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Comets’ Nakamura hauls award in Senior League
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Posted on May 06 2015
Comets slugger Franko Nakamura won all Seniors division batting category awards of the Saipan Little League in last Sunday’s trophy presentation after the final match between the Enforcers and the Red Sox at the Francisco M. Palacios Baseball Field.
A be-medaled Franko Nakamura of the Comets, right, receives the Senior Division Sportsmanship trophy in behalf of their team from CNMI district administrator Mike Borja, left, and Saipan Little League secretary Piding Tenorio. (Jon Perez)
The Enforcers rallied from a two-run deficit in completing a 4-2 win over the Red Sox in the finals.
Nakamura was the batting champ after going for 24-for-43 for a .558 average then added the most runs and RBIs awards with 16 and 17, respectively. He also had the most triples with five then joined the Red Sox’s Roke Tenorio in the doubles with four.
Nakamura, teammate Anthony Ilo and Franklin Lizama of the Enforcers belted three of the season’s home runs.
Nakamura’s amazing performance at the plate earned for him the regular season most valuable player award, his seventh.
Red Sox hurlers Richard Atalig and Nathan Camacho ruled the pitching category with the former earning the ERA trophy after not surrendering any earned runs in the 15 innings he pitched. Camacho was the strikeout king with 57.
The Red Sox were the pennant champs and the runner-up after falling to the Enforcers in the finals. The Comets took home the Sportsmanship trophy.
The Enforcers’ J.J. Chong was named the finals MVP after going 2-for-3 in their 4-2 win over the Red Sox. He had a two-RBI double in the Enforcers’ four-run comeback in the bottom of the sixth.
