By SHAN SEMAN<\/p>\n
Staff Reporter<\/p>\n
In a battle between the top teams in the Saipan Major League, the Marpac Pirates came out with a 5-3 beating over the Miller Light Brewers last Wednesday at the Francisco M. Palacios Baseball Field. <\/p>\n
The win moved the Pirates into a tie at the top of the league standings with the Brewers as both squads now sport identical 6-3 marks. <\/p>\n
The Pirates were the first to get on the scoreboard when Mario Sablan, who reached base on a single, scored on a sacrifice fly by shortstop Peter Tomokane. Pitcher Kevin Kapileo would score another run in the second inning for a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n
The Brewers\u2019 bats finally came to life in the top of the fourth inning as they scored 3 runs to take the lead. <\/p>\n
Justin Reyes led off with double off Kapileo, and was followed by Frances George, who got a free ride to first on a base on balls. <\/p>\n
Then came Jerome Delos Santos, who smacked Kapileo’s pitch for a single, enabling Reyes to score. George would later score on a single, and Santos stole home for their third and final run of the game.<\/p>\n
Kapileo would however recover and shut down the Brewers for the rest of the ball game. <\/p>\n
The Pirates would score 2 more runs and regain the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning. With Joe Kapileo and Sablan on base, slugger Jeff Diaz stepped up to the plate, and nailed a clutch shot for a single. The hit enabled both Kapileo and Sablan to score.<\/p>\n
The Pirates would add an insurance run in the bottom of the seventh inning. JJ Laniyo, who replaced Joe Kapileo, started off by smacking a double, and later scored on a wild pitch by Brewers pitcher Joe Guerrero.<\/p>\n
Kevin Kapileo went the distance for the win allowing 3 runs while striking out 8 batters.<\/p>\n
Guerrero took the loss allowing 5 runs on 8 hits, while also striking out 8 batters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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