Kevin Kapileo pitched a complete game and Franco Nakamura drove in three runs in Go See Mark\u2019s thrilling 8-7 win over the Falcons in the 2018 Saipan Baseball League last Thursday night at the Francisco M. Palacios Ballfield.<\/p>\n
GSM remained unbeaten with the slim victory, clinching its fifth straight win and the solo lead in the 10-team field, while handing the Falcons their first loss in five matches.<\/p>\n
Kapileo allowed six hits with all of the Falcons\u2019 runs unearned, while striking out nine and walking none. He pitched three shutout innings despite giving up a triple to Bradley Lieto in the second. Giovanni Mira and A.J. Evangelista were the only Falcons batters that had two hits against Kapileo with the former going 2-for-5 with three runs and the latter hitting 2-for-3 with one run after a bunt single in the fifth.<\/p>\n
Falcons\u2019 third baseman J.J. Lifoifoi was the other batter that recorded a hit against Kapileo, as the former made an infield RBI single in the seventh to bring home Mira.<\/p>\n
The rest of the Falcons went 0-for-27 against Kapileo with seven batters striking out.<\/p>\n
Nakamura, meanwhile, only went 1-for-5 with his lone hit a bases-clearing triple at bottom of the fifth. He also scored a run in the same inning.<\/p>\n
After Dung Lieto retired Manny Sablan, he gave up consecutive walks to Pat Alepuyo and Vince Cepeda before allowing a single to Diego Camacho to load up the bases and set up Nakamura\u2019s bases-clearing triple.<\/p>\n
Cepeda had two RBIs after going 2-for-3 with a run and a double, while Camacho went 2-for-2 with one run. Sablan and Pete Tomokane also drove in a run each. Byron Kaipat went 2-for-5 with one run, while Alepuyo had a double on a 1-for-3 batting and scored twice.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, today\u2019s game will have the Blue Jays taking on Titanium at 7pm, while GSM shoots for win No. 6 against the luckless Indians tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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