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Saturday, May 6, 2000
Kailua, Mililani
By David Higa
in OIA baseball
title game
Special to the Star-BulletinBig innings were the theme of the night as No. 2 seeds Kailua and Mililani advanced to tonight's 7 p.m. title game of the Oahu Interscholastic Association baseball tournament at Rainbow Stadium.
Both teams had multiple-run innings that turned close games into routs over their respective top-seeded opponents.
Yesterday, Kailua (9-2), the second seed in the East, scored 10 runs in the seventh to rally past Leilehua, 10-3. In the second semifinal, Mililani (11-1), seeded No. 2 in the West, scored four in the fourth to top Castle, 9-3.
Leilehua and Castle meet at 4 p.m. for third place.
In the consolation bracket of the tournament, Campbell and Kalani advanced to today's 1:30 p.m. fifth-place game. The winner gets the fifth OIA spot in the state tourney.
Kailua 10, No. 7 Leilehua 3: It was a pitchers' duel at the start with Kailua's Kawika Kekaula and Leilehua's Brandon Taylor dominating over the first six innings with matching shutouts.
The scoreless tie ended in the seventh.
Kailua's Ryan Exstrom reached on an error and, after two consecutive bunt singles loaded the bases, Exstrom scored on a throwing error.
Pinch hitter Justin Akagi then cleared the bases with a three-run triple to give Kailua a 4-0 lead.
Before recording an out, Kailua batted around and Exstrom came to the plate with the bases loaded. He hit a blast over the right field wall for a grand slam, giving Kailua a 10-0 lead.
Leilehua scored three runs in the bottom of the inning but the rally fell short.
Kailua coach Cory Ishigo said he wants to keep his team from looking ahead to the state tournament.
"We have to be ready to play (tonight)," he said. "We must remain focused."
Kawika Kekaula, Derek Yonamine (7), Kekaula (7) and Lopaka Burgess. Brandon Taylor, BJ Clifton (7), Ryan Paderes (7) and Jay Baptista. W-Kekaula. L-Taylor.
Kailua 000 000 (10) - 10 9 0 Leilehua 000 000 3 - 3 5 6 Leading hitters-Kailua: Bruddah Choy Foo 2b; Ryan Exstrom GS HR, 4 RBIs; Kawika Kekaula 3-4, 2b; Justin Akagi 3b, 3 RBIs. Leilehua: Mark Soriano 2b; Cheyne Todani 2-3.
MILILANI 9, CASTLE 3: The Trojans banged out three straight doubles in the fourth to ignite a four-run rally and Corey Fukaya shut down the Knights' offense to pick up the win in relief.
Galenn Nitta knocked in a run with the last of the three doubles, and scored on a wild pitch.
Fukaya went the rest of the way after retiring the final batter of the second inning. He allowed just three hits.
Mililani 100 410 3 - 9 11 1 Castle 210 000 0 - 3 7 3 Jourdan Kaneshiro, Corey Fukaya (2) and Bryce Watanabe. Paul Collins and Russell Kimura. W-Fukaya. L-Collins.
Leading hitters-Mililani: Gavin Ng 2-4, 2b; Derek Costigan 2-3, RBI; Bryce Watanabe 2-4, 2b, 3 RBIs; Keola Casamina 2-4, 2b, RBI; Galenn Nitta 2b, RBI; Cy Donald 3b. Castle: Jordan Tom 2-4, 2b, 2 RBIs.
CAMPBELL 13, AIEA 1: Chad Bailey tripled in two runs in the first inning and Sadino Aquinaldo scattered nine hits and struck out six in a complete game to lead the Sabers (8-5) past Na Alii (8-5).
Campbell 410 030 5 - 13 14 2 Aiea 000 000 1 - 1 9 3 Sadino Aquinaldo and Mike Cabral. Reid Kubota, Daryl Fukamizu (2), Kevin Oishi (5) and Aaron Powell. W-Aquinaldo. L-Kubota.
Leading hitters-Campbell: Bryce Miyashiro 2b, 3 RBIs; Mike Cabral 3-4, 2b; Chad Bailey 2-4, 3b, 3 RBIs. Aiea: Keith Matsumura 2-3, 3b, RBI; Callan Saito 2-2.
KALANI 9, McKinley 1: Cyrus Montnaga pitched a six-hitter and Brandon Tanaka knocked in a pair of runs to lead the Falcons (6-6) past the Tigers (6-5-1).
Kalani 100 312 2 - 9 13 3 McKinley 000 010 0 - 1 6 4 Cryrus Motonaga and Travis Canonizado. Reid Goto, Jordan Kurahara (4), David Kurahashi (7) and George Bautista. W-Montonaga. L-Goto.
Leading hitters-Kalani: Keala Fujimoto 2-3, RBI; Brandon Tanaka 2-3, 2 RBIs; Miles Yoshida 2-4; Isaac Arisato 2-4; Dane Young 2-4, RBI. McKinley: Kaipo Azilez 3-3, Daivd Kurahashi 2b.
