No Zone clobbers Hopwood

No Zone players turned the Capital Hill Ballfield into a batting practice facility hitting their targets easily and scoring one run after another en route to a 30-0 demolition of Hopwood in the Budweiser 2008 Inter-Government/Business Softball League Tuesday night.

Second baseman Jerry Auyu and first baseman Manny Sablan blasted two homers apiece, and the rest of No Zone’s players had a field day at-bat to record the most lopsided win so far this season.

Ayuyu went 4-for-4 at-bat and had eight RBIs. He scored three runs. Sablan was also perfect at the plate going 3-for-3, scoring two runs and posting four RBIs.

Centerfielder Kent Kalen went 4-for-4, third baseman Ned Norita and pitcher Carl Hocog were both 3-for-4, while shortstop Nick Deleon Guerrero hit 3-for-3.

No Zone had an impressive batting average of .764 going 29-for-38 at-bat.

No Zone started the game with a six-run top of the first and broke loose in the second and third making 13 and 12 runs, respectively. Ayuyu, Sablan and rightfielder Buddy Igitol homered in the second. Sablan and Ayuyu had a round-tripper each in the third.

Alex Sablan had the best chance to put Hopwood into the scoreboard when he reached third base at the bottom of the first. But with two outs, catcher Epi Cabrera stepped up to the plate and was beaten to first with Hocog picking up a grounder and throwing the ball to Sablan.

In the last two innings, no Hopwood runner past first base helping No Zone get its third win in five games. Hopwood remained winless after five matches.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources was also merciless against the Mayor’s Office, cruising to a 21-6 win after only four and a half innings.

Letfielder Pete Teigita, extra hitter Paul Lisua and rightfielder Mike Palacios had one homer apiece to lift DLNR to an easy win, its fourth in five games.

Shortstop Jess Omar and Teigita went 3-for-3 at-bat, while five other DLNR batters were 2-fo-3 at the plate.

DLNR was 22-for-35 at-bat for an average of .629.

The game was in the bag for DLNR after only two innings, leading at 15-5. DLNR gave up only one run in the last three innings to hand the Mayor’s Office its fifth loss in as many games.

NMC 13, CHC 6[/B]

Northern Marianas College notched its fourth win in a row and remained at the top of the team standings in the women’s division after defeating the Commonwealth Health Center, 13-6.

Angie Ngirbedul had back-to-back homers, while Edwina Baulechong, Vanessa Mobel and Joyce Taro connected on one round-tripper apiece to keep NMC’s unbeaten record.

CHC dropped to a 1-3 slate.