No. 1 Mid-Pacific unleashed two home runs and three other extra-base hits to beat No. 7 Punahou 12-4 on Saturday morning at Mid-Pacific. The two wind-aided blasts, by Cameron Igarashi and Jarrett Lum, were the first two home runs of the season for the Owls.
"It was a hitters’ park today," Mid-Pacific coach Dunn Muramaru said. "The way the wind is blowing, if you get the ball up it is going to carry. We had to come back twice today."
Mid-Pacific supplemented its rare power display with nine walks and twice had batters reach base after being hit by pitches. Five Owls pitchers allowed the Buffanblu only three walks.
Punahou struck first when leadoff hitter Beau Branton lofted the third pitch he saw into the wind and watched it sail over the 333 sign in center field.
"It was nice, but one run in the ILH doesn’t mean a thing," Punahou coach Kenny Harrison said. "We battled, but they just outbattled us at the end. Mid-Pac is relentless as far as what they do and how they do it. You have to give them credit."
Mid-Pac left the bases loaded in the bottom of the first and stranded one more in the second before taking the lead in the third on a two-run home run over the center-field fence by Igarashi and a bases-loaded walk by Matt Kimura.
Punahou retook the lead in the fifth with four straight hits with two outs. Cole Cabrera started the rally with a double and came home on a single by Branton. Aaron Fong drove him home with a double to tie it, and KJ Harrison hit it off the same spot on the fence for a double and a 4-3 lead. But that advantage wouldn’t last as long as the Buffanblu’s first lead did.
Tyler Yamaguchi doubled to center with one out, and Jarrett Lum followed with a long homer to the same spot. Lum, the designated hitter, watched 10 pitches and earned two walks before finally getting a pitch to hit, and he knew what to do with it. His homer gave the Owls a 5-4 lead and they raised it to 7-4 on a triple by Cal Muramaru and a single by Nicolas Bottom before the inning ended.
"I felt it, it felt good," Lum said. "I got plenty to see before that and I was just looking for a pitch to hit and it hung a little bit, so I got good contact on the ball."
Seth Kinnel held Punahou scoreless in the top of the sixth and the Owls exploded for five more runs in the bottom to break the Buffanblu. Mid-Pacific opened the inning with two walks and two hit batters before successive singles by Muramaru, Bottom and Shackles. Punahou sent four pinch hitters up in the seventh, but the Buffanblu failed to score a run.
| At Mid-pacific |
| Pun (1-2-1) |
100 |
030 |
0 |
— |
4 |
7 |
1 |
| MPI (3-0-1) |
003 |
045 |
X |
— |
12 |
12 |
0 |
Bo Coolen, Dylan Combs (3), Jacob Kam (4), Kekoa Vierra (6), Josh Winkler (6), Michael Viola (6) and KJ Harrison. Connor Zalewski, Grant Doi (3), Noah Sills (5), Seth Kinel (5) and Noah Shackles.
W–Kinel. L–Kam.
Leading hitters–Pun:Beau Branton 2-2, HR, 2 RBI. MPI:Bryce Nagata 3-4, 2 Rs; Nicolas Bottom 3-4, 3 RBIs; Noah Shackles 2-4, RBI; Cameron Igarashi 1-3, HR, 2 RBIs; Tyler Yamaguchi 2-3, 2B.
No. 6 ‘Iolani 7, No. 2 Saint Louis 0
Bronson Ichimura pitched a complete game to help the Raiders shut out the Crusaders.
| At Central Oahu Regional Park |
| ‘Iolani (2-1) |
003 |
001 |
3 |
— |
7 |
11 |
2 |
| Saint Louis (2-1) |
000 |
000 |
0 |
— |
0 |
2 |
3 |
Bronson Ichimura and Joshua Inaba. Pono Anderson, Peyton Oshiro (7) and Jordan Yamamoto.
W–Ichimura. L–Anderson.
Leading hitters–Iol: Christian Donahue 2-3, 2 RBIs; Kekai Winchester 3-4, 2 runs; Joshua Inouye 2-4, run; Inaba 2b, 2 RBIs, run. StL: Rayson Romero 2b.
No. 8 kamehameha 11, pac-five 1, 6 inn.
Makana Arakaki had three hits and drove in three runs as the Warriors beat the Wolfpack in a game shortened by the mercy rule.
| At Mid-pacific |
| Pac-five (0-3) |
001 |
000 |
— |
1 |
6 |
3 |
| KS (2-1-1) |
104 |
321 |
— |
11 |
14 |
0 |
Owen Saito, Marques Asato (4), Shaun Mahiko (6) and not reported. Eric Sniffen, Keenan Lum (6) and not reported.
W–Sniffen. L–Saito.
Leading hitters–P5: Saito 2-3. KS: Makana Arakaki 3-4, run, 3 RBIs; Ethan Rosehill 3-4, 2 runs, RBI; Kekai Rios 1-2, 2b, 2 runs, 2 RBIs.
