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Travis and Chad Rodrigues combined to drive in three runs in the top of the eighth inning as Waianae pulled out a 9-6 road win over Waialua in an Oahu Interscholastic Association Western Division baseball game yesterday. Waianae scores late to win
Star-Bulletin staff
Waialua rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to send the game into extra innings.
Kody Cruz started Waialua's rally with a leadoff double. Gavin Nakamura cracked a two-run double and Ikaika Soares drove in the tying run.
"Up to the fifth inning, we couldn't do anything," said Waialua coach Herbert Onizuka. "Somehow we came alive in the fifth and tied it in the seventh."
But the Seariders took control in the eighth. Travis Rodrigues hit a two-run double and his brother, Chad, followed with an RBI hit for Waianae.
At Waialua H.S. field
Waianae (3-1) 400 000 14 -- 9 9 1 Waialua (1-3) 000 020 31 -- 6 9 3 Cid Moses, Cal Uyechi (6), Chad Rodrigues (7) and Mike Ferreira. Charles Tantog and Keone Peiler. W--Rodrigues. L--Tantog.
Leading hitters -- Waianae: Mike Ferreira 3-5, 2b, Uyechi 2-3, Travis Rodrigues 1-4, 2b, 2 RBIs. Waialua: Lee Matsuura 2-4, RBI, Gavin Nakamura 1-4, 2b, 2 RBIs, Ikaika Soares 2-4.
Pearl City 12, Campbell 1: Jonathan Serapion hit a three-run homer and earned the pitching win as the Chargers handed the Sabers their first loss of the season.
Serapion's homer highlighted Pearl City's seven-run outburst in the first inning. He also limited Campbell to three hits and struck out eight in five innings.
At Pearl City H.S. field
5 innings, 10-run rule
Campbell (3-1) 100 00 -- 1 3 2 Pearl City (3-1) 701 4x -- 12 9 1 Shaunsey Saito, Prentiss Anderson (1), Tristen Bailey (4), Chaunsey Basilio (4) and Ikaika Trinidad; Jonathan Serapion and Kellen Concepcion. W--Serapion. L--Saito.
Leading hitters--Campbell: Bill Tennent, 2-2, 2b; Jason Scholl, 2b. Pearl City: J. Serapion, 2-3, 3-run HR, 4 RBIs; Chad Itokazu, 2-4, 2 RBIs. Concepcion, 3b, 2 RBIs; Ryan Tanabe, 2 RBIs.
Mililani 18, Nanakuli 0: Christopher Balatico struck out nine batters and drove in two runs to lead the Trojans to a rout of the Golden Hawks.
Balatico threw four no-hit innings before coming out in the fifth. Jusint Amano had four RBIs for Mililani.
At Mililani H.S. field
5 innings, 10-run rule
Nanakuli (0-4) 000 00 -- 0 1 8 Mililani (2-2) 364 5x -- 18 14 0 Mario Bartholomew and Alden Mahoe; Christopher Balatico, Craig Sato (5) and Shawn Saito, Tyler Suemori (5). W--Balatico. L--Bartholomew.
Leading hitters--Mililani: C. Balatico, 3-3, 2b, 2 RBIs; Dustin Nuibe, 3-3; Justin Amano, 2-3, 3b, 4 RBIs; S. Saito, 2-3, 2b.
Aiea 15, Radford 3: Na Alii put the game away early with nine runs in the top of the first inning.The game was shortened to five innings due to the 10-run rule.
At Radford H.S. field
Aiea (5-0) 900 06 -- 15 11 2 Radford (0-4) 012 00 -- 3 3 4 No further details available.
Castle 2, Kaimuki 1: The Knights won a pitcher's duel thanks to Scott Shinsato's RBI single in the top of the fifth inning. OIA EAST
Castle's Noah Kon struck out three batters in five innings and picked up the win. Kaimuki starter Jay Tokuuke surrendered three hits and struck out five over six innings, but took the loss.
