Irrepressible Puakaa Foils Scramblers

In his top five innings before he was substituted, Puakaa hit Scramblers to 10 strike outs, he gave two walks and only one hit-by-pitch with no score. Puakaa is a record holder of the fastest pitcher at the World Baseball and Softball Junior Championships (WBSC) with a 79 miles per hour pitch. He set the record at the WBSC championships held in Michigan, United States of America last year. He said his focus is beyond the league games. “I want to help my team to the (BoFiNet) championships but I am focused on improving my speed more than anything. I am chasing the world (fast pitch) record.”

Puakaa began like a house on fire in the first inning taking out all Scramblers batters with his power packed pitches at the batting mound. In defence, Scramblers took time to recover from the Puakaa trauma and when still caught up a Morulaganyi Moalosi hit sent Thapelo Pilane home for a Carats opener. The home side recovered quickly with a quick play to take Carats out with two men on bases.