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Red Sox, Enforcers outclass foes
A Red Sox batters avoids being hit by a pitch during an earlier Senior League game against the Enforcers in the SLLB at the Francisco “Tan Ko” Palacios Ballfield. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)
The Red Sox needed an extra inning to eke out a 7-4 win over the Enforcers in the Senior League division game in the 2016 Saipan Little League Baseball last Saturday at the Francisco “Tan Ko” Palacios Ballfield.
Christian Lizama hit a two-run single at the top of the eighth inning, while Delin Reusora reached off the Enforcers’ error at centerfield to lift the Red Sox to the close win.
The Enforcers, who forced the deadlock, 4-4, at the end of regulation, with Nathaniel Torres making it home off the Red Sox’s miscue, failed to extend the match anew as they were called for back-to-back flies at the bottom of the eighth and Larson Sebitang went down on a 1-3 play, leaving third batter Jimboy Laniyo stranded at first.
The Enforcers had to play catch up after they were held to one run in the first five innings. Laniyo put the Enforcers on the board in the second inning off a miscue from the Red Sox’s catcher. The Red Sox, on the other hand, collected four runs—all from the Enforcers’ defensive lapses from the third to fifth inning, for a 4-1 advantage.
An RBI single from Sebitang at the bottom of the sixth moved the Enforcers within two and he later scored off Red Sox’s pitching error to slice the deficit to one before another booboo from the latter tied the match.
Meanwhile, in the Junior League game last Sunday, the Enforcers downed the Braves, 6-2.
The Enforcers gained cushion early in the match, making five runs at the bottom of the second inning, while the Braves scored only in the fourth.
Dennis Cabrera and Sean Rabauliman each blasted an RBI single and the latter also reached off the Braves’ error at rightfield, while the Enforcers’ two other runs came from a passed ball and another miscue. J.P Celis added one more run as he was drove in by Pedro Maratita’s single.
The Red Sox’s two runs were courtesy of Joe Tudela’s RBI double and Jordan Babauta’s RBI single.
