Kiriu shuts out
Crusaders
Punahou's Shaun Kiriu shut out Saint Louis on three hits and struck out eight as the Buffanblu blanked the Crusaders 6-0 in a game played at Ala Wai Field.
Mark Veneri went 3-for-4 including a double and a triple and drove in three runs to spark the Punahou offense.
Kasey Ko added two hits for the Buffanblu, and John Gentry went 2-for-3 with a double for Saint Louis.
At Ala Wai Field
Saint Louis (7-3-0) 000 000 0 -- 0 3 1 Punahou (7-3-0) 200 031 x -- 6 11 1
Edwin Apostol and Jowen Murray-Thornton; Shaun Kiriu and Robert Kurisu.
Leading hitters--StL: John Gentry, 2-3, 2b. Pun: Mark Veneri, 3-4, 2b, 3b, 3 RBIs; Kasey Ko, 2-2; Landon Nakata, 2b.
Mid-Pacific 11, Pac-Five 2: Ryan Asato was 4-for-4 with a two-run homer, a double and five RBIs for the Owls, and Kip Masuda added three doubles and two RBIs.
At Mid-Pacific Field
Pac-Five (1-7-1) 002 000 0 -- 2 7 0 Mid-Pacific (8-1) 432 110 x -- 11 18 1
Owen Simmons, Samson Aina (2), Nick Miyamoto (4), Kendall Tanigawa (5), Paul Nishimura (6) and Aaron Chilcote; Conan Young, Jayson Kramer (4), Jared Hara (7) and Kip Masuda. W--Young. L--Simmons.
Leading hitters--PF: Jacob Mellor, 2-3; Paul Nishimura, 2-4, 2b; K. Tanigawa, 2b. MPI: Ryan Asato, 4-4, 2b, 2-run HR, 5 RBIs; K. Masuda, 3-4, 3 2bs, 2 RBIs; Adam Tamashiro, 3-4; Chris Goya, 2-3; Brenton Endo, 2-4; Ivan Kabei, 2-4.
Maryknoll 6, Damien 3: Maryknoll's Peter Kirst held Damien to three runs, only two of which were earned, on eight hits and struck out seven in going the distance for the Spartans' first win of the season.
At Moiiliili Field
Damien (2-7-0) 000 201 0 -- 3 8 2 Maryknoll (1-7-1) 011 004 x -- 6 3 3
Robert Cuizon and Nick Zieser; Peter Kirst and Brian Tabata.
Leading hitters--Damien: Raymond Alapai, 2-3, 2 RBIs. Mrykl: B. Tabata, 3b.
OIA
Junior varsity
Radford 11, Waipahu 1
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