Thursday, December 5, 1996

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Stars rally past
CaneFires, make move
in Volcano race

The Hilo Stars rallied for three runs in the seventh inning to tie the game and scored the game-winner in the eighth to edge the West Oahu CaneFires, 8-7, at Hans L'Orange Park last night.

The victory moved the Stars to within 1-12 games of first-place Maui in Hawaii Winter Baseball's Volcano Division.

Tony Derosso had three hits, including a home run and a triple, for the Stars.

West Oahu's Atsunori Inaba, Manny Vazquez and Kevin Lidle all had three hits. Two of Lidle's hits were triples.

The Honolulu Sharks helped Hilo once again by blanking Maui, 3-0, at War Memorial Stadium as Jeffrey Martin, Kazuya Shibata and Pat Flury combined to one-hit the Stingrays.

Martin fanned seven in five innings and picked up his second victory against one loss. His ERA dropped to 2.02.

Flury earned his fifth save for the Sharks.

Box Score

Outrigger Division

  		W	L	Pct.	GB
Honolulu 	31	14	.682	--
West Oahu 	16	26	.390	13-1/2

Volcano Division

  		W	L	Pct.	GB
Maui 		20	22	.488	--
Hilo 		19	24	.229	1-1/2

Today's games

Honolulu vs. Maui, 6 p.m., War Memorial Stadium.

Hilo vs. West Oahu, 6:30 p.m., Hans L'Orange Park.

Last night's results

Honolulu 3, Maui 0

Hilo 8, West Oahu 7

At War Memorial Stadium

Honolulu  	000	102	000--3	7	2
Maui	  	000	000	000--0	1	1

Jeffrey Martin, Kazuya Shibata (6), Pat Flury (8) and Michael Barrett; Mark Seaver, Chris Macca (6), Chad Brown (8) and Kenji Johjima. W-Martin (2-1). L-Seaver (1-4). Sv-Flury (5).

Leading hitter-Honolulu: Jason Conti, 2-4, 2b.

At Hans L'Orange Park

Hilo	  	021	001	310--8	10	1
West Oahu 	410	020	000--7	12	4

Kazuharu Yamazaki, Rob Bonanno (6), Dan Murray (8), Dan Ricabal (9) and Hirotoshi Kitagawa; Sang Soo Kang, Ji Choi Park (3), Jason Berry (6), Cam Smith (8) and Kevin Lidle. W-Bonanno (3-2). L-Smith (1-1). Sv-Ricabal (3).

Leading hitters-Hilo: Brent Butler, 2-5; Tony Derosso, 3-5, 3b, HR; Sam Voita, 2-4, 2b; Chris Haas, 3b. West Oahu: Atsunori Inaba, 3-5; Manny Vazquez, 3-4; Kevin Lidle, 3-4, 2 3b.