P&S notches fifth win in men’s softball

Procurement & Supply took out what’s left on its stock in the last two innings en route to a 14-7 victory over Public School System in the men’s division of the 2008 Inter Government/Business Softball League Friday at the Capital Hill Ballfield.

P&S scored seven runs in the sixth and seventh inning turning a 7-6 lead to a seven-run victory, the team’s fifth in nine outings putting them in a tie for ninth place with Pacific Oriental, Inc.

PSS absorbed its eighth loss in 11 matches and dropped to 14th spot in the 20-team field.

PSS was still in the game behind by only one run after five complete innings, 6-7, as it shut out P&S in the fourth and fifth inning.

But P&S recovered with a five-run top of the sixth on a Jess Mesa two-run double and one run apiece from Mike Sablan, Jack Diaz, and Stanley Laniyo to widen the gap, 12-6.

P&S added two more runs at the top of the last inning, and its defense allowed PSS to score only once in the last two innings on a Pete Mendiola single preserving the victory for the former.

Pitcher Mark Toves went 4-for-4 for at-bat for P&S, scored a triple and three RBIs, and had two strikeouts.

First baseman Joe Quitugua also had three RBIs and was 2-for-3 at the plate.

P&S was 19-for-40 at bat for an average of .475, while PSS struggled with a batting average of .333 after going only 11-for-33.

WOMEN’S

DCCA 6, CHC 5

Defending women’s champion Department of Community and Cultural Affairs eked out a 6-5 win over Commonwealth Health Center in the lone women’s game of the night.

The victory snapped DCCA’s two-game losing skid and improved the defending champion’s record to 4-3 helping the team remain in second place behind the league-leading Northern Marianas College (7-1).

DCCA scored two runs each from the second to the fifth inning, before CHC shut the defending champion out in the last two innings.

But CHC failed to steal the win when it made only one run apiece in the first and second and three in the fifth inning.

At the bottom of the sixth, DCCA pitcher Eula Matsumoto struck out Meng Yamada for the first out, while second batter Ester Leerulu advanced on a Bert Camacho error. CHC was called for the second out when Sheena Sablan flied out.

Fourth batter Natalie Reyes was preparing at the plate when it rained. Organizers later suspended the game and awarded the win to DCCA, which handed CHC its sixth loss in eight matches.

The third game of the night featuring Docomo and the Department of Land and Natural Resources was also cancelled.