Tropics finally solve the Mad Popes - 2064.47
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2025 6:11 pm
Honolulu, Hawaii-
Hawaii 6 Sacramento 4- Wednesday, August 27, 2064
WP- Buwono Mainaky (5-2)
LP- Jose Barron (0-1)
Save- Ray Harrison (3)
Time: 3:08
Attendance- 41,616 at ‘Iolani Palace
Trops struggled early on against the Mad Popes in the series opener giving up three runs to fall behind 3-0. Enter Vicente ‘Yogi’ Martinez. Yogi walked out of the dugout in the bottom of the 4th, turn and say something to his teammates. Yogi dug into the dirt in the box, spit some sunflower seeds on the plate and launched the 1st pitch from Jose Barron 422 feet over the right field wall. Martinez flipped his bat, smiled and trotted down the first baseline while his teammates went nuts in the dugout. From that moment the fans and team were linked and locked into the game.
After a Jorge Dodd 6-3 ground out, Miguel ‘Thrillseeker’ Martinez drew a 6-pitch walk and Carlos Schumann singled to put the pressure on Barron. Rookie Antonio Gonzalez worked the count to 3-2 then parked a below average forkball two feet further in right than Yogi to put his team up 4-3. The Trops scored two more later in the game to pull away with an emotional win.
Buwono Mainaky earned his 5th win for Hawaii pitching 7.1 innings allowing two earned on five hits and two walks. He struck out four before handing the ball to Ricardo Sanchez. Sanchez gave up a run on two hits in 1.1 innings for his 8th hold then Ray Harrison came on to get the one out save.
Hawaii 6 Sacramento 3- Thursday, August 28, 2064
WP- Utkan Gocek (6-3)
LP- Juan Silva (1-2)
Save- Alex Garcia (2)
Time: 3:14
Attendance- 40,267 at ‘Iolani Palace
Hawaii 2B Miguel ‘Thrillseeker’ Martinez capped off a five-run 7th inning with a two-run double (22) after an error by Mad Popes SS Cesar Aybar extended the inning.
Trops reliever Utkan Gocek was shaky in his 2nd inning of work giving up a two-run homer in the 8th. He struck out the next batter before Cale Cote came on to escape the inning. Alex Garcia pitched a clean 9th for his 2nd save of the season.
Hawaii 4 Sacramento 3 (10 innings)- Friday, August 29, 2064
WP- Utkan Gocek (7-3)
LP- Bill Fitzpatrick (7-10)
Save- None
Time: 3:23
Attendance- 49,518 at ‘Iolani Palace
The Hawaii Tropics eke out an extra inning win with help from rookie Harry Surface. Surface was 4 for 5 with a solo homer (14) in the 8th inning to put his team up 3-2.
Bob Westbrooks blew the save after allowing a run on a hit in 2/3 of an inning then yielded to Utkan Gecek. Gocek pitched his way out of trouble in the 9th and put up zeroes in the 10th.
In the bottom of the 10th , catcher Armando Medina led off with a double (6) then moved to third on a Roberto Lopez. Harry Surface took a hack on the 1st pitch and missed but connected on the 2nd one and rifled it past the SS to score Medina with the game winner.
Hawaii 8 Sacramento 4- Saturday, August 30, 2064
WP- Harry Spurlock (6-4)
LP- Jamie ‘Burke’ Barber (13-8)
Save- Ray Harrison (4)
Time: 3:33
Attendance- 48,486 at ‘Iolani Palace
Antonio Gonzalez and ‘Yogi’ Martinez homer and Harry Surface caused chaos on the bases to lead Hawaii to a series sweep over Sacramento. Gonzalez was 2 for 4 with a solo homer (6) and Martinez was 2 for 4 with his 26th homer. Surface was 3 for 5 with an RBI double (28), an RBI single and scored a run.
On the mound, Harry Spurlock tossed five innings allowing two runs on seven hits, issued three walks and struck out three batters to improve to 6-4 with a 4.81 ERA. Ray Harrison picked up his 2nd save of the series throwing two pitches to get one out.
The Hawaii Tropics sweep the Sacramento Mad Popes but lose the seasons series 5-9 to the M’opes.
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