Hilo tops California team in Ripken event
Advertiser Staff
Kolten Yamaguchi batted 3 for 4 with a solo homer and Hilo scored three runs each in the second, third and fourth innings in an 11-6 victory over host Rohnert Park, Calif., yesterday at the Cal Ripken (12-younger) Pacific Southwest Regional.
Kian Kurokawa pitched a complete game for Hilo, and Kean Wong and Dean Hosaka each had two hits. Yamaguchi's homer led off the second.
Hilo, 1-1 in the tournament, will play Taylorsville, Utah, today at 6 a.m. (Hawai'i time).
Hilo is the defending Ripken World Series champions.
HILO 133 310—11 7 4
ROHNERT PARK, CA 300 210— 6 6 5
Hilo's battery: Kian Kurokawa and Dean Hosaka. W—Kurokawa. L—A.J. Davidson.
Leading hitters: Hilo—Kean Wong 2-4; Hosaka 2-4; Kolten Yamaguchi 3-4, solo homer.
P.O.N.Y.
Mustang (ages 9-10): W.S. Hart of California banged out nine hits and benefitted from seven errors in an 11-1 rout of Windward at the West Zone Tournament at Chino Hills, Calif.
Kekai Rios batted 2 for 3 with a triple for Windward, which is 1-1 in the tournament.
Windward will play Chino Hills, Calif., and Los Alamitos, Calif., today.
W.S. HART (CALIF.) 035 003—11 9 2
WINDWARD 010 000— 1 3 7
Windward's battery: Dane Kamalu, Steven Lee (4) and Kekai Rios.
Leading hitters—Windward: Rios 2-3, triple.
They play a double header today against Chino Hills and Los Alamitos.
Bronco (ages 11-12): Carlsbad, Calif., scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat 'Aiea, 12-11, yesterday on the first day of the West Zone Tournament at Olympia, Wash.
Carlsbad led 6-4 after four innings, but 'Aiea scored seven times in the fifth to take an 11-6 lead.
Three 'Aiea pitchers, however, couldn't hold the lead.
'Aiea's Troy Barboza-Scanlan batted 4 for 4 with two doubles, a homer and four RBIs, and Tyler Meditz, Kyle Tom and Brent Sakurai each had two RBIs.
'Aiea will play today at 5 p.m. (Hawai'i time).
'AIEA 000 470 0—11 15 5
CARLSBAD, CALIF. 100 523 1—12 16 5
Travis Garcia-Perreira, Tyler Fujimoto (4), Cody Miyasato (6), Troy Barboza-Scanlan (7) and Brent Sakurai. Ryan Barret, Ryan Healy (5), Dylan Thomison (5), Addison Domingo (6), Matt Holmes-Rodrigues (7) and Caleb Whitley. W—Matt Holmes-Rodrigues. L—Troy Barboza-Scanlan.
Leading hitters: 'Aiea—Tyler Meditz 2-4, triple, 2 RBIs; Barboza-Scanlan 4-4, 2 doubles, homer, 4 RBIs; Kyle Tom 2-3, 2 doubles, 2 RBIs; Sakurai 3-4, 2 RBIs.
