CAPAHAS RUN OFF PAIR OF LOPSIDED WINS ON PRINTERS

Six home runs and two stifling pitching performances propelled the Cape Girardeau Kohlfeld Capahas to a doubleheader sweep of the St. Louis Printers Saturday afternoon at Capaha Field.

Kohlfeld improved to 10-0 with an 8-1 win in the first game and a 14-1 blowout in the second. The Printers fell to 1-5.

Darrin Kinsolving jacked two of the four Capaha home runs in the first game to give David Michel all the run support he needed. Michel (2-0) pitched all seven innings, allowing only four hits.

In the second game, Shawn Pemberton came off the bench to provide three hits and six RBIs -- including a grand slam in the fifth inning -- to lead the Capahas' 20-hit attack. Kevin Vent (1-0), a Sikeston product on his way to pitch for the Razorbacks of Arkansas after a year at Mineral Area Junior College, allowed four hits in his seven-inning complete game.

With a three-run homer in the first game, Pemberton totaled nine RBIs on the day. The two home runs gave him five on the year.

"Pemberton is just hotter than a fire," said Capahas coach Jess Bolen. "He's having a good start, but he's not by himself."

Including Pemberton, seven Capahas tallied multiple-hit performances in the second game. Shortstop Cory Crosnoe led the Caps with a perfect 4-for-4 game before being lifted in the fifth inning for a pinch runner. Earlier in the inning, Crosnoe had fouled a ball off his calf, injuring his leg.

Pemberton, George White and Darrick Smith had three hits apiece while Julio Vega, Tom Brewer and Ryan Murphy got two each.

Twelve of the Caps hits came off Printers starter Don Meyer, a 62-year-old right-hander. Meyer lasted 3 2/3 innings, allowing nine runs and striking out one.

Following a two-run triple by Pemberton and a two-run homer by Murphy that made the score 9-0, Meyer hit Kinsolving with a pitch for the second time and was relieved.

Printers reliever Ray Yeager didn't fare much better, allowing five runs in the fifth inning. After four consecutive singles started the inning, Pemberton culminated the Capahas' scoring with a towering grand slam to right field to make the score 14-0.

The Printers only run came in the sixth inning on a wild pitch by Vent.

Batting ninth as the designated hitter in the first game, Kinsolving broke open a 1-0 game in the fifth inning with the first of two solo home runs. Kinsolving was perfect at the plate with three of the Caps' eight hits.

Still in the fifth, Crosnoe followed Kinsolving's liner over the fence in left field with a two-run shot of his own to make the score 4-0.

After consecutive hits by Steve Kress and Murphy in the sixth inning, Yeager relieved Printer starter Bryce Durnin.

Yeager, who pitched ineffectively in both games, promptly gave up back-to-back home runs to Pemberton (a three-run shot) and Kinsolving that put the Caps up 8-0.

Michel allowed a solo home run to Joe Swiderski in the final inning to lose the shutout. Nevertheless, Bolen liked what he saw from Michel.

"David pitched great baseball in the first game," said Bolen. "He keeps the ball down and his control is always consistent."

* 1996 Kohlfeld MVP Tim Ellis, yet to play because of a broken ankle, is expected to return to the lineup today when the Capahas play a doubleheader in Memphis.