Check It Out stuns Sakudi in women’s league

  Check It Out pulled off an upset over defending champion Sakudi, 12-7, in the lone women’s game in the Chamolinian Softball Association 2012 Budweiser Slow-Pitch Softball League last Monday night at the Capital Hill Ballfield.

Check It Out jumped on top, 4-1, in the first inning off three hits mixed with some costly errors. Jovie Omar bagged an RBI single, while Sakudi gained a triple from Liz Lebria in the top half.

Both teams went 1-2-3 in the second inning and the count shifted to 5-3 after the third frame. Sakudi scored off an error and another base smash by Lebria, while Check It Out answered with four hits in the bottom frame. Keina Rogopes poked an RBI single.

It remained at a standstill for the next two innings until Check It Out cranked out four runs in the sixth off eight hits. Omar, Connie Camacho, and Keolani Rios bashed RBI singles, Janet Jones a two-RBI base hit and Shirley Ada stole home after reaching on a fielder’s choice. The other run came off a walk.

Sakudi mustered three runs off errors and RBI base single by Lebria in a last ditch effort, but Check It Out would not be denied.

Omar batted 3-for-3 with two RBIs and Jenelle Brel swung 3-for-4 with two runs, while Sakudi’s Lebria went 4-for-4 with three RBIs and a run.

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SaiPal 20, Manelos 13
Manelos led it, 6-4, after the opening frame off four hits and a couple walks. It loaded the bases, which set the stage for a two-RBI single from Yupert Alepuyo and three-run homer from Nicko Martin. Ping Santos also bagged an RBI single.

SaiPal then seized the lead, 7-6, in the second inning with four more hits. Leo Bobai cranked a two-RBI single.

Manelos came back with three runs in the third inning from a base hit by Nick Cruz and a triple by Santos, but stumbled on the field in the bottom frame, helping SaiPal pedal in front, 13-9. SaiPal capitalized on Manelos’ early errors and had five hits including slew of RBI base rips by Luis Ngiraikelau, Alonzo Besong and Lefty Shiro and a two-RBI triple by Hector Ephraim.

SaiPal then contained its opponents to just a couple runs in the next two innings and was declared winner after five innings due to time constraints. Saipal poured on its other seven runs in the top of the fifth with a cheeky grand slam by Gloyd Martin in between some more errors.

Familia 16,
Talu Fahn 7

Familia marched ahead, 6-0, in the first inning off a three-run blast by JD Dikito, an RBI base hit by Lawrence Dikito, and a two-RBI single by Joe Guerrero.

Talu Fahn shaved three runs off the deficit in the bottom of the second from errors and a two-RBI smash by Nathan Bermudes and the count shifted to 8-5 after the fourth frame.

A two-run homer by Familia was thwarted by errors, but it regrouped in the fifth inning with seven hits for a commanding 14-5 lead. Kolin Reyes ripped an RBI single and John Guerrero and Jack Sablan each cranked two-RBI base hits.

Berdax 15,
Gagu Eyes 8

In last Friday’s late game, Berdax spurted ahead, 7-0, with five runs off six hits in the second inning. Vaughn Hofschneider hit a solo homer and Shine Tenorio a two-RBI single. The other runs came from errors.

The count shifted to 9-2 after the third frame after Gagu Eyes’ JR Brel and Berdax’s Jesse Tenorio each lifted two-run blasts. Tyrone Omar tried to keep it going for Gagu Eyes with a home run in the top of the fourth, but Berdax raised the ante to 13-3, in the bottom frame with a sacrifice fly by Dung Tenorio, an error and a two-RBI double by Ben Taisacan.

Gagu Eye’s Swain Cango and Brel left the yard at the start of the fifth inning and managed three more runs in the sixth from an error and two-RBI base rip by Omar. But Berdax still held strong for the win with its last two runs coming off an error and an RBI base knock by Franco Flores. The group then pulled it together on defense for the last three outs.