ILH DIVISION II
St. Francis 4, Westpac 3
Laakea Moniz pitched a five-hitter and Royce Torres doubled and drove in two runs to lead the Saints over the Wolverines.
| Westpac (0-3) |
011 |
100 |
0 |
— |
3 |
5 |
1 |
| St. Francis (1-1) |
001 |
030 |
X |
— |
4 |
5 |
3 |
Costa, Nakajhima (5) and Romero. Laakea Moniz and Royce Torres.
W–Torres. L–Nakajhima.
Leading hitters–WP: none. STF: Creighton Tsuruda-Gaspar 2-4, RBI; Moniz 2-2, 2b, RBI; Torres 2b, 2 RBIs.
Maryknoll 5, Damien 3
A five-run first inning was all the Spartans needed in a win over the Monarchs.
| At Central Oahu Regional Park |
| Maryknoll (3-0) |
500 |
000 |
0 |
— |
5 |
12 |
0 |
| Damien (2-1) |
000 |
210 |
0 |
— |
3 |
8 |
3 |
Chase Uyema, Josh Muneno (5) and Neal Nakasone. Zachary Navas, Kaeo Castaneda (7) and not reported.
W–Uyema. L–Navas.
Leading hitters–MS: Jedd Andrade 2-3, run; Neal Nakasone Jr. 2-3; J. Ushio 2b. DMS: Tristan Florentin 2-4, run; Castaneda 2-3, RBI.
OIA RED EAST
Kailua 16, Kalaheo 4, 5 inn.
Peter Kanoho rapped out two hits, including a double, as the Surfriders dominated the Mustangs in five innings.
| At Kailua |
| Kalaheo (0-4) |
000 |
04 |
— |
4 |
5 |
0 |
| Kailua (4-0) |
(12)00 |
4x |
— |
16 |
11 |
4 |
Kaliu Lapera, Thomas Capllonch (1), Jack Bell (3) and Lokepa Lapera, K. Lapera (3). Matt Hanano, Kila Daniels (4), Kainoa Higa (5) and Dalton Kalama.
W–Hanano. L–Lapera.
Leading hitters–Kalh: L. Lapera 2-3, 2b, RBI. Kail: Peter Kanoho 2-3, 2b, RBI; Kalama 2-4, 2b; Keiki Kanahele-Santos 2-2, 2b.
OIA RED WEST
No. 3 Campbell 10, Aiea 1
Dewayne Sprinkel had three hits and three RBIs as the Sabers beat Na Alii.
| At Aiea |
| Campbell (3-0) |
020 |
420 |
2 |
— |
10 |
11 |
3 |
| Aiea (0-4) |
000 |
001 |
0 |
— |
1 |
4 |
5 |
Zachary Kapihe, Markus Ramos (6), Dirk Himan (7) and Blayze Arcano. Jaryn Nakamoto, Jared Uyeda (5) and Makana Ah Yo.
W–Kapihe. L–Nakamoto.
Leading hitters–Camp: Dewayne Sprinkel 3-5, 2b, 3 RBIs; Dorrien Hermosura 2-3, run, 2 RBIs; Jobe Ibana 2-4, run, RBI; Name 2-2, 3b, 2b, 3 RBIs. Aiea: Hunter Yara 1-3, 2b, RBI.
OIA WHITE
Mckinley 18, Kaimuki 10
Brendan Moy scored four times and earned the victory on the mound as the Tigers beat the Bulldogs.
| At Kaimuki |
| Mckinley (1-1) |
102 |
355 |
2 |
— |
18 |
14 |
2 |
| Kaimuki (0-2) |
018 |
001 |
0 |
— |
10 |
9 |
9 |
Landon Rita, Noah Diaz (3), Brendan Moy (4) and Chevas Pacheco. Kevin Maligon, Austin Inouye (5), Keith Masui (5), JC Palsis (7) and Kobe Hedgar.
W–Moy. L–Inouye.
Leading hitters–McK: Moy 2-3, 3b, 4 runs; Jantzen Hatakenaka 2-4; Kaiwiloa Pemberton 2-5, 2b, 2 runs; Kona Bagood-Makanui 2-5; Diaz 2-6, 2b; Rakeem Estrella-Clark 2b. Kaim: Inouye 3-4, 3b, 2 runs; Maligon 3b.
Waianae 10, Radford 0, 6 inn.
Niko Kala-Mahiai drove in three runs as the Seariders mercy-ruled the Rams in six innings. On the mound, Jerzey Ramento-Acosta and Kekoa Kaluhioklani Jr. combined on the two-hit shuout.
| At Waianae |
| Radford (1-1) |
000 |
000 |
— |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Waianae (2-0) |
104 |
212 |
— |
10 |
8 |
0 |
Kevin Klein, Tayvis Passos (3), Marc Tejada (4), Caleb Meyers (5) and Dylan Cox. Jerzey Ramento-Acosta, Kekoa Kaluhiokalani Jr. (6) and Darion Domingo.
W–Ramento-Acosta. L–Klein.
Leading hitters–Rad: Dominic Albalos 2-2. Wain: Kala-Mahiai 2-4, 3b, 3 RBIs, 3 SBs; Chasetin Nash Santiango 1-3, 2b, 2 runs, RBI; Kekoa Kaluhiokalani Jr. 1-3, 2b, run, RBI; Sheaven Delima-Fereira 2b, 2 runs, RBI.
