Caleb Gindl Powers CaneFires Over Honu

Published on November 15, 2008 under Hawaii Winter Baseball 2 (HWB 2)
West Oahu CaneFires News Release


West Oahu held on for the 6-5 victory over North Shore tonight at Hans L'Orange Park.

Caleb Gindl paced the CaneFires (19-14) with three hits including a home run, and teammate Kyle Peter added two hits as the Detroit Tigers prospect improved his league-leading batting average to .370.

The Honu (14-20) picked up two runs in the first frame on a Jason Castro RBI double followed by Matt McBride's double that scored Castro.

The CaneFires answered with a run in the third inning on Gindl's RBI single, and took a 3-2 lead on Gindl's two-run home run with two out in the fifth inning.

West Oahu padded its lead in the eighth when Gindl singled for his third hit of the evening, and Miles Durham ripped a home run over the fence in left field to put the orange-clad squad up 5-2. Matt Inouye, a former University of Hawaii standout, added an RBI single with two out in the inning to put the CaneFires up by four.

North Shore rallied in the home half of the eighth with three runs, thanks in part to an RBI single from Kyu Hyun Moon, but fell a run short of tying the contest.

West Oahu starter Chris Salberg improved to 4-0 on the season after allowing two runs on four hits through five innings. Moises Robles tossed a scoreless ninth inning to earn his fifth save of the season.

North Shore starter Jun Hyeok Heo (1-4) took the loss, surrendering three runs on five hits through five innings.

The two teams return to Hans L'Orange Park tomorrow at 7 p.m. for the second game of a two-game series.

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