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Brotherhood marches to finals
Brotherhood swept Mommy Charu in the playoff round to march to the finals of the Belau Men’s Slow-pitch Softball League yesterday at the Dandan ball field.
Jerry Ayuyu of Brotherhood runs toward home base to score a run in their game against Mommy Charu in the playoff round of the 2015 Belau Men’s Slow-pitch Softball League yesterday at the Dandan ball field. (Jon Perez)
Brotherhood scored a 12-2 win in Game 1 then followed that up with an easy 9-1 decision in the next game to clinch the first finals berth.
They will face the winner of the SA Masters-IP&E match, which was still being played at press time, in next Sunday’s title game.
IP&E defeated SA Masters, 9-4, in the opener and another win would put them in a championship showdown with Brotherhood. A loss by IP&E would mean a deciding match on Oct. 11.
IP&E rallied in the fifth inning where they scored eight runs to erase a 4-1 deficit and secure victory.
Brotherhood, in the first game, used a pair of four-run innings in the third and fourth for the shortened match via the 10-run mercy rule. They had 19 hits.
Jeff Diaz led Brotherhood’s hit parade going 3-for-3 with three singles and two runs, while Al Camacho also went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a run, and an RBI. Ken Kapileo had two doubles, two RBIs, and scored a run on a 2-for-3 batting.
Juan Diaz also had an excellent performance on the mound for Brotherhood despite being tagged by two earned runs as he limited Mommy Charu to five hits.
He forced opposing batters to either ground out or fly out that with the defense always there to get him out of trouble.
It was almost the same story in Game 2 as Brotherhood’s bats went to work early to pull away early and just played to protect their lead as they held Mommy Charu to a single run.
