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Dragons nip Little Lions, 8-7
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Posted on Apr 01 2009
The Dragons held off a last-ditch rally by the Little Lions to score an 8-7 win in the Major Division of the 2009 Saipan Little League last Sunday at the Miguel “Tan Ge” Pangelinan Ballfield.
Jonathan Cabrera hit a three-run homerun to give his team an 8-4 lead in the bottom of the fifth.
But Cabrera, who was the Dragons’ starting pitcher, allowed three consecutive runs by Catalina Dela Cruz, Cedric Ada, and Francisco Palacios in the sixth.
All three reached home plate via base on balls and the Lions moved to within a run of the Dragons’ lead with one out.
Cabrera took the second out on June Malite before he was relieved by Nathan Camacho.
Camacho gave up another walk to Joseph Taitano Jr. and the bases were loaded, but the former struck out Justin Santos for the victory and the Dragons posted their fifth win in seven games.
The Little Lions suffered back-to-back losses and are now at 4-3.
[B]Jets 9, Braves 5[/B]The Jets streaked to its third straight win by halting the Braves’ four-game winning run with a 9-5 decision also on Sunday.
The win was the Jets’ sixth in seven outings while the Braves fell to 4-3.
[B]Little Falcons 16, Athletics 3[/B]With plenty of time to makeup before the playoff round, the Tanapag Little Falcons snapped a six-game losing skid with a victory over Century A’s, 16-3.
The Little Falcons are now 1-6, while the Athletics are 2-5.
[B]Ol’Aces 18, Enforcers 7[/B]Last Saturday, Ol’Aces kept their record clean after seven matches with an easy victory over the slumping JPO Enforcers, 18-7.
After the Enforcers led the game 6-5 after two innings, Ol’Aces restored their confidence by hitting three of their seven at bats and scoring four in the third, making three hits, three base on balls, and five runs in the fourth, and two hits, three base on balls, two stolen bases, and four runs in the fifth en route to the lopsided win.
It was the fifth straight defeat for the Enforcers (1-5).
[B]Hustlers 30, IT&E 1[/B]UMDA Hustlers booked the most runs in a game this season and the most lopsided win in their 30-1 triumph over IT&E.
They needed only three innings to win via the mercy rule and the Hustlers further improved their record to 6-1 while IT&E slipped to 1-6 in the standings.
[B]Survivors 7, Twins 5[/B]The Survivors prevailed over the As Matuis Twins, 7-5, to bounce back from its previous defeat and are now 3-4.
The Twins dropped to a 1-5 win-loss card.
[B]Red Sox 15, Shell 2[/B]The Red Sox posted their fourth consecutive victory by beating Shell, 15-2, to improve their record to 2-5.
Shell absorbed its fifth straight loss in seven matches.
