Yankees trounce Tacoma, 12-3

Last year’s runner-up in the Saipan Major League continued on their pace toward the pennant as the Northern Yankees rolled a brand new loss off of the showroom floor for the Toyota Tacoma during a 12-3 trouncing Wednesday night at the Francisco M. Palacios Baseball Field in Oleai.

The pinstripers scored all of the runs that they needed in the bottom of the second inning when six Yankees crossed the plate amidst a comedy of errors by the team of trucks. The Tacoma allowed two runs to score as a direct result of errors, awarded base on balls to another pair of runners that were eventually converted into plate crossings, and let a run slip by from a wild pitch—all in the same inning.

The Tacoma also allowed two hits in the bottom of the second, including a single by Yankees third baseman Mel Sakisat. The big hitter tallied the first base knock of the game en route to a team leading 3-for-5 performance at the plate in which he hit a trio of singles and scored a pair of runs.

Aside from designated hitter Greg Camacho, Sakisat was the only member of the undefeated squad who recorded multiple hits in the contest. The Yankees were able to reel off 10 hits overall in the game, and Camacho recorded two of them with a double in the fifth and a single in the seventh.

The DH finished the night 2-for-3 with a walk and a pair of runs scored, but the Yankees got plenty of help from strong pitching as well.

Sid Camacho led off the game for the pinstripers and allowed two runs off of two hits and walked four batters through the first two innings before Chris Camacho came in to finish the job in the top of the third.

Camacho went the final seven innings without surrendering a hit and struck out eight batters. The only blemish on the scorecard was a run that crossed home plate in the bottom of the fourth, when J-Boy Guerrero scored the third and final run for the Tacoma.

The Toyota team was leading 2-0 after two inning thanks to a two-run single by right fielder Rick Quitigua in the top of the first that sent Mario Aguon and Tony Pangelinan across the plate.

The scoreboard remained the same until the Yankees railed off a six-run outing in the bottom of the second to take the lead for good. The Tacoma scored another run in the top of the fourth inning, but the Yankees score one in the fifth, two in the sixth, and three in the seventh to put the game out of reach.