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Ol’Aces whip D-9ers in Big League
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Posted on May 14 2009
Ol’Aces capitalized on an erratic performance by the D-9ers to cruise to a 17-7 win in their game in the Big League division of the 2009 Saipan Little League Baseball Tuesday night at the Francisco “Tan Ko” Palacios Ballfield.
Ol’Aces scored 11 of their total runs on D-9ers’ fielding and passing errors. Starting pitcher Ryan Lisua reached home plate three times on passed balls. He went 3-for-5 at bat, made four runs, and complemented his good batting performance with an impressive stint on the mound. The lefty had eight strikeouts in five innings pitched.
Lisua’s counterpart in D-9ers, Ton Castro, also did a great job on the mound, but only in the first two innings. Castro allowed only one hit, walked two, and struck out three in the first two innings.
With Castro in control and D-9ers’ defense hanging on, the game ended in a deadlock after two innings, 1-all. Chad Atalig scored D-9ers’ first run on a Dave Camacho single, while Lisua made it home on a passed ball.
The succeeding innings saw Ol’Aces’ runners reaching home plate one after another, while D-9ers struggled with the ball and committed costly errors that allowed the former to take a 10-run win.
Ol’Aces tallied five runs at the top of the third, nailing three of them off D-9ers’ miscues—on two passed balls and a third baseman error. In the fourth inning, Lisua scored on another passed ball, while third baseman Jimmy Brel recorded his second run on a Mario Salas single. Ol’Aces added six more runs in the fifth, three of them were unearned, and closed out with two runs on passed balls and one on a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning.
Brel hit 4-for-5 at the plate for Ol’Aces and had one triple and an RBI. Second baseman Leo Galarse was 3-for-4, made a double, and scored three runs. Shortstop Juan Iguel and Salas went only 1-for-4 and 2-for-4, respectively, but had two RBIs apiece.
Dave Camacho led D-9ers’ offense, going 3-for-4 at the plate. He had two RBIs and one double. The rest of D-9ers sluggers struggled at bat against Lisua. The D-9ers hit only 7-for-34 for a batting average of .170.
