Sacramento, California-
Sacramento 11 Hawaii 1- Friday, August 31, 2063
WP- Sakutaro Kawano (10-9)
LP- Daniel Thornton (3-8)
Save- None
Time: 2:54
Attendance- 64,692 at The Basilica at Muskrat Slough
The Sacramento Mad Popes strike first in the series with a 11-1 sin against the Hawaii Tropics and Humanity at The Basilica. The Trops scored a run in the top of the 1st on a sac fly by Vicente ‘Yogi’ Martinez that plated Roberto Lopez with the Trops lone run.
Trops starter Daniel Thornton gave up four runs in the 1st then three more in the 4th inning before he was chased from the game. Reynaldo Trinidad gave up two more runs in relief of Thornton and the rout was on.
Hawaii 8 Sacramento 7- Saturday, September 1, 2063
WP- Cale Cote (5-4)
LP- Sergio Rosales (3-3) BS (2)
Save- Bob Westbrooks (15)
Time: 3:50
Attendance- 64,715 at The Basilica at Muskrat Slough
Tropics LF Eric Owens annihilated two balls (13) with a solo homer in the 4th and a Grand Slam in the 7th while the bullpen tried to give the game away. But Bob Westbrooks wouldn’t allow it as he picked up his 15th save.
Owens was 2 for 5 with a walk, the two homers, swiped a bag (10), scored twice and drove in five. Jeff Appleton was 1 for 4, scored a run and had an RBI.
Semih Gurani is still scuffling and is headed for the bullpen when feasible. He gave up five runs on six hits and a couple of walks in 2.2 innings. Cale Cote ups his record to 6-4 with the win after 1.1 clean innings.
Hawaii 11 Sacramento 3- Sunday, September 2, 2063
WP- Gheorghe Sollomovici (3-1)
LP- Michihiro Tanaka (8-9)
Save- None
Time: 3:27
Attendance- 64,426 at The Basilica at Muskrat Slough
The Hawaii Tropics took advantage of the Mad Popes bullpen putting up 8 late run to pull away for the win. The Trops had 17 hits with every starter getting a hit save for Lorenzo Holloway who was 0 for 5. Jeff Appleton was 3 for 5 with a solo homer (9), double (9), four RBI and scored a run.
On the mound, Gheorghe Sollomovici went five innings allowing just a run on three hits, a walk and struck out three as he improves to 3-1 with a 3.21 ERA. The bullpen gave up two runs over the final four innings.
Hawaii 10 Sacramento 6- Monday, September 3, 2063
WP- Reynaldo Trinidad (7-4)
LP- Mario Reyes (10-11)
Save- Bob Westbrooks (16)
Time: 4:10
Attendance- 55,712 at The Basilica at Muskrat Slough
The Mad Popes jumped out to a 2-0 lead over Hawaii and held that lead until the top of the 5th. The Trops offense then unleashed hell upon the Sacramento pitching staff hitting four homers and a double to pull away.
It began with Jorge Dodd’s three-run rocket (27) in the 5th then homers by Vicente Martinez (38) and Lorenzo Holloway (11) tacked on three more. Eric Owens blasted his 14th in the 8th for the final two runs.
Martin ‘Lumps’ Garcia gave up two early runs to the Mad Popes but settled down to finish four innings with no further damage. Reynaldo Trinidad earned the win allowing a run on two hits with two Ks in 1.2 innings to improve to 7-4. Bob Westbrooks earned his 16th save in 2/3 of an inning and a K.
The Tropics win the four-game series 3-1.
The Tropics took a pivotal series against their nemesis the Sacramento Mad Popes. Hawaii is 11-4 in their last 15 games after going 5-12 in the beginning of August.
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