{"id":412141,"date":"2024-08-02T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=412141"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Bandits-swipe-win-against-Cardinals-10-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Bandits-swipe-win-against-Cardinals-10-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandits swipe win against Cardinals, 10-9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bandits swiped the win away from the Cardinals, 10-9, in the 2024 Tan Holdings-Saipan Baseball League last Tuesday at the Francisco \u201cTan Ko\u201d Palacios Baseball Field.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinals\u2019 pitching broke down in the worst possible moment of the game as it was on the line in the bottom of the last inning, tied at 9-9.<\/p>\n<p>With no outs, the Cardinals&#8217; pitcher delivered the walk off base-on-balls to the Bandits\u2019 Ton Guerrero, which scored Niko Martin who hit a triple earlier in the inning.<\/p>\n<p>Martin was in a crucial scoring position as the Cardinals\u2019 pitching couldn\u2019t get a grip on the ball and resulted first in a walk to Harry Nakamura, then a hit-by-pitch to Ben Taisacan\u2014which loaded the bases\u2014and which they capitalized on.<\/p>\n<p>The Cardinals were in heart-break city as they walked back to the dugout with their third loss in dramatic fashion during their final regular season game.<\/p>\n<p>The Bandits actually bounced back later in the game after being down 2-6 in the fourth inning. They found their groove over a fatiguing Cardinals\u2019 pitching staff and tied the game up, 6-6, after two runs scored in the fifth.<\/p>\n<p>The Cardinals then took the lead back by one, 7-6, in the sixth inning off a run by Nokki Saralu, but the Bandits\u2019 caught fire and stayed hot for the rest of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Martin, Nakamura, and Guerrero went on to score three runs in the sixth to tie the game up once again, 9-9, after the Cardinals brought home two\u2014for nonstop back-and-forth tug of war action over the lead.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, it was the Cardinals\u2019 wild pitching that ultimately became their downfall, as they lost in dramatic, base-on-balls walk off fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Last Wednesday\u2019s game saw the Braves hunt down the Bears, 8-5.<\/p>\n<p>In the standings, the Falcons clinched the pennant with their 9-1 record; the Cardinals are at 7-3; Bandits are at 7-2 each; Padres have a 6-2 record; Sandlot and Braves are at 6-3; Blue Jays are 5-4; Royals have an even 4-4 record; Bears are 4-6; D-9er\u2019s are 2-6; Natives haven\u2019t won a game and lost eight; while Blue Shark also haven\u2019t won a game with nine losses.<\/p>\n<p>When all last regular season games are finished this week\u2014or next week depending on the rain\u2014the postseason schedule will be determined.<\/p>\n<p> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/dcd74840d55d01d7d80f1ae033293772.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Bandits&#8217; John Wilson reaches out for a bunt during their last regular season game against the Cardinals in the 2024 Tan Holdings-Saipan Baseball League at the Francisco &#8220;Tan Ko&#8221; Palacios Baseball Field last Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>-LEIGH GASES<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/585e37784aa7126636a028cfc966b5e8.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Bandits&#8217; Tindin Leon Guerrero throws a pitch during their last regular season game against the Cardinals in the 2024 Tan Holdings-Saipan Baseball League at the Francisco &#8220;Tan Ko&#8221; Palacios Baseball Field last Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>-LEIGH GASES<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bandits swiped the win away from the Cardinals, 10-9, in the 2024 Tan Holdings-Saipan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}