Honolulu, Hawaii-
Hawaii 5 Louisville 4 (12 innings)- Friday, May 18, 2063
WP- Marty Pearce (3-1)
LP- Ludwig Werberg (2-1)
Save- None
Time: 3:59
Attendance- 44,703 at ‘Iolani Palace
Hawaii stopper Bob Westbrooks gives up two runs in the top of the 9th to the Sluggers and is tagged with his 2nd blown save. The Sluggers bullpen set the Tropics down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the inning to send the game into extras. The bats went silent in the 10th but then Louisville pushed a run across in the 11th. That didn’t last long as the Trops tied it up on a solo homer (6) by Mitch Wareham.
In the 12th, Harry Edwards set down the first two batters before handing the ball to Marty Pearce. Pearce walked a batter but struck out the next hitter to end the inning. The Trops offense looked ready to go down without a fight with a fly out and a 5-3 ground out. But a rally formed when John Harris singled followed by single by Jeff Appleton. Carlos Sanchez didn’t waste any time as he laced the first pitch he saw to left scoring Harris from second with the game winner.
Louisville 7 Hawaii 4- Saturday, May 19, 2063
WP- Seiichi ‘Onion’ Suzuki (1-1)
LP- Reynaldo Trinidad (1-1)
Save- Ford ‘Ix’ Prefect (10)
Time: 3:46
Attendance- 44,813 at ‘Iolani Palace
The Tropics held a one-run lead through five innings but a costly error by reliever Reynaldo Trinidad allowed four runs (one earned) that blew the game open. The Sluggers gave up a solo homer (10) by Jorge Dodd but held on for the win.
Julian Rivera was 1 for 4 with his 1st homer in the 4th inning off Suzuki. Armando Medina was 1 for 4 with an RBI and scored a run.
Hawaii 6 Louisville 3- Sunday, May 20, 2063
WP- Bob Westbrooks (2-1)
LP- Ludwig Werberg (2-2) BS (1)
Save- None
Time: 3:08
Attendance- 41,361 at ‘Iolani Palace
Hawaii 3B Jorge Dodd hits a three-run walk-off homer (11) to send Tropics fans home happy. Dodd was 2 for 4 with four RBI on the day. Bob Westbrooks pitched two clean innings with two Ks for the win. Daniel Thornton pitched five innings allowing two runs on two hits and a walk while fanning five batters.
Hawaii 4 Louisville 1- Monday, May 21, 2063
WP- Marty Pearce (4-1)
LP- Jon Brown (3-4)
Save- Utkan Gocek (6)
Time: 3:15
Attendance- 40,977 at ‘Iolani Palace
Five Tropics pitchers combine to allow the Sluggers a run on seven hits to earn a series win. It began with 3.2 innings by Semih Gurani allowing a run on five hits with a K. Alex Garcia followed with 1.1 scoreless innings then 1.2 by game winner Marty Pearce. Reynaldo Trinidad bounced back with a K in his short stint before yielding to Utkan Geck. Gocek struck out one and walked one in two scoreless innings for his 5th save.
Eric Owens was 1 for 4 with a two-run homer (5) and three RBI while stealing his 6th base. Vincente Mendez was also 1 for 4 with a solo homer (8) and stole a base (12). Jose Ordonez was 1 for 2, walked twice, scored twice and stole two bases (5).
Hawaii wins the series 3-1.
“We had a good series on the mound and some timely hitting to get the wins.”, said Hawaii Manager Amato Cruz.
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