Posted at 4:45 p.m., Friday, August 18, 2006
Pearl City reaches Senior League championship game
Advertiser Staff
Pearl City advanced to the championship game of the Senior League World Series for the second consecutive year with a 7-3 semifinal victory over Bloomfield, N.J., Friday at Bangor, Maine.Pearl City (5-0) faces Paraguana of Venezuela (5-0) in the title game. Paraguana defeated York County (Va.), 11-1 in the other semifinal.
Carlton Tanabe and Bryson Nakamura each had two hits for Pearl City, which was the Senior League World Series runner-up last year.
Jason Rasa was the winning pitcher, spacing 10 hits, striking out five and walking three in seven innings.
Bloomfield went out to a 2-0 lead in the first, but Pearl City scored four runs in the third and three in the fourth to seal the victory.
