By Kyle Terwilliger
Variety News Staff

IT was a battle to secure second place last night at the 76 Circle K Masters Baseball League game and the Guahan Old School (6-1-1) pulled out all the tricks from their dugout as they made it happen beating Masters Baseball Academy aka MBA (4-2-1) 11-1 as umpire Bill Palomo called the game at the bottom of the fifth inning due to the 10 run mercy rule.
In the first match-up between the two teams they tied at nine a piece giving them a draw. This time the Old School made sure they would walk out of Paseo in the second spot. After last week’s loss to last place team the Guam Seniors, it was the new and improved defensive Old School team that showed up with big plays made by third baseman Glen Eliptico, second base man Mike Dungca and first baseman Joe Cabarles as they turned double plays in both the first and fifth innings.
Pitcher Roke Perez went the distance throwing only a total of 39 pitches with 17 of them being strikes. Guahan Old School looked sharp and treated the fans offensively with a homer to left field by catcher Ken Quintanilla. This homerun would seal the game for the Old School. Contributing offensively were Ruben Payumo, Mike Dungca, Warren Pelletier and Joe San Miguel scoring two runs a piece.
In the losing effort it was MBA shortstop Vince Carbullido who scored the only run. Roke Perez would be the winning pitcher, and the loss would be given to MBA’s pitcher Paul Carbullido. Don’t miss the next scheduled game on Monday May 14th, 7pm at the Paseo Stadium when the Guam Seniors take on the Masters Baseball Academy (MBA). And don’t forget to circle June 2nd through the 9th as the Guam Masters host the Masters tournament which will feature teams from Saipan, Palau, Australia, and of course our very own Guam Masters.

Batting Leaders As of May 7
Batting Average (Minimum 15 plate appearances) Runs batted in
# Team Player Avg. # Team Player RBI
1 Guam Masters Melan Borja 0.727 1 Guam Masters Luke Elliott 15
2 Guahan Old School Manny Aguon 0.727 2 Guahan Old School Manny Aguon 12
3 Yona Rulz Manet Aguon 0.667 3 Guahan Old School Calvin Toves 12
4 Yona Rulz Jesse Blas 0.667 4 Guahan Old School Mike Dungca 10
5 Guahan Old School Ken Quintanilla 0.643 5 Guam Seniors Ted Perez 9
6 Guam Masters Ben Reyes 0.640 6 Masters Baseball
Academy Vince Carbullido 8
7 Masters Baseball Academy Vince Meno 0.625 7 Guam Masters Melan Borja 8
8 Guahan Old School Ruben Payumo 0.600 8 Yona Rulz Danny Pocaigue 8
9 Yona Rulz Richard Mendiola 0.600 9 Guahan Old School Ruben Payumo 8
10 Guam Masters Alan Evangelista 0.600 10 Guam Masters Richard Masnayon 7
11 Guam Masters Alan Evangelista 7
Runs scored Home Runs
# Team Player Runs # Team Player HR
1 Guam Masters Ben Reyes 20 1 Guam Masters Melan Borja 1
2 Guahan Old School Ruben Payumo 16 2 Guam Masters Richard Masnayon 1
3 Masters Baseball Academy Vince Carbullido 14 3 Guam Masters Alan Evangelista 1
4 Guahan Old School Ken Quintanilla 12 4 Guahan Old School Ken Quintanilla 1
5 Guahan Old School Manny Aguon 11 5 Masters Baseball
Academy Ken Duenas 1
6 Guahan Old School Mike Dungca 10 6 Masters Baseball
Academy Jesse Pereda 1
7 Yona Rulz Danny Pocaigue 10 7 Masters Baseball
Academy Vince Meno 1
8 Guam Masters Melan Borja 9 8 Yona Rulz Danny Pocaigue 1
9 Guahan Old School Calvin Toves 8 9 Yona Rulz Jesse Blas 1
10 Guam Masters Richard Masnayon 8 10 Guam Seniors Peter Benavente 1
11 Guam Masters Hubert Jesus 8
12 Masters Baseball J.Q. Quinata 8 Academy
13 Bluewings Chul Lee 8