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Four in a row for DCCA
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Posted on May 01 2009
Beach Boys paid a big price for foiling Department of Community and Cultural Affairs’ bid for an undefeated season in the Budweiser 2008-2009 Inter-Government/Business Slow-pitch Softball League.
Still hounded by their 7-20 loss to Beach Boys in the winner’s bracket semifinals, DCCA retaliated with killer wins Thursday night, giving the latter its fourth straight championship.
DCCA wiped out Beach Boys’ twice-to-beat advantage in the finals, winning Games 1 (28-5) and 2 (16-11), convincingly to extend their reign in the league.
Home runs from DCCA sluggers were flying on both games and Beach Boys outfielders could only watch haplessly, as balls went over the fence of the Capital Hill Ballfield.
In Game 2, DCCA connected on seven homers with Julian Camacho and Pete Tomokane drilling two homers apiece and Mel Sakisat, Jun Saralu, and Peter Camacho nailing one each.
DCCA did not start hitting homers until the bottom of the third inning, allowing Beach Boys to have their only taste of the lead after two innings, 1-0.
Beach Boys’ four other runs came from one homer each from second baseman Mel Aldan and first baseman B.J. Sablan. But these round-trippers came when the match was already decided, as Sakisat repeatedly frustrated Beach Boys’ batters, specifically the hard-hitting Sablan.
In the deciding Game 2, DCCA picked up where it left off, as Julian Camacho and company continued showering the playing field with homers..
Julian homered in his first three trips at bat and finished 4-for-4 at the plate. He had six RBIs and scored four runs in Game 2.
Sakisat, Tomokane, Joey Dela Cruz, Peter Camacho, and Jon Tenorio chipped in one home runs apiece, as DCCA walked away with a five-run win.
Craig Sanchez led off for DCCA in Game 1 and singled. He later reached home plate on a Julian Camacho two-run homer. DCCA went on to add tree more at the top of the first.
Beach Boys answered with a six-run bottom of the first, highlighted by Sablan’s two-run homer. But that was the only time Beach Boys challenged DCCA, as the latter’s defense tightened up in the succeeding innings and Sakisat returned to his shrewd pitching. The DCCA pitcher walked Sablan in his last two stints at the plate.
