in the competitive division. At 6 p.m., the last competitive division game takes place as the Agat Cardinals take on the Saipan Masters. In the social division, the Korea “J” Masters take on the Guam Masters at 3:30 p.m. and the Kosrae Masters take on the Aussie Wombats at 8:30 p.m.

Top Performers

Yona Rulz
Frank Fernandez - 4-4 with 2 runs, 3 RBIs
Ron Mendiola - 3-4 with 2 runs, 3 RBIs
Dan Aguero - 2-3 with 1 run, 2 RBIs
Richard Mendiola - 4-4 with 1 run, 2 RBIs

Saipan Masters
Manny Tenorio - 4-5 with 1 run, 4 RBIs
Bob Lizama - 4-5 with 1 run, 4 RBIs
Mark Flores - 4-4 with 2 runs, 4 RBIs
Dennis Renguul - 3-4, 3 runs, 3 RBIs

 

]]> http://teamrubak.webs.com/baseballhighlights.htm?blogentryid=4509106 2009-6-03T21:21:00+0900 <![CDATA[Bridge Capital "Kabur" vs Falcons (Second Round)]]> Falcons peaking at the right time
 

Tanapag Falcons' Oscar Sablan goes up to bat against Kabur's Jason Hayes in the fifth inning of their 2008 Budweiser Saipan Major League game at the Francisco M. Palacios Baseball Field Monday night. (Mark Rabago) Mike Pangelinan joined Kim Jae Young of Komoro as the only players so far to have registered an outside-the-park homerun in the 2008 Budweiser Saipan Major League.

And the Tanapag Falcons' first baseman couldn't have found a better time to hit the over-the-fence homer than the defending champions' 26-7 mercy shortened win against Kabur Monday night in the resumption of the islands' premier baseball competition.

With the score at 9-2 in the top of the fourth, Pangelinan came up to bat against Jason Hayes and didn't waste time in joining Kim in the elite list with a looper that went way, way above the head of Kabur leftfielder Payton Sakuma at the Francisco M. Palacios Baseball Field.

Falcons scored four more runs in the fourth to increase its lead to 14-2 and Darson Camacho continued to hold down Kabur's hitters in the fifth by shutting down John Tuti, Hayes, and Leo Bobai in 1-2-3 fashion.

Kabur showed some signs of life in the fifth-after the Falcons scored four more runs in the top of the inning-by managing four home plate-crossings of its own on consecutive RBIs by Hayes, Ray Renguul, and Darwin Masaharu to make it 18-6.

But that was too weak of an explosion from Kabur's top of the order to make a dent on the Falcons' mammoth lead.

To make matters worse, the Falcons just continued to pile up the runs in the sixth as Jess Taitano drove in Pangelinan and Sid Sablan and Henry Iguel did the same for Doro Camacho, while Oscar Sablan reached on an error to make it 22-6.

J.R. Suel then took over from Camacho on the mound, and the reliever actually even improved on the starter's numbers as he gave up only three hits and one run the rest of the way.

That run came in the bottom of the seventh-the Falcons tucked in four more runs in the top of what turned out to be the final inning-when Masaharu's lone run made it 26-7.

That was it for Kabur though as Suel forced Hayes to ground out to first base and Bobai tagged out at third after a fielder's choice on Sakuma's at-bat.

Justin Quitano led the Falcons' offensive force, going 3-for-5 with two runs and three RBIs. Suel, Manny Evangelista, and Pete Teigita also went .500 at the batter's box and also recorded two RBIs apiece in the win.

Camacho was efficient from No. 1 spot, striking out five batters in five innings that saw him surrender eight hits that led to six runs while only being assessed an error.

McQueen Masaharu led Kabur's losing cause by going 2-for-3 and driving home one run. Hayes, Bobai, Hector Efrain, and Renguel also regsistered RBIs each. The loss was the 11th in 13 games for Kabur, which in only a half game better than 1-11 win-loss card of tailender O'Conner Tigers.

drenguul

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Kabur nips Tigers in 10 innings

Kabur pitcher Darwin Masaharu, left photo, and Komoro hurler Jae Young Kim foiled the Tigers bid to earn its second win in the 3rd Annual Budweiser-Saipan Major League at the Francisco M. Palacios Baseball Field. (Jon Perez) Bridge Capital-Kabur needed 10 innings before squeezing out a 14-13 win over the Tigers of Atty. Bob O'Connor on Friday night in the 3rd Annual Budweiser-Saipan Major League at the Francisco M. Palacios Baseball Field.

The loss was the fourth straight for the Tigers after an 8-7 win over Komoro on April 7. They also suffered a 9-8 loss to Komoro on May 7, Wednesday.

Darwin Masaharu pitched in the bottom of the 10th relieving Tuwi Ngiraidong, who lasted nine innings.

Masaharu caught a Ben Cabrera grounder for a 1-3 putout play to Gloyd Martin at first base for the first out then walked Tony Rogolifoi, who moved to second on a passed ball.

Ivan Igitol hit a soft grounder that landed a few feet from Kabur catcher Payton Sakuma, who picked up the ball and made the throw to first baseman Martin for the second out.

Kabur earned the win, their second in eight games, after Masaharu forced Mabel Ngirngemelas to an infield fly with second baseman Hector Efrain making the catch for the third out.

The Tigers also played sloppy defense in the final inning making three errors to allow Kabur score the go-ahead run.

With one out, after Efrain flied out to Tigers right fielder Ngirngemelas, in the top of the 10th Poland Masaharu reached safely on first base on an Igitol throwing error.

Masaharu moved closer to home plate on a Manny Cabrera throwing error with Dave Kapileo reaching safely on first base in that play. Masaharu later scored on another throwing error by Cabrera with Kapileo moving to third in the same play.

Kapileo, however, failed to reach home when Reno Celis struck out Payton Sakuma and forced Jason Hayes to ground out on a 6-3 putout play where Cabrera redeemed himself by making the throw to first base.

Poland Masaharu's run became the game-winning run as Darwin Masaharu retired three of the four batters he faced in the bottom of the 10th.

Kabur also used a four-run scoring in the fourth and sixth innings.

Rasco Yamada only went 1-for-5 but had a bases-clearing three-RBI double in the sixth. Designated hitter Leo Bobai went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs.

Hayes also went 2-for-3 scoring three times with one RBI. Martin went perfect at the plate going 3-for-3 with three runs, a double, a triple and an RBI.

posted by: Dennis A Renguul



 

 

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