PLAY BY PLAY: BASEBALL GOLD MEDAL GAME

Top 1st (game time 6:33 pm. windy night with moist field from 5:30 pm rain pour)

Paul Pangelinan starting for Guam.

Tenorio pop out to 1^st Nolan Cruz in foul territory. 1 out.

Yamada pop out to short stop Muna Jr. 2 outs.

AJ Lizama ground out to pitcher Pangelinan. 3 outs.

Bottom 1st

Franco Nakamura starting for CNMI.

Muna-Barnes walks.

Concepcion strike out…throw out Muna-Barnes trying to steal second. 2 outs.

Muna, Jr. fly out to right field. 3 outs. 0-0

Top 2nd

Saralu hit by pitch. Picked off by Pangelinan at first. 1 out.

D. Jones ground out to 1st baseman. 2 outs.

Jones, Jr. single to centerfield.

Cabrera single to leftfield. Jones, Jr. to 2nd.

Sablan strike out. 3 outs. 0-0

Bottom 2nd

Pangelinan ground out to 1st baseman. 1 out.

Terlaje strike out looking. 2 outs.

Cruz soft ground out to pitcher. 3 outs. 0-0

Top 3rd

Iguel strikes out swinging. 1 out.

Tenorio ground out to 2nd baseman. 2 outs.

Yamada grounds out to 2nd baseman. 3 outs. 0-0

Bottom 3rd

Salas, Jr. fly out to left field. 1 out.

Muna safe at first on catcher’s interference.

Balajadia ground single to left, Muna to 2nd.

Muna-Barnes stand up triple, Muna and Balajadia score. 2-0

Concepcion grounder to second, right under 2nd baseman’s legs. Muna-Barnes scores. 3-0

Muna, Jr. hard grounder to 3rd. Throw to second pulls 2nd baseman off the bag. Concepcion safe on fielder’s choice.

Pangelinan fly out to left field. 2 outs.

Terlaje double to center field. Concepcion scores, Muna, Jr. to third. 4-0

Cruz hit by pitch. Bases loaded.

Salas, Jr. ground out to 2nd. 3 outs.

Top 4th

Lizama single to right.

Saralu single to left. Lizama to 2nd.

D. Jones single to center. Lizama scores. Fielding error by Muna-Barnes allows Saralu to 3rd. 4-1

Jones, Jr. bunt. Throwing error pulls Cruz from the bag. Loads the bases.

Cabrera fly out to center. Saralu tags and scores on sac fly. 4-2

Sablan grounds to third. Terlaje tags third base. 1 out.

J. Iguel double to left field fence. Two runs score. 4-4

Franklin Ninete, Jr. relieves Pangelinan on the mound.

Tenorio ground out to 2nd. 3 outs.

Bottom 4th

Joshua Jones relieves Nakamura. (Jones just pitched 9 innings with 17 strikeouts earlier in the day against Palau)

Muna bunt out. 1 out.

Balajadia drops high pop up to shallow right for a double.

Muna-Barnes double to left. Balajadia scores. 5-4

Concepcion strike out. 2 outs.

Muna, Jr. pop out to 3rd. 3 outs.

Top 5th

Yamada walks. Advance to 2nd on wild pitch.

Lizama single to right, scores Yamada. 5-5

Saralu strike out looking. 1 out.

D. Jones ground to 2nd. Force out at 2nd. 2 outs.

Jones, Jr. line drive single to center. D. Jones to 2nd.

Cabrera doubles to shallow right. Scores two. 5-7

Sablan double deep left center. Cabrera scores. 5-8

J. Iguel single to right. Sablan scores. 5-9

Javier Concepcion relieves Ninete, Jr.

Tenorio force out grounder to 2nd. 3 outs.

Bottom 5th

Pangelinan ground out. 1 out.

Terlaje line drive single to center. Passed ball, Terlaje to 2nd.

Cruz walks. Terlaje steals third. Cruz caught stealing 2nd. 2 outs.

Salas, Jr. strike out. 3 outs. 5-9

Top 6th

Yamada infield single.

Lizama ground out to short. Yamada to 2nd. 1 out.

Saralu stand up triple to deep right. Yamada scores. 5-10

D. Jones grounds out to short. Saralu scores. 5-11

Jones, Jr. single to left.

Cabrera hit by pitch. Jones, Jr. to 2nd.

Nolan Cruz relieves Concepcion on the mound.

Sablan strike out. 3 outs. 5-11

Bottom 6th

Muna walk. Steals second. Advance to third on catcher throwing error.

Balajadia strike out looking. 1 out.

Muna-Barnes hit by pitch. Double steal. Muna scores. 6-11

Wild pitch, Muna-Barnes to third.

Concepcion strike out swinging. 2 outs.

Muna, Jr. pop up single to center. Muna-Barnes scores. 7-11

Pangelinan single to right. Muna, Jr. to 2nd.

Terlaje single to right. Muna, Jr. scores. Pangelinan out on rundown. 8-11

Top 7th

Iguel ground single to center.

Tenorio strike out. 1 out.

Yamada hits into double play. 3 outs.

Bottom 7th

Cruz bloop single to center. Noah Mendiola pinch run.

Salas, Jr. safe on bunt. Throw to 2nd pulls tag. Double steal attempt, Salas, Jr. safe at 2nd, Mendiola thrown out at home. 1 out.

Muna strike out looking. 2 outs.

Balajadia walks.

Muna-Barnes ground out to short. 3 outs.

Top 8th

Ricardo Leon Guerrero relieves Cruz.

Lizama safe on error 1st baseman Balajadia.

Saralu bunt. Throwing error by LG, scores Lizama, Saralu to 2nd. 8-12

D. Jones strike out swinging. 1 out.

Jones, Jr. line out to short stop. 2 outs.

Cabrera walks.

Sablan ground out to pitcher. 3 outs.

Bottom 8th

Camacho pinch hit. strike out looking. 1 out.

Muna, Jr. strike out swinging. 2 outs.

Pangelinan double grounder to center.

Terlaje bloop single to center. Pangelinan scores. 9-12

Leon Guerrero ground out to first. 3 outs.

Top 9th

Iguel ground out to pitcher. 1 out.

Tenorio ground out to catcher. 2 outs.

Yamada sharp single to right.

Lizama safe on error by Muna. Yamada to 2nd.

Saralu pop out to short stop. 3 outs.

Bottom 9th

Salas, Jr. strike out swinging. 1 out.

Muna walk.

Balajadia strike out looking. 2 outs.

Muna-Barnes grounds out to short stop. 3 outs. Game over!