Campbell tops Mililani in West baseball
Advertiser Staff
Pinch-runner Abraham Lobetos scored on a delayed steal in the top of the fifth inning yesterday to lift Campbell to a 3-2 win over Mililani in a meeting O'ahu Interscholatic Association Western Division baseball leaders.
Cory Lum • The Honolulu Advertiser
It was the third win over a West contender this week for the Sabers (6-1), who beat 'Aiea, 4-3, on Tuesday and Pearl City, 6-5, on Friday. Mililani falls to 6-2.
Mililani's Galenn Nitta unsuccessfully dived for a ball hit by Campbell during the sixth inning yesterday at Mililani. The Sabers beat the Trojans, 3-2, in an O'ahu Interscholastic Association baseball game.
"We've still got Monday and Tuesday," Campbell coach Lane Watanuki said. "No one game will be easy. Anything can still happen."
After the Trojans took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning on a hit batter with the bases loaded, Campbell tied the score in the top of the fifth on an RBI single to left by Keahi Kapana.
Then, with runners on first and third with one out, the runner on first broke for second and drew a throw from the Mililani catcher. Lobetos sprinted home with the go-ahead run.
"It wasn't that I saw an opening, I just had a hunch," Watanuki said. "Fortunately, things like that work out. If it works it's a good play, if it doesn't work you're second-guessing yourself."
CAMPBELL (6-1) 100 002 0—3 3 0
MILILANI (6-2) 100 010 0—2 4 1
Shauncey-Blaine Saito, Jensen Mata (5), Chad Bailey (7) and Ikaika Trinidad. Adam Inaba, Weston Kurisu (6) and Kurt Miyahira. WP—Mata. LP—Kurisu.
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Correction: A previous version of this story misidentified the player who scored the winning run for Campbell.
• 'Aiea 13, Waialua 0: Omar Tucker and Kevin Oishi combined on a five-inning one-hitter with four strikeouts as Na Ali'i routed the host Bulldogs.
Waialua committed 10 errors.
Na Ali'i scored six runs in the fourth on three hits, two walks, two errors and a hit batsman.
'Aiea (5-2) 040 63—13 8 0
Waialua (0-7) 000 00— 0 1 10
Omar Tucker, Kevin Oishi (4) and Justin Nii, Aaron Powell. Calvin Kawai, Charles Tantog (4) and Tantog, Keone Peiler (4). WP—Tucker. LP—Kawai.
Leading hitters: 'Aiea—Casey Onaga 2-4; Ricky Takushi 2-4.
• Leilehua 5, Wai'anae 3: The Mules scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth to defeat the visiting Seariders.
Wai'anae committed two errors in the inning, allowing two runs to be unearned.
Spencer Omalza batted 3-for-3, and Jay Baptista and Daylen Hale both went 2-for-3 for Leilehua.
Wai'anae (5-3) 200 001 0—3 9 3
Leilehua (4-3) 000 041 X—5 9 1
Dane Awana and Peter Sarono, Daniel Weaver (5). Spencer Omalza, BJ Clifton (7) and Jay Baptista. WP—Omalza. LP Awana.
Leading hitters: Wai'anae—Sarono 2-2, 2 doubles; Brandon Lopes 2-3. Leilehua—Omalza 3-3; Baptista 2-3; Daylen Hale 2-3.
• Radford 8, Nanakuli 1: Victor Mejia pitched a six-hitter with seven strikeouts as the Rams defeated the host Golden Hawks.
Nick Sanderson and Richard Killen drove in two runs apiece for Radford.
Nanakuli (1-6) 100 000 0—1 6 3
Radford (2-5) 400 040 0—8 11 2
Kaipo Bright, Asher Valenzuela (5) and Valenzuela, Bright (5). Victor Mejia and Richard Killen. WP—Mejia. LP—Bright.
