[ HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL ]
GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM
Campbell's Kendall Hodson turned a double play against Pearl City's Michael Higa yesterday.
Ganigan shuts
down Campbell
Minor adjustments can have major impact.
Pearl City southpaw Tony Ganigan walked three batters in the first inning, but thanks to a tip from catcher Corey Giammalvo, he finished with a complete-game, two-hit 4-0 victory over Campbell in an Oahu Interscholastic Association baseball opener yesterday in Ewa Beach.
"My elbow was dropping too low," Ganigan said about his first-inning problems. "But Corey told me to raise it up. I couldn't tell what was wrong."
Ganigan also struck out the side in that first frame and was never seriously threatened after that in a duel against the Sabers' Tristan Bailey.
Bailey gave up a run in the first and turned in a solid performance for most of the duration -- except for a three-run thumping in the fourth.
"In that inning, he (Bailey) had two strikes on batters and ended up leaving a fastball up or hanging a curve over the plate," new Campbell coach Rory Pico said. "Pearl City is a good contact-hitting team and took advantage of it."
That fourth inning was a game-breaker, as the Chargers erupted for four hits, including two-out, bases-loaded RBI singles by Devin Fukunaga and Mike Higa. The Chargers also scored on a wild pitch.
"Fukunaga's hit (for a 2-0 lead) up the middle bailed us out in that inning," Pearl City coach Melvin Seki said. "Before he came up, we had a pop-up to the catcher (by Kyle Fukuda for the second out)."
Higa finished with a 3-for-4 performance at the plate, including a double to lead off the game. In the third inning, he unleashed a deep drive to center that Campbell's Victor Cachuela nabbed.
"Mike is one of the more exciting players you're going to see this year," Seki said.
After his double, Higa made it 1-0 by scoring on a Campbell infield error. The Sabers committed three fielding mistakes in the contest.
"We have a lot of work to do, that's for sure," Pico said. "Tony hit his spots and made good pitches when he needed them. We've got to learn to adjust better. It wasn't until the end of the game when we started taking a lot better hacks at the ball. It was too late. But it's hard to stay aggressive when you're down 4-0."
Campbell catcher Ian Pantorilla doubled to lead off the sixth, but Ganigan got the next three batters out. Pake Coloma had the Sabers' only other hit.
Seki is glad to be past Campbell on the OIA West schedule.
"We know Tristan is one of the best pitchers in the state," said Seki. "And it's a credit to our kids for sticking in there against him," he said.
At Campbell H.S. field
Pearl City 100 300 0 -- 4 7 2 Campbell 000 000 0 -- 0 2 3 Tony Ganigan and Corey Giammalvo; Tristan Bailey, Brandon Tanigawa (7) and Ian Pantorilla. W--Ganigan. L--Bailey.
Leading hitters--PC: Mike Higa 3-4, 2b, RBI; Corey Giammalvo 2-3. Camp: Pantorilla 1-2, 2b, stolen base.
Leilehua 6, Aiea 5: Josh Fetters' two-out single drove in Jesse Matsuura with the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh for the Mules.
Na Alii trailed from the first inning on, but tied it at 5 with a 3-run fifth featuring triples by Aaron Asher and Jordan Shibata.
Spencer Omalza struck out five and walked two in going the distance for Leilehua.
At Fred Wright Park
Aiea (0-1) 010 130 0 -- 5 9 1 Leilehua (1-0) 400 101 x -- 6 7 1 Blake Lamug and Aaron Asher. Spencer Omalza and Jesse Matsuura. W--Omalza. L--Lamug.
Leading hitters--Aiea: Asher 2-4, 3b, RBI; Reid Nakamura 2-3, RBI; Jordan Shibata 3b. Lei: Andrew Ontai 2b; Josh Fetters 2 RBIs; Matsuura 2 runs.
Kapolei 7, Radford 1: Jon Santiago struck out seven and walked four while pitching a 3-hitter to lead the Hurricanes past the host Rams.
Colin Dumlao hit a run-scoring triple and Bryan Padayao an RBI double to key a 3-run first inning for Kapolei.
