Pacifics Rally Past Maui Na Koa Ikaika 7-6

August 24 2012 The San Rafael Pacifics rallied for a 7-6 victory over the Maui Na Koa Ikaika, overcoming a late tie to score the deciding run in the eighth inning. San Rafael collected 11 hits while Maui finished with eight. The Pacifics broke through with three runs in the third inning on five hits, including doubles by Matthew Alton and Darrick Hale. Maui answered with two runs in the fourth and two more in the fifth to take a 4-3 lead, but San Rafael tied the game with a run in the bottom of the fifth. Both teams scored twice in the seventh before the Pacifics pushed across the go-ahead run in the eighth. Hale led San Rafael with three hits and two RBI. Steve Boggs added two hits and two RBI, while Alton and Matthew Alton each had two hits. Zack Pace scored three runs, reached base three times with a hit and two walks, and drove in a run. For Maui, Kalaika Kahoohalahala and Nick Valdez each had two hits, while Gered Mochizuki drove in two runs with a fourth-inning double. Matthew Stabelfeld earned the win after pitching a scoreless inning, and Julian Arballo recorded the save with a scoreless ninth. Jake Rasner worked five innings for San Rafael, allowing six hits and four runs, two earned, with four strikeouts. Maui starter Chad Blackwell allowed nine hits and six earned runs in seven innings while striking out six. Yoshihiro Doi took the loss after allowing the go-ahead run in the eighth.