Leading hitters: Nanakuli—Ikaika Asinsin 2-3, double; Maka Vickers 2-3, double. Radford—Nick Sanderson double, 2 RBIs; Killen 2-3, 2 RBIs.
OIA EAST
• Kailua 14, Moanalua 5: Jory Pearce and Kawika Kekaula combined for nine RBIs to lead the visiting Surfriders over the Menehune.
Pearce batted 3-for-4 with a double and five RBIs, and Kekaula went 3-for-5 with a double, homer and four RBIs.
Kailua (6-2) 311 252 0—14 18 1
Moanalua (5-3) 002 030 0— 5 9 2
Kawika Kekaula, Kamaile Santos (6) and Cody Texeira-Vickery. Stephen Green, Nathan Mansberger (2), Joey Sierra (6) and Lorin Nakagawa. WP—Kekaula. LP—Green.
Leading hitters: Kailua—Jory Pearce 3-4, double, 5 RBIs; Ducky Ching 2-5; Kekaula 3-5, double, homer, 4 RBIs; Derek Yonomine 2-3; Mike Cathcart 2-3, double; Travis Hayashida 3-3, double, 2 RBIs. Moanalua—James Strombach 2-3, triple; Rick Fukushima 3-3, double; Lorin Nakagawa 2-4.
• Kaiser 7, Kahuku 2: Thomas Kam pitched a seven-hitter with one walk and three strikeouts in his first start of the season as the Cougars defeated the Red Raiders.
Kaiser's David Chu batted 2-for-3, including a two-run homer in the fourth inning.
Kahuku (3-5) 110 000 0—2 7 1
Kaiser (6-1-1) 120 301 X—7 10 2
Melvin Silva, Kyle Pao (5), Spencer Colburn (6) and Alex Ponciano. Thomas Kam and Nathan Ota, Chris Gallego (4). WP—Kam. LP—Silva.
Leading hitters: Kahuku—Silva 2-3, double. Kaiser—Rylen Yamamoto 2-4; David Chu 2-3, double, homer, 3 RBIs; Casey Fukuda 3-3; Ian Matsuda 3 runs; Gallego 2 RBIs.
• Farrington 8, McKinley 5: Micah Alexander, Christopher Nardo and Shaun Tabil each had two hits and two RBIs as the Governors beat the host Tigers for their first win of the season.
Farrington (1-7) 120 410 0—8 11 3
Mckinley (2-6) 000 103 1—5 12 5
Paul-Allen Dela Cruz, Shaun Tabil (6) and Dennis Rodrigues. Ty Tokunaga and Kaipo Avilez. WP—Dela Cruz. LP—Tokunaga.
Leading hitters: Farrington—Micah Alexander 2-2, 2 RBIs; Christopher Nardo 2-3, 2 RBIs; Tabil 2-4, 2 RBIs; Roy Gano 2-2. McKinley—Todd Miyasato 3-4; Chris Berrios 2-2; Avilez 2-4; Kai Lopez 2-3, 2 RBIs.
• Kalaheo 4, Castle 1: Chris Rego went 3-for-3, and the Mustangs scored four runs in the first inning to defeat the host Knights.
Chase Woods pitched a four-hit complete game for Kalaheo, striking out three and walking one.
Castle committed three errors in the first inning, leading to four unearned runs.
Woods was 2-for-4 for Kalaheo.
Kalaheo (5-3) 400 000 0—4 7 0
Castle (3-4) 000 010 0—1 4 5
Chase Woods and Ryan Tucker. Ryan Lum and Jason Taniguchi. WP—Woods. LP—Lum.
Leading hitters: Kalaheo—Woods 2-4, double; Chris Rego 3-3. Castle—Jordan Tom 2-3, double.
OIA JUNIOR VARSITY
Yesterday's results
Miliani 7, Campbell 6
Wai'anae 15, Leilehua 2
Castle 12, Kalaheo 2
Thursday's result
Castle 12, McKinley 1
