Rogolifoi homers twice, Lizama belts grand slam

  A pair of homers from IT&E Fielders’ Ian Rogolifoi and a go-ahead grand slam from the Docomo Pacific Ol’Aces’ Keoni Lizama highlighted last week’s Saipan Little League Baseball, Inc. action at the Francisco “Tan Ko” Palacios Ballfield.

Rogolifoi’s homer lifted his Fielders past Saipan Shipping Company’s Jets I in the Senior League game, 8-6, while in the Big League, Lizama’s blast helped the Ol’Aces overcome the Paradise Island Animal Hospital Hustlers, 8-6, despite a pair of homers by Hustlers’ Brian Camacho and Kevin Villagomez.

In other Big League results, the IT&E Fielders handled the St. Michael’s Medical Response Hunters, 8-4, on Thursday, while in the Senior League, the Docomo Ol’Aces defeated the Rep.Antonio Sablan-Eliceo D. Cabrera Hunters, 16-9.

SENIOR LEAGUE

Fielders 8, Jets I 6

The Jets I managed a 2-1 lead off errors in the opening frame, but the Fielder’s Khobby Kaipat tied it with an RBI single in the top of the third inning.

The Jets I chomped at the bit and reclaimed the lead, 6-5, with three hits, two walks, and an error in the bottom of the fourth; Matt Maeda bagged an RBI single and AJ Cabrera had an RBI double.

The Fielders tapped Jared Lizama in relief for Keoni Kaipat to close the fourth and the former cooled the Jets for the remainder of the contest despite a rocky start with inherited runners on the path.

The Fielder left the bases loaded in the fifth, but took the lead, 7-6, in the sixth inning off a Rogolifoi two-run homer that almost hit the foul pole in right field.

Rogolifoi swung 3-for-4, while winning pitcher Kaipat gave up two earned runs off one hit, six walks, and three hit batsmen with three strikeouts in three and two-thirds innings.

Ol’Aces 16, Hunters 9

The Ol’Aces maintained a 3-2 lead after three innings and scampered ahead, 8-2, as they started the fourth with five runs off four hits and some errors; AJ Lizama bagged an RBI double and Lancaster Secharmedal made an RBI single.

The Hunters answered with three runs in the bottom frame with a sacrifice fly and a two-RBI double by Jerome Reyes, but the Ol’Aces fired back in the top of the fifth with four runs off three hits and some more costly errors. The Ol’Aces’ Jun Rabauliman cracked a two-RBI double.

This time the Hunters only answered with one run and the Ol’Aces one-upped the Hunters once again, four runs to three, in the last inning to secure the win.

The Ol’Aces’ Lizama batted 5-for-5 with three RBIs and three runs

BIG LEAGUE

Fielders 8, Hunters 4

The Fielders went ahead, 2-1, in the first inning off an RBI triple by RJ Villagomez, who was driven home by Peter Lieto.

The Fielder’s Patrick Tenorio tacked on another run in the second with a base hit that scored Ben Lizama, who led off the inning with a triple. The Fielders’ Jonah Villagomez cranked a RBI triple and Rey and Nate Guerrero bagged singles as they trotted ahead, 6-1, after three frames.

The Fielders added two more runs in the fourth from a two-run inside the park homer by RJ Villagomez and held the Hunters to three runs in the last two innings.

Winning pitcher Carl Camacho went the distance and gave up three earned runs off eight hits and a walk with six strikeouts.

Patrick Tenorio batted 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs; RJ Villagomez went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs.

Ol’Aces 8, Hustlers 6

The Ol’Acess broke the ice with a run in the first inning, but the Hustlers pulled ahead, 3-1, in the bottom of the fourth when Brian Camacho blasted a 2-run home run followed by a triple by MacGarette Duenas, who was driven in by Kevin Villagomez.

The Ol’Aces managed to lock it at 3-all in the top of the fifth inning off errors and jumped in front, 8-3, in the sixth from a clutch grand slam by Keoni Lizama; an extra run came from a walk with the bases still loaded.

The Hustlers’ Villagomez hammered an in the park home run with two runners on base in effort to ignite a late rally, but the Ol’Aces’ Harry Nakamura held strong on the mound to secure his win.

Nakamura went the distance and gave up five earned runs off six hits and a walk with eight strikeouts.

Lizama swung 2-for-3 with four RBIs and a run.