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St. Louis pitchers
Star-Bulletin staff
show no mercySt. Louis' offense overshadowed its pitching during yesterday's 15-0 romp over University/Hawaii Baptist at Ala Wai Field.
But when the Interscholastic League of Honolulu game ended after five innings due to the mercy rule, a gem was uncovered.
Guy McDowell and Sean Paiva had combined to pitch a no-hitter.
"I didn't even know it was a no-hitter until after the game," said St. Louis coach Wade Okamura, after his team improved to 5-1.
McDowell, a sophomore making his first varsity start, pitched four innings and Paiva, a senior, pitched the fifth in dropping UHBA to 0-6.
"Guy had good speed on his fastball, and he has a good curveball when he can control it," Okamura said.
That wasn't always the case yesterday.
McDowell struck out eight, but was wild at times and walked four. He escaped bases-loaded situations twice, in the first and fourth innings.
Paiva, who didn't get out of the first inning in the Crusaders' ILH opener against Maryknoll, struck out one and walked one in his inning.
The Crusaders sent 14 batters to the plate in the fourth, scoring nine runs on eight hits.
St. Louis 222 90 - 15 16 0 UHBA 000 00 - 0 0 4 Guy McDowell, Sean Paiva (5) and Nick Tudisco, Joseph Cabansag. Russel Ching, Jon Kato (3) and Kyle Abe. W-McDowell. L-Ching.
Leading hitters-St.Louis: Shaynen Arellano 2-4, RBI; Gerald Welch 4-4, 3 RBI; Jovaustin Murray-Thornton 2-3, 2b, 3 RBI; Isaac Harbottle 2-3.
iolani 11, damien 1: Brent Wong tossed a six-inning three-hitter and was one of six Raiders with at least two hits.
Iolani (4-2) scored in every inning, as Kevin Kam, Tyler Kimura and Brant Omida all had three hits.
The visiting Monarchs fell to 1-5.
Damien 100 000 - 1 3 0 Iolani 212 411 - 11 13 1 Stan Abe, Bobby Haruno (4), Destin Alameida (6), and Marshall Sebay, Ryan Lancaster (5); Brent Wong, Travis McGaughey (6) and Travis Mitsuda. W - Wong. L - Abe.
Leading hitters - Iolani: Kevin Kam 3-3, RBI, 2b; Tyler Kimura, 3-4, 2 RBIs, 2b; Brad Takamori, 2-3, RBI; Brent Wong, 2-3; Brant Omida, 3-4, 2 RBIs, 2b, HR; Travis Mitsuda, 2-3.
MID-PACIFIC 7, PUNAHOU 6: Shane Toguchi earned a game-winning RBI in the bottom of the seventh inning the hard way - he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, giving the unbeaten Owls a come-from-behind win.
MPI scored three times in the seventh. Bryan Tanabe knocked in a run with a single and Dane Marcouiller tied the game with an RBI single to left field.
The host Owls (6-0) used four pitchers, with Justin Pate getting the win.
Marcouiller banged out three hits, including a solo home run.
Ryan Kitamura was 3-4 with three RBIs for the Buffanblu (2-4).
Punahou 001 301 1 - 6 9 5 Mid-Pacific 200 200 3 - 7 12 2 Josh Cardwell, Peter Phillips (7), Kea Kometani (7) and Randall Mizuno. Bobby Kumasaki, Keric Chang (4), Brian Terayama (6), Justin Pate (7) and Bryan Tanabe. W - Pate. L - Phillips.
Leading hitters-Punahou: Ryan Kitamura 3-4, 2b, 3 RBI; Ryan Komagome 2-4. Mid-Pacific: Isaac Omura 2-4; Bryan Tanabe 2-4; Dane Marcouiller 3-4, HR, 2 RBI.
KAMEHAMEHA 6, MARYKNOLL 0: Kainoa Yoshida, Dallas DeFries, Brandon Kahale and Alika Kuraoka combined on a four-hitter as the Warriors (5-1) blanked the Spartans (1-5) at Ala Wai Field.
Kamehameha was limited to only three hits by Maryknoll pitching, but Ikaika DuPont drove in two runs and the Spartans made five errors.
Kamehameha 001 030 2 - 6 3 1 Maryknoll 000 000 0 - 0 4 5 Kainoa Yoshida, Dallas DeFries (4), Brandon Kahale (6), Alika Kuraoka (7) and Kai Yamashita. Brendan Higa, Reily Maeda (6) and Kevin Sunada. W-Yoshida. L-Higa.
Leading hitters-Kamehameha: Ikaika DuPont 2-3, 2 RBI. Maryknoll: Reily Maeda 2-3.