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DEAN SENSUI / DSENSUI@STARBULLETIN.COM Kasey Ko scored for Punahou in the third inning.

Punahou rallies past MPI

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By Marc Dixon
Special to the Star-Bulletin

Three Punahou relievers shut out Mid-Pacific for six innings as the Buffanblu spotted the Owls a five-run lead and then came all the way back for a 6-5 Interscholastic League of Honolulu baseball win yesterday at Ala Wai Field.

Control problems by Punahou starter Mark Veneri and timely hits by the Owls' Ryan Basco, Jonathan Hee and Justin Kashiwaeda had Punahou looking up at their second large early deficit of the week.

"We were down 6-0 to Maryknoll on Thursday and came back so I knew the kids wouldn't panic," said Punahou coach Eric Kadooka. "We know we can score runs and knew we could chip away."

Mid-Pacific threatened in the fifth and six innings but were ultimately done in by three errors and great relief work by the Punahou bullpen.

Said Kadooka: "Kurt Fujitani has done the job twice for us already, comes in and throws strikes and gives us a chance. He and Matthew Oda were definitely key for us today."

Punahou scored one in the first and third and took the lead in the fourth when Kyle Seminara's single scored Veneri.

"I just thought about the stuff I worked on in practice yesterday," said Seminara. "Keep my head still and look the ball in."

The Owls started the season 7-0, but have now lost three of their last four. Said Punahou assistant Matt Apana: "They don't look any different than they did earlier, sometimes the ILH is just weird like that."

At Ala Wai Field

Mid-Pacific (8-4)	500	000	0	--	5	7	3
Punahou (9-3)	101	400	x	--	6	5	1

Ryan Basco, Justin Pate (4), Harrison Kuroda (4) and Matthew Inouye. Mark Veneri, Kurt Fujitani (1), Matthew Oda (4), Landon Nakata (6) and Todd LaFountaine. W--Oda. L--Pate.

Leading hitters -- Mid-Pacific: Jonathan Hee 3-3, 2 RBI. Punahou: Kasey Ko 1-3, 2b; Chad Moriyama 2 RBIs; Kyle Seminara 2-3, RBI.

Maryknoll 6, St. Louis 5: Kody Seminara scattered 10 hits over seven innings as the Spartans beat the Crusaders.

Maryknoll strung together four singles in the fourth inning to break a 2-2 tie.

St. Louis rallied in the sixth on Travis Gonzaga's two-run home run, but Seminara retired the next five batters.

At Ala Wai Field

Maryknoll (4-8)	002	400	0	--	6	8	2
St. Louis (7-5)	200	012	0	--	5	10	2

Kody Seminara and Brandon Goshima. Justin Goo, Guy McDowell (4), Kaimi Mead (4) and Jowen Murray-Thornton. W--Seminara. L--Goo.

Leading hitters -- Maryknoll: Seminara 2-4; Goshima dbl. St. Louis: Shane Butcher 3-3, dbl; Grandon Costa 2-3, RBI; Travis Gonzaga 2-2, HR.

Kamehameha 8, Iolani 7: The Warriors retained sole possession of first place in the ILH as they scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh.

Iolani led 7-5 after a six-run top of the seventh, highlighted by Kelly Teramoto's triple.

Nick Freitas returned the favor a half-inning later with a triple of his own and later scored the tying run. Pinch runner Josh Vierra scored the winning run.

At Ala Wai Field

Iolani (7-5)	010	000	6	--	7	10	1
Kamehameha (10-2)	500	000	3	--	8	6	4

Rich Olsen, Chris Loo (7) and Reid Saito. Issac Kamai, Zach McAngus (7) and Baba Merino. W-- Kamai. L--Olsen.

Leading hitters -- Iolani: Kelly Teramoto 2-3, 2b, 3b, 2 RBIs; Todd Yoshioka 2-4, RBI; Kila Kaaihue 2-3, RBI. Kamehameha: Kahe Santos 3-4, RBI.

Pac-Five 13, Damien 3: The Wolfpack broke the game open with seven runs in the fourth inning highlighted by Paul Nishimura's bases-clearing triple.

At Ala Wai Field

Damien (1-11)	102	000	--	3	7	5
Pac-Five (2-10)	101	713	--	13	8	2

Daniel Chamizo, Chase Masuda (5) and Cheyne Kawamoto. Owen Simmons and Colby Holt. W--Simmons. L--Chamizo.

Leading hitters -- Damien: Destin Alameida, 2-3, 3b; Chamizo, 2-3; Justin Cole, 2b, RBI; Raymond Alapai, 2-3, RBI. Pac-Five: Jake Mellor, 2-3, 2 RBIs; Paul Nishimura, 2-3, 3b, 3 RBIs; Dane Nakasone, 2-3.

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