The Hawaii Tropics play a four game series vs the Des Moines Kernels at the Patrick d. Tillman Memorial Park.
Game 1- LF Bastiao Fardos homers twice, 1B Ernest McBride homers once and SP Stephen Taub gets the job done on the mound as Hawaii takes the opener.
Fardos was 4 for 5 (2 singles, 2 homers) scored three runs and drove in four RBI.
McBride was 2 for 5 (single, 2 run homer) scored a run and drove in two RBI.
Taub’s line was 7 IP, 2 runs, 6 hits, 2 walks and 3 Ks. Taub improved to 8-6 with a 4.66 ERA.
Hawaii wins 7-4.
Game 2- Des Moines scores 2 runs in the bottom of the ninth to send the game to extras then walk it off with a Lucio De La Cruz solo homer off of RP Felipe Lopez (2 1/3 IP, run, hit, walk, K, Loss).
Bastiao Fardos (1 for 5) homers for the third time in two games.
RF Mike Campbell was 2 for 4 (single, solo homer, walk) score a run and drove in one.
1B Manuel Aguilar, Jr. was 2 for 5 (single, 2 run homer) scored a run and drove in two runs.
Zak Johnson’s stellar performance was wasted as he had 8 IP, allowed 2 runs on 8 hits and walked 1 while striking out 4 batters.
Des Moines wins 5-4.
Game 3- Rookie SP Niccolo “Notorious” Destefani was great allowing 1 run in 5 hits, walked no one and struck out 7 over 7 innings of work. Destefani is now 3-1 with a 5.60 ERA.
RP Luis Santiago pitched 2 innings of relief giving up just 2 hits and striking out 2 in earning his 3rd save of the season.
Mike Campbell was 3 for 5 (2 singles, 2 run homer) scoring a run and driving in two.
3B Leonard Jones was 2 for 3 (2 singles) scoring a run.
Backup C Steffen Peterson was 2 for 4 (single, solo homer) scored a run and drove in two.
Hawaii wins 7-1.
Game 4- Mike Campbell continued his assault on Kernels pitching, hitting 2 more bombs (2 for 5). Campbell scored twice and drove in two RBI. Campbell was helped out by contributions of 3B Leonard Jones. Jones was 3 for 4 (2 singles, 3 run homer) scoring two runs and driving in four to lead the team. He stole his 8th base of the season.
Jones is slashing .302/.362/491 with a homer, 5 doubles, a triple and 7 RBI over the last 15 games since Gary Allen’s injury.
SP Alaric Wullenweber threw 7 innings allowing 4 runs on 9 hits. He walked 1 and struck out 9 batters in his 9th win of the season.
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Wullenweber is the man
Hawaii wins 11-4 and win the series 3-1.
The Tropics return to the island for a two game series with the Chicago Black Sox at Diamond Head.
Game 1- Tropics Reliever Felipe Lopez gives up another homer in extras as the Trops lose another.
Leonard Jones was 2 for 3 (single, double) with a stolen base.
Ernest McBride was 1 for 4 (double) with a run and an RBI.
SP Jesus Gonzalez pitched 6 1/3 innings allowing 4 runs on 5 hits and a couple of walks while striking out 6 batters.
Chicago wins 5-4.
Game 2- The Black Sox score two runs in the eighth and two runs in the ninth to sweep the short series with the Trops. Starter Stephen Taub (5 1/3 IP, 2 runs, 5 hits, 3 walks, 5 K) kept the Tropics in the game but Reliever Felipe Lopez (IP, 3 runs, 4 hits and a K) reared his ugly head once more.
Ernest McBride was 2 for 4 (single, solo homer) scored two runs and drove in one.
Mike Campbell was 1 for 3 (2 run homer, walk) but had two uncharacteristically errors.
Chicago wins 6-4 and wins the series 2-0.
