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Nakayama pitches Honu to 8-0 win
Advertiser Staff
North Shore pitcher Shinya Nakayama was nearly flawless in his five-inning stint as he held Waikiki without a run and surrendered one hit while striking out six to help the Honu shut out the BeachBoys, 8-0, at Hans L'Orange Park last night in Hawaii Winter Baseball.
Nakayama (3.12 ERA) improved to 6-2. North Shore relievers Kevin Roberts and Takashi Kamoshida each tossed two innings to preserve the shutout. Kamoshida (1.09 ERA) earned his fifth save of the season.
Brad Corley hit his fourth home run of the season, a solo shot in the fifth inning, while teammate Stephen Chapman drove in a game-high three runs for North Shore.
In the early game, West Oahu starter Blake Wood had 12 strikeouts to help the CaneFires stop the Honolulu Sharks, 4-3, at Hans L'Orange Park.
Wood (2-1, 3.55 ERA), a Kansas City Royal prospect, gave up two runs on six hits in five innings.
TENNIS
LAJOLA KNOCKS OFF UH'S HEINEMANN IN FUTURES
Dennis Lajola of 'Aiea knocked off Sascha Heinemann, 6-2, 6-1, in the Oceanic Time Warner Cable Honolulu Futures tennis tournament yesterday at the University of Hawai'i tennis courts.
Heinemann is the No. 1 player for the University of Hawai'i men's team.
In other matches involving players with Hawai'i ties yesterday, Jan-Axel Tribler, a former Hawai'i Pacific All-American, advanced to the next round with a 3-6, 6-3, 2-0 (ret.) win over Zimbabwe's Tinotenda Chanakira.
Tribler will next face Honolulu's Chris Lam, the No. 6 seed, in the round of 16.
Andreas Weber, another UH player, beat Brad Lum-Tucker of Kaua'i, 6-3, 6-1.
The fourth-seeded team of Lum-Tucker and Ikaika Jobe, of Honolulu, beat Daniel Chu and Whit Livingston, 6-3, 7-5 in doubles.
LIU, KORINIHONA ROLL AT WOMEN'S NIGHT DOUBLES
The team of Jing Jing Liu and Gurianna Korinihona beat Erin Hoe and Keawe Ayau, 6-1, 6-0, last night in the quarterfinals of the Lanikai Bath & Body Women's Night Doubles in Kaiula. In another quarterfinal, Elwen Li and Maggie Deng beat Kristin Lim and Alton Ohira, 6-0, 6-0.
Matches continue tonight, starting at 6 at the Kailua Racquet Club.
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