With one out and two strikes on him, Jones connected off Frank Flynn, Worcester’s 6-foot, 206-pound right-handed pitcher.

The ball just cleared the left-field fence, igniting a Waipi‘o celebration.

“It just looked like any other pitch,” Jones said. “I just swung at it.”

But the hit wasn’t a surprise to Waipahu manager Clyde Tanabe, who said Jones has made a habit out of making big plays. “Travis has been doing it all year long,” Tanabe said.

Waipi‘o, the first team from Hawai‘i since 1988 to advance to Williamsport, will play its next game Sunday against Forth Worth, 9 a.m. Hawai‘i time. Waipi‘o will complete its pool play against Web City, Mo., Monday. The top two teams in each of the four four-team pools advance.

The game was dominated by pitchers Kurt Tanabe of Waipi‘o and Flynn.

Tanabe struck out 12 in six innings and Flynn fanned 12 over 5 1/2 innings.

Flynn struck out seven of the first nine batters he faced. But to open the fourth, Tanabe hammered a homer over the center-field fence.

Waipi‘o would tally another run on a single by Isaac Moises, a throwing error on a Jones grounder to short, and a single to center by Cory Yuh.

Worcester tied it in the top of the fifth inning on two walks, a double, an intentional walk, and an infield single.

“When you’re pitching, you can’t let that affect you,” said Kurt Tanabe, who came back by throwing three strikeouts in the top of the sixth. “If someone sees you’re rattled and you let it get to you, they’re going to keep kicking your butt.”

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