THE Leo Palace Resort baseball field continues to keep busy as action in the Guam Masters Games rolls on.
Yesterday, two games were on tap with Team Yamaha and Bank of Guam kicking things off with the first game, while the Tamuning Twins took on the ACI Masters in the nightcap. When the night was over, it was Yamaha and the Twins that picked up victories.
Yamaha 5, Bank 4
The Bank of Guam A’s would jump out to an early 4-0 lead going into the third inning. John Farnum would pace the offense with a single in the first inning and an RBI-single in the third inning.
Team Yamaha would chip away at the lead with a run in the third inning off a leadoff double by Calvin Toves and an RBI-single from Keith Hattig.
Team Yamaha would hold the A’s on defense and tie up the score at 4-4 in the sixth inning with Keith Hattig leading off with a triple to right field and John Hattig and Pete Aguon following with singles. A fielder’s choice from Pat Alvarez would score the tying run with the game going into the seventh and last inning.
Bank of Guam was retired in order in the top of the seventh giving Team Yamaha a chance to win the game in the bottom half of the inning. Roland Cruz would get things started for Team Yamaha with a one-out double and John Hattig would give Team Yamaha the come-from-behind win with a walk-off single to right field. Team Yamaha reliever Ray Aguon was lights out for Team Yamaha shutting down the A’s for the last four innings, allowing only one hit to pick up the win. John Hattig was Player of the Game going 3-for-4 with two RBIs at the plate.
Twins 8, ACI 3
The nightcap at Leo Palace Baseball stadium featured the ACI Masters taking on the Tamuning Twins. ACI would take an early 3-1 lead in the first inning capped by an RBI-triple from Gerald Castro. The Twins' offense would come to life in the fourth inning with a big five-run inning sparked by RBI-singles from Ron Raguindan and Wayne Quinata. That was all Twins starter Dennis Rivera would need as he would settle down, allowing only three more hits over five innings to shut down the ACI Masters' offense and pick up the win and Player of the Game honors. Reliever Ken Santos would pitch a scoreless sixth and seventh inning to earn the save.
Guam Masters Games baseball action continues up to Friday with games at 4 and 7 p.m. The championship round begins Saturday with the championship game scheduled for Sunday at 10 a.m.
