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Posted on Jun 07 2006
The Hustlers improved their record to 11-4 on Tuesday by edging the Ol’Aces in a thrilling 6-5 contest at Miguel “Tan Ge” Basa as the Saipan Little League Baseball Association entered some rare weekday action.
Pitcher Daylinne Joseph gave up all five runs, a pair of hits, and fanned five through 4 1/3 innings before Marvin Ngeskebei finished the final 1 2/3 innings with a hit and three strikeouts to seal the deal.
The Hustlers were only able to generate six hits in six innings but half of them came off of the bat of crafty catcher Anthony Manalo who went 3-for-3 with a pair of singles, a double, a run batted in, and a stolen base.
Centerfielder Jeremy Lizama went 1-for-3 at the plate with a single, but he accounted for three runs batted in, while left fielder Jesus Celis 1-for-2 with a single and a run scored.
Twins 13, Pirates 9
After falling behind 3-0 in the first, the As Matuis Twins rallied to take an 11-5 lead in the bottom of the third and held on to notch their sixth win of the season yesterday during the second day of weekday baseball at the Oleai Sports Complex.
Ben Lizama and Brandon Babauta split time on the mound for the Wells Fargo boys and Babauta worked his magic at the plate as well with a single, a triple, and seven runs batted in.
Babauta was one of the few with a stellar day at the plate as the Pirates aided As Matuis by hand delivering 13 walks—five of which were converted into runs.
Kagman 1-2-3 10, Ol’Aces 0
The kids from Kagman kept pace with the Hustlers in second place of the Major League with a 10-0 white wash of the Ol’Aces yesterday thanks to a shutout from pitcher Ignacio Benavente and a heap of offense from Marsnjo Wabol.
Benavente blanked the batters all around as he no hit the Aces while Wabol went 2-for-3 with a single and a three-run homerun to help improve homesteaders to 12-4 on the season.
After the Ol’Aces failed to score in the top of the first, Kagman fired off eight runs in the bottom of the inning and rode the wave of fortune until the umpires invoked the 10-run mercy rule when they posted two tallies in the bottom of the fourth.
