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Brewers hand Yankees fourth straight loss
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Posted on May 04 2016
The GSM Brewers added to the Yankees’ woes after posting a 13-10 win last Friday in the 2016 Saipan Baseball League at the Francisco “Tan Ko” Palacios Ballfield.
The Brewers got their fourth straight victory and fifth overall in sixth games (pending results of last Monday and Tuesday’s matches) to shadow the unbeaten Chalan Kanoa Bears (6-0), while the Yankees absorbed their fourth consecutive loss after a 2-0 start for a share of sixth place in the team standings.
The defending champions piled up early runs to dictate the tempo of the game and then shut down the Yankees, who rallied midway in the game, in the last three innings to take the win. The Brewers went up 9-1, after three innings, before the Yankees forced a standoff, 10-all as the former mounted a comeback that was highlighted by their six-run bottom of the sixth.
The Brewers, who were outscored by the Yankees from the fourth to sixth, 1-9, regained the upper hand behind Ricardo Dela Cruz’s two-run single in the seventh and Jesse Brel’s run off a passed ball and never looked back. Closer Vince Cepeda helped the Brewers keep the lead, as he pitched in the last two innings and had four strikeouts, including the three straight Ks at the bottom of the ninth.
Nokki Saralu went 3-for-6 in the Brewers’ win and had three RBIs and two runs. Tyrone Omar got only one RBI off his 3-for-5 performance at the plate, but he scored three runs. Ton Tenorio also had three runs and hit 4-for-6 at the plate.
Meanwhile, the Bears kept their perfect record after slipping past Titanium last Thursday, 12-11.
A.J. Lizama made the dagger, blasting a two-run single at the bottom of the ninth. He also pitched for the Bears at the top of the last inning where Titanium was called for a 1-2-3 inning as Lizama struck out leadoff batter Ian Lizama and third batter Joe Palacios. Marvin Ngekebei was booted out on a 6-3 play for Titanium’s second out and the squad absorbed their second straight loss after a 3-0 start.
The Bears got their five wins in as many games despite failing to score in the first four innings. A five-run bottom of the fifth started things out for the pacesetters and they kept going, lighting up the board in the last three.
