The Hawaii Tropics are in the midst of a five-game losing skid and will finish their long home stand with a four-game series against the Twin Cities River Monsters.
Game 1- The River Monsters sprint past the Tropics and extend their losing streak to six games. The game went bad quickly for Hawaii when starter Semih Gurani left the game after a hit on five pitches.
Gurani said, “I never felt I was loose. My shoulder hurt like a bitch.”
Gurani will miss a week and then get re-evaluated. Reliever Chih Kuang came on in the emergency and allowed two runs on four hits, a walk and a K in 1.1 innings. John Moore made his first appearance after that disastrous series in Sacramento. He was on his game with 3.1 scoreless innings. He allowed two hits and fanned two batters. Manny Ortiz was the victim of defensive errors and was tagged with the loss. He allowed four unearned runs on a hit and two walks while striking out two batters in an inning. He falls to 4-3 with a 3.18 ERA.
1B Tomas Borges was Hawaii’s offense going 2 for 4 with an RBI double (8) in the 3rd inning and an RBI triple (3) in the 5th inning. Adhyapayana Mehta and Mitch Wareham were each 1 for 4 and scored a run while Mehta stole his 17th base of the season.
Twin Cities wins 8-2.
Game 2- The Trops rally for two runs in the bottom of the 8th to tie the game 6-6 then walk it off on a Tomas Borges RBI single that scored Mitch Wareham from second. LF Bob Chastain blasted a game tying two-run homer (4) in the 8th to give the Trops a chance.
Borges was 2 for 5 with an RBI and scored a run. Chastain was 1 for 3 and walked. Carlos Sanchez was 1 for 3 with a double (15) and two RBI. SS Thomas Kramer was 3 for 4 with a solo homer (4) in the 3rd inning.
Starter Phil Thompson allowed three runs on eight hits with a strike out in 3.1 innings. Bill Williams followed Thompson with 1.2 innings of work allowing a run on a hit and a walk with two Ks. Luis Perez recorded just two outs while allowing two runs on a hit and a walk. He struck out a batter and was tagged with a blown save. Utkan Gocek gave his teammates a chance to get back in the game with 2.1 scoreless innings. He allowed two hits and fanned four batters. Bill Phillips earned the win with a scoreless 9th and struck out two batters. He improves to 3-4 with a 3.24 ERA.
Hawaii wins 7-6.
Game 3- The River Monsters score five 1st inning runs off struggling Hawaii starter Gerardo Rea and easily hold off the Tropics for another win. Rea allowed five hits, walked three and struck out batter. He gave up two homers in 2.1 innings pitched and falls to 1-11 with a 6.12 ERA. Manny Ortiz made his 2nd appearance of the series and pitched 2.1 scoreless innings. He allowed two hits and struck out four batters. Chih Kuang was a tad but better in 2.1 innings giving up just a hit with four Ks. Juan Martinez finished the game with two scoreless innings giving up a hit with two Ks.
Rookie DH Felipe Hernandez was 2 for 3 with a walk and a solo homer (2) in the 8th inning. Bob Chastain was 1 for 4 with a solo homer (5) in the 9th.
Twin Cities wins 5-2.
Game 4- The Twin Cities River Monsters break a 1-1 tie with a run in the top of the 9th then shut down the Hawaii offense to get the series win. Luis Perez took the loss after allowing a run on two hits and a walk. He falls to 0-5 with a 6.09 ERA. Elvin Hilliard made the start for Hawaii allowing a run on two hits and a walk with five Ks in four innings.
Mitch Wareham was 1 for 5 with an RBI single in the 2nd inning that scored Angelo Lucchesi. Lucchesi was 3 for 3 with a walk.
Twin Cities wins 2-1.
The River Monsters win the series 3-1.
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