Brewers blast miserable Masters, 32-0

The Miller Lite Brewers demoralized the Freedom Air Masters with a deluge of singles and scores on Friday night at Francisco M. Palacios Baseball Field to take a 12-0 lead over the winless squad—but that was just in the top of the first inning.

The Brewers continued to pile up the hits and runs in the innings that followed while the Masters added a healthy helping of walks and errors to combine for a landslide akin to Reagan-Mondale.

After two innings of play, the Brew crew had already recorded 16 runs off of 11 hits, while they received support from the Masters’ defense in the form of four walks, six errors, and a wild pitch.

Pitching was not a problem for the Brewers, as Byron Kaipat went four strong innings without yielding a score or a hit. Kaipat K’d four in is stretch on the hill, while shortstop-turned-reliever Jester Garcia blanked the Masters in the bottom of the fifth with a pair of strikeouts.

Garcia displayed his talents on the other side of the plate with a perfect 3-for-3 outing in which he tallied a trio of singles, scored four runs, and a stolen base. The speedy shortstop also drew three walks to lead his squad, while first baseman Ed Kapileo hit a pair of singles, a double, scored three times, and stole a base for the Brewers.

The Masters continued their exercise in exasperation when they took the field in the top of the third inning as the Brewers scored another dozen runs off of seven hits, while taking advantage of three walks and five errors.

Paul Camacho went 2-for-2 with a single, a triple, and two runs scored in the third alone as the Brewers surged to a 28-0 lead. Tony Rogolifoi’s squad cooled off in the top of the fourth inning when they fell victim to the Masters’ patented triple play—though the events that transpired were far from planned.

With runners on the corners, Brewers batter Mark Toves flied to centerfield for the first out. When Ray Seman attempted to score but was tagged out at the plate for the second out. Emery Fitial saw an opportunity to advance to second base amidst the action, and did so when catcher Dennis Cruz overthrew the bag. As the ball rolled to centerfield, Fitial rounded third and pressed for home before being thrown out to cap the first triple play of the 2005 season.

When the dust finally settled at Palacios field, the Brewers racked up 32 runs off of 24 hits in five inning, forcing the umpires to invoke the 10-run rule, the 20-run rule, and the 30-run rule.

The defending champions stayed in third place in the SML standings at 4-2, and are currently a half game behind the Ford Rangers (4-1), and a couple of close games behind the undefeated Northern Yankees (5-0) for first place.