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DCCA strong in govt softball opener
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Posted on Nov 07 2006
Staffers who hold down jobs with the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs showed that they do more than push pencils all day as their mountain ballers pulled off a dominating 24-6 win over the CNMI Customs in the Inter-Government Slow-Pitch Softball League on Monday.
If their opening night performance is any indicator of how they will finish the season, the DCCA will surely be on top of the heap as they racked up 23 hits and cranked out a half-dozen homeruns at Miguel “Tan Ge” Basa Field.
Customs never stood a chance as the DCCA took an 11-0 lead in the top of the second inning and led 24-4 through four. Umpires called the game after the fifth inning by invoking the 10-run mercy rule, but third baseman Joey Dela Cruz still hammered out a pair of long balls and drove in four runs to finish 2-for-4 on the night.
P&S 24, CUC 16
The free swingers from Procurement and Supply got the season started with a bang as they took a 10-1 lead over the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. in the top of the third inning and never looked back.
A pair of powerful innings put P&S in the driver’s seat as they belted out seven runs in the top of the second inning off of four hits and hammered six runs in the sixth inning off of seven hits.
P&S tallied 25 hits on the night lead by second baseman Stan Laniyo, who was in mid-season form with an impressive 3-for-5 showing at the plate that yielded a single, an RBI triple, and a three-run homerun.
ARFF 14, CHC 5
The guys who routinely stare fire in the face and live to tell the tale never flinched when down 5-0 on Monday night as the ARFF boys rallied to score 14 unanswered runs to defeat the Commonwealth Health Center, 14-5.
Things didn’t look good for the firemen early on as they only managed two hits through the first four innings but they were finally able to generate some offense in the top of the fifth when they scored a pair of runs off of four hits.
The floodgates opened in their next at bats when ARFF enjoyed an eight-run, nine-hit sixth that gave them their first lead and control of the game for good.
