{"id":31834,"date":"2014-04-08T12:16:53","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T04:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tribune.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=31834"},"modified":"2014-04-08T12:16:53","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T04:16:53","slug":"ipe-laolao-keep-playoff-hopes-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/ipe-laolao-keep-playoff-hopes-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"IP&E, Laolao keep playoff hopes alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IP&E<\/a>
IP&E Rockies\u2019 Dai Podziewski has his bat up while waiting for a pitch from Laolao Bay during an earlier Major division game in the 2014 Saipan Little League Baseball at the Francisco \u201cTan Ko\u201d Palacios Ballfield. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>IP&E Rockies and Laolao Bay notched separate wins to remain in contention for playoff spots in the Major division of the 2014 Saipan Little League Baseball.<\/p>\n

Laolao shut out the Jets in a make-up game last Tuesday, 14-0, while IP&E slipped past McDonald\u2019s in extra innings, 5-4, last Saturday at the Miguel \u201cTan Ge\u201d Basa Pangelinan Ballfiled. Laolao improved to a 7-4 record for a tie for fifth place with the JPO Enforcers, while IP&E moved up to ninth place with its even 6-6 slate. Only the Top 8 teams in the 15-team field will advance to the playoffs after the single-elimination regular season and the division is past the halfway mark of the preliminaries so teams are pressured to start collecting important wins.<\/p>\n

IP&E got one from McDonald\u2019s, which absorbed back-to-back losses after winning six straight. IP&E handed McDonald\u2019s another setback when Matthew Richardson reached home in the bottom of the seventh inning off a McDonald\u2019s error at second base. Richardson led off for IP&E in the last inning, had a walk and made it to second off a passed ball. Delvin Ada was next at bat, but grounded out at first, while Brandon Delos Reyes hit his target with the ball dropping to second and McDonald\u2019s Kiku committing a fumble, giving Richardson time to run home for the win.<\/p>\n

IP&E had to go through extra inning to thwart McDonald\u2019s, which came back from a 1-4 deficit after racking up three runs at the top of the sixth inning. IP&E led right away in the first inning, 2-0, off Tyrese Camacho\u2019s RBI single and Dai Podziewski\u2019s run from McDonald\u2019s error at short stop. McDonald\u2019s also nailed a run off IP&E\u2019s miscue in the second inning to move within one, but the latter gained some cushion in the third inning, bagging two more runs off the former\u2019s lapses. However, IP&E failed to keep the driver\u2019s seat at the end of the regulation, as McDonald\u2019s fought back at the bottom of the sixth to extend the game.<\/p>\n

While IP&E went the distance to beat McDonald\u2019s, Laolao Bay took the short route to victory over the Jets. Laolao secured the lopsided win after only three and a half innings. Back-to-back five runs in the first two innings helped Laolao take the early decision, as it turned the Jets\u2019 miscues to seven unearned runs. The three earned other runs came in the first inning off J.P. Celis\u2019 RBI triple and Franco Namauleg and Jun Celis\u2019 RBI singles. Laolao also drew an RBI single from J.P. Celis and three more runs off the Jets\u2019 errors in the third inning. <\/p>\n

J.P. Celis and Justin Ada pitched for Laolao and combined for a two-hitter, four walks, and eight strikeouts.<\/p>\n

Comets II 12, Twins 4<\/p>\n

In last Saturday\u2019s second game, Comets II won the battle of the teams at the bottom half of the team standings.<\/p>\n

With the victory, Comets II snapped its seven-game losing skid, while the Twins absorbed their 12th in as many games. Both teams are out of the playoffs and are just aiming for a decent record at the end of the regular season.<\/p>\n

Down 0-1 after one and a half inning, Comets II took control of the match at the bottom of the second, scoring eight runs. Comets II notched five earned runs in the pivotal inning to grab the lead and never lost it, as the Twins could not get their acts together in the last four innings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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