Pirates prospect Kyle Bloom struck out eight and allowed one hit over five scoreless innings Friday as the West Oahu CaneFires shut down the Honolulu Sharks, 8-2.

After issuing a leadoff walk to Shintaro Masuda in the bottom of the first, Bloom (2-0) retired the next 14 batters. Rockies prospect Darin Holcomb broke up the no-hit bid with a two-out single in the fifth and Ryo Hijirisawa walked, but the 25-year-old left-hander got out of his only jam of the night by getting Matt Inouye (White Sox) to ground out.

Bloom lowered his Hawaii Winter Baseball ERA to 1.80 and ranks third in the league with 21 strikeouts. He has allowed more than one earned run just once in five fall starts after going 5-8 with a 4.19 ERA in 28 games, including 22 starts, for Double-A Altoona.

Tigers farmhand Andrew Hess was charged with one run on one hit and two walks, striking out two, in 2 2/3 innings.

Cliff Flagello (Orioles) gave up an RBI groundout to Holcomb in the ninth before closing it out as the CaneFires handed Honolulu its third straight loss.

West Oahu (11-10) scored three times in the third to grab the lead. Jim Negrych lifted a sacrifice fly and fellow Pirates prospect Miles Durham delivered an RBI single before coming home on an error by first baseman Kala Ka'aihue (Braves).

Durham finished with three RBIs, while James Skelton (Tigers) doubled, tripled and drove in two runs for the first-place CaneFires.

Honolulu's Scott Shaw (1-2) lost his second straight start after allowing three runs -- two earned -- on four hits in 2 2/3 innings. The Mets' Minor Leaguer walked two and struck out two.

Hijirisawa tripled and scored the other run for the Sharks (13-8) on a passed ball.