At Kaimuki H.S. field
Castle (2-2) 001 010 0 -- 2 3 1 Kaimuki (1-3) 000 010 0 -- 1 4 2 Noah Kon, Ryan Lum (6) and Jason Taniguchi; Jay Tokuuke, Shaye Asoau (7) and Leland Ohelo. W--Kon. L--Tokuuke.
Leading hitters--Castle: Scott Shinsato 2-3, 2b. Kaimuki: Tino Caires, 2-3; Tony Mitani, 3b
Roosevelt 3, Farrington 1: Cameron Kimura scattered five hits over six innings and struck out five as the Rough Riders survived a scare against the Governors to remain undefeated.
Matthew Terukins went 3-for-4 and drove in the insurance run with a double in the top of the seventh.
At Joey DeSa Field
Roosevelt (4-0) 010 010 1 -- 3 6 2 Farrington (0-5) 000 100 0 -- 1 5 1 Cameron Kimura, Chris Mols (7) and Brandon Loo, Kevin Fujii (7); Paul-Alan Dela Cruz and Criston Barba. W--Kimura. L--Dela Cruz.
Leading hitters--Roosevelt: Matthew Terukina, 3-4, 2b, RBI; B. Loo, 2b, RBI. Farrington: Sanford McKee, 2-4; Joshua Badua, 2b.
Kailua 6, Kaiser 3: Kamaile Santos gave up three unearned runs in a complete-game performance in the Surfriders' home win over the Cougars.
Jarid Kawamoto went 3-for-4 with a double for Kailua and Santos helped his cause by driving in two runs.
John Uehara drove in two of Kaiser's three runs.
At Kailua H.S. field
Kaiser (1-4) 000 300 0 -- 3 7 1 Kailua (4-1) 000 231 x -- 6 12 4 Jason Peters and Kyle Nerona; Kamaile Santos and Cody Texeira-Vickery. W--Santos. L--Peters.
Leading hitters--Kaiser: John Uehara, 2-4, 3b, 2 RBIs. Kailua: Garett Yamamoto, 2-4; Jarid Kawamoto, 3-4, 2b; Santos, 2b, 2 RBIs; C. Texeira-Vickery, 2-3.
Kalaheo 7, McKinley 4: The Mustangs took advantage of seven Tiger errors to improve to 4-1 in the division.
Chris Kojima highlighted Kalaheo's four-run outburst in the second inning with a two RBI double.
At Kailua Recreation Center
McKinley (1-4) 201 100 0 -- 4 5 7 Kalaheo (4-1) 240 010 x -- 7 3 2 Blaine Yoshino and Tyson Kaneshiro. Grant Shiroma, Nick Sargent (6) and Michael Garcia, Jacob Myking (6). W--Shiroma. L--Yoshino.
Leading hitters -- McKinley: Yoshino, 2-3, 2 3bs. Kalaheo: Chris Kojima, 2b, 2 RBIs; Shaine Harada, 2 runs.
Moanalua 10, Kalani 7: The Menehunes' seven-run third inning put the Falcons away, barely.
Kalani got as close as 9-7, thanks to a five-run sixth and had the tying run at the plate in the seventh, but fell short.
Brent Tanigawa went 4-for-5 with two triples and two RBIs, while Ric Fukushima clubbed a home run for the Menehunes.
At Kahala Field
Moanalua (4-1) 007 101 1 -- 10 11 1 Kalani (1-3) 000 105 1 -- 7 7 3 Scott Batula, Lorin Nakagawa (7) and Brent Tanigawa. Bryce Sumida, Scott Komine (5) and Brandon Ishii, Reid Pamatigan. W--Batula. L--Sumida.
Leading hitters -- Moanalua: Tanigawa 4-5, 2 3bs, 2 RBIs, Neal Manutai 3-4, 2 RBIs, Ric Fukushima HR, 3 RBIs. Kalani: Len Shimabuku 3-4, 2b, Davin Muramoto 2b, 2 RBIs.
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