{"id":275145,"date":"2018-05-01T06:02:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T20:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=275145"},"modified":"2018-05-01T06:02:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T20:02:19","slug":"fielders-beat-falcons-on-walk-off-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/fielders-beat-falcons-on-walk-off-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Fielders beat Falcons on walk-off hit"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dennis Cabrera starts to celebrate while running to home plate for the winning run in the Fielders\u2019 4-3 victory over the Falcons in the Senior League division of the 2018 Saipan Little League Baseball last Sunday at the Francisco \u201cTan Ko\u201d Palacios Ballfield. (Jon Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dennis Cabrera scored the winning run on a walk-off hit to lift the Fielders to a pulsating 4-3 win over the Falcons in the Senior League division of the 2018 Saipan Little League Baseball last Sunday at the Francisco \u201cTan Ko\u201d Palacios Ballfield.<\/p>\n

The Fielders were down 3-2 after 6 1\/2 innings, but breaks of the game went their way, indirectly, thanks to a bold move by Falcons manager Manny Evangelista, who decided to bring in Pedro Maratita to the mound.<\/p>\n

The Falcons needed only three outs at the bottom of the seventh inning when Evangelista opted to replace Arby Yaguel after the latter gave up a leadoff single to Austin Sanchez, who later tied the game on an Anthony Dizon sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n

Yaguel also allowed Deleon Guerrero to score on a Travon Lieto fielder\u2019s choice in the sixth for a 3-2 count, but the Falcons\u2019 relief pitcher got out of a jam behind the team\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n

Back at the bottom of the seventh, Maratita, who forced Dizon to a sacrifice fly for the first out, allowed a single to Cabrera, while Ignacio Mendiola was safe on base on a Falcons throwing error. Cabrera moved to third after that missue, setting up Deleon Guerrero\u2019s game-winning hit. Deleon Guerrero, on a 1-2 count, took Maratita\u2019s next pitch behind a gap at left field with the ball getting past the Falcons\u2019 infielders.<\/p>\n

Cabrera then started running after Deleon Guerrero\u2019s hit, unmindful of the fact that either the third baseman or the shortstop could take the grounder and make the throw to first base. Cabrera and the rest of his teammates began their celebration, as soon as the ball hopped and went past the Falcons\u2019 infielders.<\/p>\n

Henry Fleming lasted six innings on the mound for the Fielders and was tagged with one earned run on six hits, while striking out six and walking two batters.<\/p>\n

Dizon pitched in the seventh, forcing leadoff batter Nixon Smith to fly out to right field before recording consecutive strikeouts against Mark Norita and Joel Norita, respectively.<\/p>\n

Braves 15, Comets 0<\/strong>
\nTyress Camacho tossed a three-hit game, while Boss Camacho had two RBI walks in the Braves\u2019 shutout win.<\/p>\n

Tyress Camacho had seven strikeouts and walked two in five innings. He gave up back-to-back hits to Darvince Manalo and Mark Castro in the second inning.<\/p>\n

Kiana Aldan was the other Comets player that recorded a hit\u2014a single in the third inning\u2014against Tyress Camacho, while J.P. Celis was the lone batter that had three hits in the game, going 3-for-4 with two runs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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