{"id":28415,"date":"2014-02-25T17:09:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T09:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tribune.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=28415"},"modified":"2014-02-25T17:09:11","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T09:09:11","slug":"back-back-wins-mcdonalds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/back-back-wins-mcdonalds\/","title":{"rendered":"Back-to-back wins for McDonald\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sun Joon Tenorio pitchers for McDonald?s, which bagged back-to-back wins in the Major division of the 2014 Saipan Little League Baseball last week at the Miguel ?Tan Ge? Basa Pangelinan Ballfield. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last year\u2019s runner-up McDonald\u2019s finally got its act together after 0-3 start in the Major division of the 2014 Saipan Little League Baseball League, notching two straight victories last week at the Miguel \u201cTan Ge\u201d Basa Pangelinan Ballfield.<\/p>\n

McDonald\u2019s, which played eventual champions Falcons in last year\u2019s title match, barged into the win column last Thursday after outclassing the Red Sox in a make-up game, 9-5. A.J. Sanchez towed McDonald\u2019s to its first win of the season after going 3-for-4 at bat and scoring five RBIs.<\/p>\n

A five-run top of the third inning boosted McDonald\u2019s chance to end a three-game losing skid, as it turned a tied match into a 6-1 lead. Last season\u2019s finalist made it to the board first off Sanchez\u2019s RBI double at the top of the first, while the Red Sox quickly responded with Alexiana Tyquengco stealing home.<\/p>\n

The match remained in a deadlock as neither team scored in the second inning before Sanchez went to work anew for McDonald\u2019s, this time hitting a two-run single to give his team cushion. McDonald\u2019s three other runs were courtesy off Henry Fleming\u2019s RBI singles and errors from Red Sox catcher Shane Mallens.<\/p>\n

Three more runs in the fourth inning gave McDonald\u2019s more distance, 9-1. Again, Sanchez led McDonald\u2019s offense at the top of the fourth with a two-RBI single, while the other run came off Sun Joon Tenorio\u2019s stolen base. The Red Sox had no answer, extending their drought for the third straight inning.<\/p>\n

The Red Sox finally ended their silence in the fifth after recording two runs off a walk and sacrifice fly and drawing a two-run single from Kianna Aldan, but they failed to complete their comeback bid, as McDonald\u2019s stood strong on defense in the sixth and last inning. Tenorio got the first out, tagging Kevin Foreman out, as the latter headed to second. The last two outs were made when Sanchez struck out third batter Eric Jang and second baseman Jared Reyes caught a fly ball from Mallens.<\/p>\n

Riding on the momentum of its victory over the Red Sox, McDonald\u2019s crushed the Ol\u2019Aces in last Sunday\u2019s second game, 19-5.<\/p>\n

Jared Reyes\u2019 inside-the-park homer in the fourth inning highlighted McDonald\u2019s demolition of the Ol\u2019Aces. Reyes nearly completed a rare cycle in the rout, as he also made a single and a double on a 3-for-4 performance at bat.<\/p>\n

The McDonald\u2019s pitcher flied out at third base in his first trip at the plate for the first out, but after that his team got three quick runs off two passed balls and an error at shorts strop. McDonald\u2019s went on to bag three more runs off Tommy Santos\u2019 two-RBI single and an RBI walk.<\/p>\n

The Ol\u2019Aces countered with only two runs at the bottom of the first off Trevon Lieto\u2019s RBI single and stolen base and were then scoreless in the next two, while McDonald\u2019s added seven more to pull away. Another six runs at the top of the fourth inning widened McDonald\u2019s margin, putting into waste the three runs the Ol\u2019Aces carded at the bottom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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