At Radford H.S. field
Kapolei (1-0) 303 000 1 -- 7 10 2 Radford (0-1) 100 000 0 -- 1 3 4 Jon Santiago and Drake Kula. Andrew Atmospera, Chad Afi (7) and Kyle Howell. W -- Santiago. L -- Atmospera.
Leading hitters -- Kap: Colin Dumlao 2-4, triple; Bryan Padayao 4-4, double; Aaron Santiago 2-4, double. Rad: Kahoku Tampos 2-3, double.
Waipahu def. Waialua: The Marauders won by forfeit when only eight Bulldogs players were available for yesterday's scheduled showdown on the North Shore.
OIA East
Moanalua 6, Kalaheo 3: Chance Daskauskas and Andrew Blomberg combined on a six-hitter, and the Menehunes took advantage of five errors by the Mustangs.Glenn Taijeron singled and later scored on a groundout to give Moanalua a 4-3 lead in the sixth. Peter Arakawa hit a two-run homer in the third, and Kalaheo's Kalani Lingo tied it with another two-run shot in the top of the sixth.
At Moanalua H.S.
Kalaheo (0-1) 001 002 0 -- 3 6 5 Moanalua (1-0) 002 013 x -- 6 8 1 Scott Galusha, Sonny Harbottle (6) and Jacob Myking. Chance Daskauskas, Andrew Blomberg (7) and Donovan Souza. W--Daskauskas. L--Galusha. S--Blomberg.
Leading hitters--Kalh: Myking 2b; Cody Rocoma 2b; Kalani Lingo 2-2, HR, 2 RBIs. Moan: Peter Arakawa 1-2, HR, 2 RBIs; Blomberg 2-3; Glenn Taijeron 2-3; Dayne Dela Cruz 2b.
Roosevelt 18, Kaimuki 5: Joshua Danz belted a home run, scored three runs and drove in three runs to guide the Rough Riders past the Bulldogs.
Corey Morihara slugged a homer and a double and drove in four for Kaimuki.
At Kaimuki
Roosevelt (1-0) 520 74 -- 18 17 1 Kaimuki (0-1) 320 00 -- 5 8 3 Kalani Yoshimura, David Chow (4), Robb Oshima (5) and Riki Nakagawa; Erik Leong and Keha Akau. W--Yoshimura. L--Leong.
Leading hitters--Roos: Daniel Taniguchi 2b, 3 runs; Derek Shigano 2-5; Joshua Danz 3-4, 2b, HR, 3 RBIs, 3 runs scored; Riki Nakagawa 2-4, 4 runs scored; Jared Furtado 2-2, 2 2bs; Grant Hayami 3-4, 3 RBIs. Kaim: Keha Akau 2-2; Corey Morihara 2-3, 2b, HR, 4 RBIs; Swaine Seto-Mook 2-2, 2b; Albien Van Montero 2b.
Kaiser 17, Kahuku 4: Jarryd Maeda's grand slam in the bottom of the second highlighted a 13-hit attack for the Cougars.
Maeda also paired doubles and finished with eight RBIs.
At Kaiser H.S.
Kahuku (0-1) 202 00 -- 4 5 5 Kaiser (1-0) 340 91 -- 17 13 4 Kurtney Silva, Melvin Silva (5) and Bronson Ponciano-Ahue. Reyn Kimura, Shannon Wise (5), Mitchell Shimabukuro (5) and Jarryd Maeda. W--Kimura. L--K. Silva.
Leading hitters--Kah: Ponciano-Ahue 2-3; Josh Bohnett 1-2, 2-run HR; Kimball Niumatalolo 1-3, 2b. Kais: Neale Asato 2-3, 2b; Colby Ho 2-2, 2b; Nyles Nakama 2-3; Maeda 3-4, 2 2bs, grand slam, 8 RBIs; Michael Heu 1-1, 2b.
Kailua at Castle, ppd: The Surfriders and Knights play today after yesterday's postponement due to a wet field.
Two other games originally scheduled for yesterday have been moved to different dates. Mililani at Waipahu is today at 4 p.m. and Farrington at Kalani is tomorrow at 4 p.m.
