{"id":391725,"date":"2023-05-16T06:02:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T20:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=391725"},"modified":"2023-05-16T06:02:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T20:02:21","slug":"bears-falcons-tear-through-baseball-foes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/bears-falcons-tear-through-baseball-foes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears, Falcons tear through baseball foes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In this file photo, CK Bears pitcher Jeffrey Lizama is seen warming up during their first game of the 2023 Tan Holdings-Saipan Baseball League at the Francisco \u201cTan Ko\u201d Palacios Baseball Field. (LEIGH GASES)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The CK Bears and Falcons tore through their foes in the 2023 Tan Holdings-Saipan Baseball League last Wednesday and Tuesday at the Francisco \u201cTan Ko\u201d Palacios Baseball Field.<\/p>\n

The Bears outscored the Natives, 6-4, on Wednesday, while the Falcons soared above the D-9ers, 20-5, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Bears and Natives were in a pitching duel as both teams went scoreless in many innings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Natives drew first blood in the second inning with a base on balls to Keoni Lizama, followed by a base hit from Ankie Guerrero. Larson Sibetang brought them both in for a two run lead.<\/p>\n

The Bears had a slow start with no runs in the first couple of innings, but their bats heated up in the third when a lead-off single by Virgil Secharmidal started the offense. Another base knock was made by Dennis Cabrera, followed by a strikeout, then a hit by pitch.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Three runs scored in that inning and the game was a close 3-2. The Natives, on the other hand, went ice cold for two scoreless innings and only two more runs were made in the fifth off a double by Mario Salas and an RBI-triple by Ben Leon Guerrero, who then rounded the bases after a single by Sibetang.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One more run was made by the Bears in the fourth, then two came in the last inning off a clutch RBI single by Kimo Angailen and pinch hitter Anthony Leon Guerrero.<\/p>\n

To start off baseball last week on Tuesday night, the Falcons blew the D-9ers out of the field on a wild 20 run frenzy for a shortened run-ruled mercy game.<\/p>\n

The Falcons were red hot from the get-go when they scored five in the first inning. The D-9ers pitcher could not get himself out of a jam as the Falcons swung at almost every pitch he threw and pressured the defense as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In that first inning alone, Ben Lizama walked four batters, gave up three singles, and to top it off, his defense committed three errors\u2014which the Falcons gladly capitalized on.<\/p>\n

The second inning was not any better for the D-9ers as they only scored two in the first for a 5-2 game. To add salt on their wounds, the Falcons\u2019 steaming hot bats branded the D-9ers with six more runs, then three in the third.<\/p>\n

The D-9ers only came up with two in the third off Tindin DeLeon Guerrero\u2019s hit that resulted from an error, followed up by an RBI single by Jeremy Atalig.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Six more runs came in the fourth inning for the Falcons with a perfect night for Giovanni Mira as he went 4-for-4 at-bats and had an RBI double. Henry Aguon gave the triple for a spin around the bases which resulted in three runs batted in.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When the D-9ers only conjured up one more run, the game was called off and ended early.<\/p>\n

Results of last Thursday\u2019s and last Friday\u2019s games will be posted in the next issues of Saipan Tribune.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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