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Other players receiving votes included (in random order) Donovan Aiona, Steve Furchner, Cameron Kawai, Hopu Ahonima-Blanco, Teaotai Buehler, Jon Vitale and Josh Carlucci.
In team MVP voting, the results are as follows:
Black Sox: Cameron Kawai
Earthquakes: Josh Carlucci
Thunder: Drew Camacho
Canefire: Jose Luis Ibarra
Sharks: Mike West
Awards will be presented at the annual end-of-the-season activities and all-star game, scheduled for October 3rd. Those events may possibly be accelerated to September 25th, pending the outcome of the September 18th playoff game.
It was a frustrating day for the quad of Mountain Thunder pitchers Ian Glass, Larry Strozyk, Aaron Murphy and Jon Vitale who sought, but seemed unable to find, consistency in this game. In the end, it probably did not matter. The strength of Black Sox's starter, and the depth of the pitching staff allowed co-captain Atlee Riddle to call upon Eduardo Andrews to close matters, 1-2-3 in the seventh inning after Kawai's pitch count crossed the 100 mark.
For the Black Sox, the victory sets up their hosting of the Earthquakes next week. For Mountain Thunder, a second chance remains. They have to chalk this one up to the old saying that, in life it really doesn't matter whether you win or lose. What matters is how you look while you're doing your best to accommodate everyone else's playing of the game. And on some days, we look better than on others.
The difference in this game was definitely the outstanding performance by Sharks' pitcher Keegan Lerma, going the distance for the win against a foursome of moundsmen for the Canefire, starter Kamalani Manantan charged with the loss.
For the Sharks, Ryan Landis lead all scorers with three plate crossings. Also, credit goes to Carl Kimura for crisp defensive play all game, including a pair of putouts and an assist in the same inning, effectively retiring the side almost single-handedly.
The Sharks now look ahead to their next do-or-die contest, a matchup against Mountain Thunder.
There are two games scheduled for eptember 5, 2010 as the playoffs continue.
AT TEN O'CLOCK, IT WILL BE THE 
AT THE
Winners' Bracket Game - 10:00 a.m.
Higher-seeded first-round winner Earthquakes
at overall top-seeded Shut-D Black Sox
AT ONE O'CLOCK, IT WILL BE THE 
AT THE
Elimination Game - 1:00 p.m.
Second round winner in losers' bracket Island Tat Sharks
at second-round loser in winners' bracket Mountain Thunder
The Kohala Canefire has now been eliminated from the playoffs.
2010 Final Regular Season Standings
W L G/B
Shut-D Black Sox ................... 10 2 -
Kokonuts Bar & Grill Earthquakes ... 6 6 4
Mountain Thunder ................... 5 7 5 (prevailing over Canefire in head-to-head play)
* Kohala Canefire .................. 5 7 5 (yielding to Thunder in head-to-head play)
Island Tat Sharks .................. 4 8 6
* eliminated from playoffs
Pitchers - 2010
Cameron Kawai, Black Sox ___________ 4-0 (1 hold)
Hopu Ahonima-Blanco, Black Sox _____ 2-0 (1 save)
Kai Miller, Black Sox ______________ 2-0
Keefe Lerma, Sharks ________________ 2-0
Eduardo Andrews, Black Sox _________ 1-0 (1 save)
Shadow Diessner, Thunder ___________ 1-0
Ben Swett, Thunder _________________ 1-0
John Holley, Black Sox _____________ 1-0
Mike Oshita, Black Sox _____________ 1-0
Jorge Perez, Canefire ______________ 1-0
Aaron Grant, Black Sox _____________ 0-0 (1 save) (1 hold)
Devereaux Aiona, Canefire __________ 0-0 (1 save)
Clarence Alcoran, Black Sox ________ 0-0 (1 save)
Pedro Escobar, Thunder _____________ 0-0 (1 save)
Ikaika Baptista, Black Sox _________ 0-0 (1 save)
Phil Prisby, Earthquakes ___________ 3-1
Larry Strozyk, Thunder _____________ 2-1 (1 save)
Timo Holschuh, Canefire ____________ 4-2
Klifford Hawkins, Sharks ___________ 2-1
Jon Vitale, Thunder ________________ 1-1 (1 save)
Keegan Lerma, Sharks _______________ 1-2 (1 save)
Steve Furchner, Earthquakes ________ 2-3
Aaron Murphy, Thunder ______________ 1-2 (1 save)
Jason Hurst, Earthquakes ___________ 0-1 (1 hold)
Jeff Barbas, Earthquakes ___________ 0-1
Oscar Delgado, Sr., Canefire _______ 0-1
Holden Pattengill. Black Sox _______ 0-1
Teao Buchler, Canefire _____________ 0-1
Jason Kwiat, Canefire ______________ 0-1
Evan Moniz, Sharks _________________ 0-2
Lanson Paolo, Sharks _______________ 0-3
Ian Glass, Thunder _________________ 0-4
Kamalani Manantan, Canefire ________ 0-4
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