PRESS RELEASE – The Pirates would use two four-run innings in the game to push their record to 5-1 in the tournament and claim the 2nd annual UOG Baseball – UOG Endowment Foundation Tournament championship.
The first inning went scoreless, but the Pirates struck for their first four run inning in the bottom on the 2nd using a leadoff walk and two singles to score their first run and then after two outs were recorded, another Pirate hit and a Dodger error would bring three more runs home and the Pirates led 4-0 after 2 innings.
The Dodgers struck in the top of the 3rd behind a walk and a single to set the plate, and then 3 Pirate errors led to two Dodger runs to cut the Pirate led to 4-2.
Neither team scored again until the bottom of the 5th when the Pirates scored four more runs and the Dodgers would strike twice more for single runs in the 6th and 7th inning and the final score was 8-4.
Arren Yatar would earn the win for the Pirates, throwing six innings in the game, allowing 3 runs on 5 hits with 4 strikeouts and 4 walks. Rjay Joe took the loss for the Dodgers.
Peter Wall, Deshon Naputi and Dominic Cruz each had 2 hits for the Pirates while Shon Muna Jr. and DC Nela had 2 hits for the Dodgers.
The Pirates ended their tournament with a 5-1 record, with their lone loss coming to the Dodgers in the round robin part of the tournament. The Dodgers were 4-3 in the tournament. The UOG Tritons finished 3rd with a 2-4 record while the Amigos finished 4th with a 1-4 record.
All-Tournament Team
Amigos – Alton Mesngon
UOG Tritons – Rico Miner
UOG Tritons – Dominic Pangelinan
Dodgers – Shane Muna
Dodgers – Guifon Terlaje
Dodgers – Randy Alcantara
Pirates – Arren Yatar
Pirates – Peter Wall
Pirates – Jouaneu Dela Cruz
Pirates – Dootch Naputi
The Pirates decided to name the “The Pirate Team” as the Most Valuable Player for the tournament.
