[ HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL ]
Buffanblu blast Wolfpack
to advance in ILH
No. 3 seed Punahou scored six runs in the bottom of the sixth to beat Pac-Five 11-2 and advance to the second round of the Interscholastic League of Honolulu playoffs today at 3 p.m. vs. No. 2 seed Saint Louis at Ala Wai Field.
The Buffanblu broke open a 5-2 game on five hits and one Wolfpack error.
At Ala Wai Field
Pac-Five (4-10-1) 000 020 0 -- 2 4 3 Punahou (12-4) 203 006 x -- 11 12 2 Owen Simmons, Paul Nishimura (3), Nick Miyamoto (6) and Shane Osaki, Reid Uyehara (1). Kurt Fujitani, Kurt Komatsubara (5), Logan Narikawa (7) and Robert Kurisu. W--Fujitani. L--Simmons.
Leading hitters--Pun: Justin Ariki 3-4, RBI; Mark Veneri 2-3, 3 RBIs, Kasey Ko 2-4, RBI.Mid-Pacific 4, Maryknoll 3: Chris Goya scored the go-ahead run on a second baseman's error with one out in the bottom of the seventh as the ILH regular-season champion won a close one over the last-place Spartans.
Two Maryknoll errors cost them the game when Goya reached on a one-out basehit and later moved to third on the shortstop's error.
Mid-Pacific will face Kamehameha at 6 p.m. today, at Ala Wai Field while Maryknoll faces Iolani at 1 p.m.
At Ala Wai Field
Maryknoll (1-13-1) 101 000 1 -- 3 5 4 Mid-Pacific (13-3) 000 003 1 -- 4 5 6 Peter Kirst, Hiroshi Kuroda (6), Kirst (6) and Brian Tabata. Chris Freshour, Jayson Kramer (7) and Kip Masuda. W--Kramer. L--Kirst.
Leading hitters--Mryk: Brennan Young 2-4; Kody Seminara 3b.Saint Louis 17, Damien 7: Kaulana Kauleinamoku's grand slam in the top of the fifth put the Crusaders up by eight and secured a win over the Monarchs in the opening round of the ILH tournament.
Saint Louis' Marc Nobriga broke open a scoreless game in the bottom of the second with a three-run homer.
At Mid-Pacific Institute
Damien (2-13) 004 030 -- 7 9 1 Saint Louis (13-4) 056 042 -- 17 15 0 Robert Cuizon, Chris Stephenson (3), Ho'olako O'Hara (5) and Nick Zieser, Brandon Baguio (5). Cameron Bayne, Ryan Sasaki (3) and Jowen Murray-Thornton. W--Sasaki. L--Cuizon.
Leading hitters--Dam: Jason Luke 2-3, RBI; Raymond Alapai 2-2, 2 RBIs; Zieser RBI. StL: Sheldon Santiago RBI; Chester Wilson 2-3, 2b, RBI; Johnny Gentry 3-5, 2 RBIs; Edwin Apostol 2-3, 2b, 3 RBIs; Marc Nobriga 2-2, 3-run HR; Skyler Wells RBI; Kaulana Kauleinamoku 2-2, 2b, grand slam.Kamehameha 4, Iolani 3: An errant throw to third in the bottom of the sixth allowed pinch runner Jason Rego to score the winning run in the Warriors' victory over the Raiders.
At Ala Wai Field
Iolani (6-9) 000 030 0 -- 3 6 3 Kamehameha (10-5) 300 001 0 -- 4 6 1 Eric Muraoka, Trent Muraoka (1), Kahiwa Letman (2), Wally Marciel (6) and Bert Mitsunaga. David Parrow and Stuart Kam. W--Parrow. L--Letman.
Leading hitters--Iol: Jared Nakama 2-3, 2b, RBI; Wally Marciel 2b. Kam: Travis Young 2-3; Spenser McCready 3b, RBI.
ILH baseball tournament
Double-elimination
Yesterday
1: Mid-Pacific 4, Maryknoll 3
2: Kamehameha 4, Iolani 3
3: Punahou 11, Pac-Five 2
4: Saint Louis 17, Damien 7
Today
5: Maryknoll vs. Iolani at Les Murakami Stadium, 1 p.m.
6: Pac-Five vs. Damien at Les Murakami Stadium, 10 a.m.
7: Mid-Pacific vs. Kamehameha at Ala Wai field, 6 p.m.
8: Punahou vs. Saint Louis at Ala Wai field, 3 p.m.
Tuesday, May 4
9: Loser 8 vs. Winner 5, at Aloha Stadium, 4 p.m.
10: Loser 7 vs. Winner 6, at Aloha Stadium, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 5
11: Winners 9 and 10, at Aloha Stadium, 4 p.m.
12: Winners 7 and 8, at Aloha Stadium, 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 6
13: Winner 11 vs. Loser 12, at Aloha Stadium, 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 8
14: Winners 12 and 13, at Aloha Stadium, 7 p.m. (championship)
Monday, May 10
15: If necessary, Winners 12 and 13, at Aloha Stadium, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, May 11
Possible game to decide league runner-up, at Aloha Stadium, 7 p.m.