CHC stuns Freedom Air in softball league

Unheralded Commonwealth Health Center posted its biggest win of the season against second-running Freedom Air, 11-10, on Wednesday night in the Budweiser Inter-Government/Business Slow-pitch Softball League at the Capital Hill Ballfield.

CHC rallied back from a 6-10 deficit after five full innings by scoring four at the top of sixth with first baseman Henry Reyes, shortstop Vince Rabauliman, catcher Fernando Camacho, and pitcher Tom Ito reaching home plate in succession to tie the count at 10-10.

Then Ito grounded out the first three Freedom Air batters at the bottom of the sixth.

Infielder John Duenas gave the game’s final run on a single by Reyes at the top of the seventh.

But the tension did not just end there, as Ito again steadied himself at the mound, striking out the first batter, Al Lizama, at the bottom of seventh. He also grounded out in succession Ton Aguon and Frank Cruz for the big reversal of fortune.

With the win, CHC improved its record to 4-8, tying Public School System at 15th place.

Freedom Air absorbed its second defeat and is now tied with Commonwealth Ports Authority with similar 9-2 records.
[B] Beach Boys 12, DLNR 11[/B]

In another exciting match-up decided by the slimmest margin after an extra inning, the Beach Boys outlasted Department of Land and Natural Resources, 12-11.

The Beach Boys recovered from 2-6 down after four full innings as they scored five runs at the bottom of fifth, including a homerun by BJ Sablan while Max Kadiasang, Ota Noboyuki, Rusty Santos and Kotaro Tsujimo also reached home plate and another run by Steve Igisomar in the sixth for an 8-6 lead.

DLNR forced the game into overtime by scoring runs from Pete Tegita and Mike Blas at the top of seventh, then pitcher Steve Igisomar grounded out all three Beach Boys’ batters.

In the extra inning, DLNR put the Beach Boys under pressure as Larry Sebaklim, Chris Alepuyo and Mike Palacios had one run each for an 11-8 lead,

But the Beach Boys’ first four batters went to the homeplate, including the winning run by JR Suel on a single by Stanly Aldan, with only one out into the inning.

The Beach Boys climbed from seventh to fifth tying No Zone, and Joeten Motors with identical 8-3 slates. DLNR slipped from ninth place to 10th.

The other game last Wednesday was a lopsided contest as Docomo needed only five and a half innings to beat Pacific Islands Club, 13-2.

Docomo is now tied with Legislature with an 8-4 record in seventh place while PIC stayed at 18th with a 2-8 slate.
[B] P&S 22, CUC 13[/B]

Earlier on Tuesday night, P&S buckled down to work in the final stretch to recover from a slow start before coming home with a 22-13 decision over Commonwealth Utilities Corporation.

P&S took its sixth win in 11 outings as it rallied from a 1-6 deficit after two full innings.

Aided by a homerun by pitcher Mike Sablan, P&S came up with six runs at the top of third to take the lead, 7-6.

CUC came in front anew after six full innings, 13-9, but P&S exploded with 13 runs at the top of the seventh on the way to its sixth win in 11 games while putting CUC down to 16th place with a 3-8 mark.