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Lancheros, Salty Boys prevail in Masters opening
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Posted on Apr 05 2009
The MGO Lancheros opened their title campaign in the 2009 Belau Softball Masters League with a 12-3 win over Choll Aces on March 29 at the Dandan Elementary School Ballfield.
Joe Lizama clinched the first two-run homerun of the season in the top of the seventh, as the Lancheros made four in that inning to cap the easy win.
Bill Aguon and John Maratita bot went 3-for-4 at bat and scored three runs each for the Lancheros.
Ray Aldan completed seven innings, striking out four and giving up 11 hits.
Two other teams were off to a good start with the Salty Boys beating Kagman Jack, 8-1, and IT&E Dolphins nipping Team Trubaks, 3-1.
Ton Magofna singled on his way to the game’s first run in the top of the first inning via Ton Norita’s double and a Jeff Cabrera single, but that was the best that Kagman Jack could muster in the match.
John Wayne Kentaro and Steve Brel drove Leo Bobai and Luis Ngiraikelau home, as the Salty Boys quickly retaliated in the bottom of the first.
Darwin Masaharu singled to send Hines Asanuma to home plate in the third for a 3-1 lead and the Salty Boys added five more runs out of six hits and a walk in the fifth.
That five-run explosion was aided by a two-run single from Ngiraikelau, who later scored his second run, duplicating Bobai and Asanuma’s feats.
Kentaro made the final run on Fulk Haruos’ single.
In the other match, the Dolphins capitalized on a 3-0 lead after four full innings then dashed off an attempted rally by the Trubaks in the top of the seventh.
Tom Diaz doubled, then scored on a single by Perry Techur, who also reached home on another single by Norman Techur for the Dolphins’ first two runs in the third.
Inos Yamada also doubled to start the fourth inning. He made the team’s third and final run on a sacrifice fly to rightfield by Ed Kapileo.
Trubaks, which only reached third base once and second base twice in the first six innings, finally scored as Dennis Ngiraurois’s single sent Roger Mai home with one out.
Two more Trubaks’ batters singled , making the bases loaded, but the Dolphins took the win on a groundout and a flyout.
