WAIPAHU — The North Shore Honu might have clinched their division title several weeks ago, but they haven't lost their intensity, continuing their roll with a 7-5 win over the Waikiki BeachBoys in Hawaii Winter Baseball yesterday at Hans L'Orange Park.

Although both teams had enough available pitchers, the CaneFires, who beat the Sharks, 3-0, in the late game, have a shortage of arms. In fairness to the Sharks and BeachBoys, who are locked in a close race for the East title, both games yesterday were set for seven innings, the league said.

Brad Corley and Mat Gamel each drove in two runs for the West champion Honu (22-10). The BeachBoys (15-17) came from a 6-0 deficit and ended the game by stranding two runners on base in the final inning.

"Hopefully, I can keep it up," said Corley, the team's leader with 23 RBIs. "We keep having guys on base all the time, so that helps."

Corley was 2 for 3, including a booming solo home run to left that cleared the trees to start the fifth against 18-year-old Kento Tsujimoto, the third pitcher of the day for Waikiki. It was Corley's third home of the season.

Sean Walker (1-0) pitched three scoreless innings of relief for starter Blair Johnson, who struck out four in two scoreless frames.

The Honu sent nine batters to the plate in a four-run third in which two of the runs were unearned, against Waikiki starter Josh Sullivan (1-4), who went 2 1/3 innings.

The BeachBoys made it a game with a four-run sixth against reliever Drew Naylor. Jermaine Mitchell had an RBI single and Justin Sellers a two-run single to pull the BeachBoys to 6-3. With runners at the corners, Naylor's wild pitch scored a run to make it 6-4. On a 2-2 pitch, Matt Inouye checked his swing, but Honu pitching coach Fred Dabney argued that it was a swing and was ejected. On the full-count pitch, Inouye popped out to short to end the inning.

It was a rough day for Inouye, the former Hawai'i Rainbows player in his second pro season. He also struck out with runners at second and third in the fifth, and was called out at first on a close play when he bunted a runner to third in the third inning.

"Everyone's going to have those days," Inouye said. "You just have to do whatever you can whenever you have that chance."

Honu manager Kevin Bradshaw is pleased that his players haven't let up despite clinching so early.

"So far, they have come to the ballpark everyday, knowing what to do, wanting to play and wanting to play hard," Bradshaw said. "It's a tribute to the type of players we have."

With the division clinched, Bradshaw can prepare his starters and rotation for next Monday's championship against the East champion.

"We're going to break it up a little bit," he said. "Everybody's going to get to play, but we have to get these starters locked in and get their swinging down."

Waikiki manager Donovan MItchell said that he will continue to rotate his players as he has been for the last 3 1/2 weeks.

"This is still player development," he said. "Overall, the competitive nature of these players and coaches is to win a ball game, but you don't do that at the expense of the players and not getting them what they need for their regular season."

In the late game, Fumikazu Kimura and Castle grad Reid Santos teamed on a four-hitter as the West Oahu CaneFires (11-20) shut down the Honolulu Sharks (15-16).

Kimura permitted four singles while striking out three and walking four in five innings. Santos struck out two and walked two in two innings.

Anthony Hatch had three hits, including a two-run homer in the third, for West Oahu.

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