Oct. 13, 2007 — Code 9 scored seven runs in the top of the first inning and never looked back as they whipped the Suns, 21-2, in five innings Thursday night in the HOVENSA slow pitch league.
Looking to establish itself as one of the league’s elite teams, Code 9 took no prisoners as they pounded out 21 runs on 20 hits while committing only one error. The Suns finished with two runs on seven hits with three errors.
“Maybe if we could have scored 19 more runs and had three more players, we would have stand a better chance,” quipped Suns coach Jimmy Martin.
A three-run shot by Darren Lewis, a three-run single by Jeffrey Naar, and an RBI double by Julio Carmona accounted for Code 9’s seven runs in the top of the first and the early lead. The Suns answered with their only two runs of the game on RBI singles off the bat of Leandro Reyes and Jack Bernard to trail 7-2 after one inning.
Things went downhill for the Suns from there.
Code 9 went on to score in the next four innings on their way to the rout. They picked up four runs in the top of the second on Angel Guzman’s three-run blast and Angel Soto’s RBI single.
Code added four more in the third on Carmona’s two-run single and RBI singles by Benjamin Robles and Soto, and four more in the fourth and two in the fifth to wrap up the scoring for the game.
Danny Rosa pitched the win for Code 9 while Dale Harris got the loss for the Suns. Top hitters for Code 9 were Guzman, 3 for 4 with two home runs and four RBIs, Carmona, 3 for 4 with three RBIs and Soto was 4 for 4 with two RBIs. For the Suns, Jack Bernard was 2 for 2 with an RBI and Leandro Reyes was 1 for 2 with one RBI.
In game two, the Cartel hammered Master Batters, 18-8.
Cartel had 18 runs on 18 hits with three errors, while Master Batters had eight runs on eight hits with two errors. The winning pitcher was James Smith while Matt Motta got the loss for Master Batters.
Top hitters for the Cartel was Wade Roserie, 3 for 4 with three home runs and eight RBIs and Ronald Schjang was 4 for 4 with one home run and three RBIs. For Master Batters, Ronald Schape was 2 for 3 with a home run and four RBIs and Ray Mond Cintron was 1 for 2 with a home run and three RBIs.
