No Zone hits 7 homers past DLNR

In an offense-oriented match-up, No Zone posted the most home runs in a game this season hitting seven in its 26-15 victory over Department of Lands and Natural Resources Thursday night in the Budweiser Inter-Government/Business Slow-pitch Softball League at the Capital Hill BallField.

Jerry Ayuyu went 5-for-6 at bat to score five runs that included three of his team’s total seven homers. He also came up with eight RBIs and a double.

Nick Guerrero scored the most runs with his six on a 5-for-6 offensive performance that included a homer, five RBIs, two doubles, and a walk.

Ned Norita went 5-for-6 with three runs, a homer, and three RBIs, while Bruce Norita finished with five RBIs, a homer, on his 2-for-5 stint.

Kent Kalen was also 2-for-5 with three runs, including a homer, two doubles, and a walk.

No Zone, which led from start to finish, piled up a total of 24 RBIs by hitting 26-for-48 at bat, including six doubles.

Pitcher Carl Hocog allowed 21 hits, 15 runs, three walks, and issued a strikeout as No Zone established a 20-13 lead after five full innings, scoring six more runs, three each in the sixth and seventh, while allowing DLNR only two in the sixth.

With the win, No Zone is now tied with Docomo at fourth to fifth paces with similar 11-4 win-loss records.

DLNR remained in 12th place with its 6-9 card.

Paul Lisua scored DLNR’s lone home run in the bottom of the second inning. His team managed 13 RBIs, including two from himself, three from Mike Blas, while two others had two—Pete Teigita and Bill Benavente.

Blas had three runs and four others with two each, Jay Camacho, Teigita, Lisua, and Ton Mareham.

POI Aviation roared back and won its game against Pacific Islands Club, 18-8, after only five innings via the 10-run mercy rule.

After putting down two on fly-outs and a ground out against PIC’s first three batters in the top of the first with Highness Asanuma on the mound, POI quickly took a 5-0 lead in the bottom first with the its first three batters— Jun Kaipat, Asanuma, and William Sablan—hitting paydirt. Ton Lizama and Harland De Los Reyes also reached home plate.

PIC retaliated with six runs from Otsuka Masatoshi, Emil Pedernal, Cole Pritchard, Al Temael, Annes Capelle, and Jesse Perredo in the top of second. Ruben Olkeriil also went 1-2-3—all on fly-outs—against POI’s batters in the bottom second.

PIC added two more runs in the third from Pedernal and Evan Hunsberger and PIC took an 8-5 lead after two and one half innings.

POI’s Kyle Kaipat and Mabel Ngirngemelas cut the lead to 7-8 in the bottom third then Asanuma stopped PIC’s offense as he sat down three of the first four batters on fly-outs in the top of fourth.

Five POI runners reached home plate in the bottom fourth, Frank Acosta, Tyron Celis, Kaipat, Asanuma, and Sablan, in that order.

Asanuma grounded out the first three PIC batters in the top of fifth then POI scored six more runs in the bottom fifth en route to its seventh win in 14 games and climbed from 11th to ninth in the team standings.

PIC (3-10) went down to 17th and 18th places in a tie with Law and Order.

Public School System quickly recovered from a slow start to defeat cellar dweller Hopwood, 18-8.

Leadoff batter Asap Ogumuro hit the game’s lone homerun right in the top of the first inning to give PSS a 1-0 lead but Hopwood charged back with six runs in the bottom first.

Then PSS exploded with nine runs in the top of second and tightened its defense after that to finish the game.

The win improved PSS’ record to 5-9 while dealing Hopwood its 14th defeat in as many games.