Case Miyahira's two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the fourth inning snapped a 1-all game, but it was his alert base-running that made a difference in helping host 'Iolani squeeze past Kamehameha, 5-4, yesterday.

Freshman southpaw Sheldon Lee pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the seventh to save the game for starter Kelsey Outram in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu baseball season opener.

"Iolani got the clutch hits when they needed them," Kamehameha coach Vern Ramie said.

Outram (1-0) and Warriors' starter Ashkon Kuhaulua (0-1) each gave up a first-inning run and kept the game knotted until the bottom of the fourth.

With one out in the fourth, Justin Yamamoto doubled to right and Brennan Nacario reached on a single chopped to the second base bag, where Yamamoto held. Kuhaulua struck out pinch hitter Darren Sonobe, but walked Lionel Fujioka to load the bases.

Ramie then removed the right-handed Kuhaulua for the left-handed Chris Pascual to turn the switch-hitting Miyahira, who had doubled in the first inning and scored, to the right side. Miyahira drilled a 1-2 fastball to left-center to drive in two runs. The throw to infield was high, allowing Miyahira to take second.

"I watched the angle of the ball and noticed it was up," Miyahira said. "There was no one (covering) third so (Fujioka went there), and I turned and started to second."

The left-handed hitting Reyn Nagamine, an All-State pick as a freshman last year, followed with a two-run single to right to make it 5-1.

Had the throw gone to second on Miyahira's hit, he would have been anchored at first. Instead he scored what turned out to be the deciding run.

"That was a big play," Ramie said of the overthrow. "The next guy gets a base hit and the run scores. It's a basic fundamental, but sometimes (the players) have other things on their mind and they forget those little things."

The Warriors chipped away in the top of the fifth against Outram, pulling to 5-3 on Mitchell Kauweloa's two-run single, his third hit of the game.

Kamehameha didn't go quietly in the seventh. With one out, Kapena Kalehuawehe-Gomes doubled to left and took third on a wild pitch before Keoni Lum walked. Outram was pulled after 82 pitches for Lee, who got Waylen Sing Chow on a sacrifice fly to center that made it 5-4.

With the tying run on second, the Raiders intentionally walked Kauweloa, but John Worthington also walked to load the bases.

Lee, who said he was "super nervous," got Kuhaulua to ground out to third baseman Miyahira to end the game.

"Sheldon's been throwing really well," 'Iolani coach Dean Yonamine said of using the freshman in a crucial situation. "We have a lot of arms, so we can give teams a lot of different looks."

Among the 100 or so in attendance at the game were Hawai'i baseball coach Mike Trapasso and 'Iolani alum Mike Fetters, a retired big league pitcher.

KAMEHAMEHA (0-1) 100 020 1—4 7 2

'IOLANI (1-0) 100 400 X—5 7 2

Ashkhon Kuhaulua, Chris Pascual (4), John Worthington (5) and Vance Nobriga. Kelsey Outram, Sheldon Lee (7) and Grant Iwamoto. W — Outram. L — Kuhaulua. S — Lee.

Leading hitters — Kamehameha: Mitchell Kauweloa 3-3, 2 RBIs; Kapena Kalehuawehe Gomes 2-3, double, 2 runs. 'Iolani: Case Miyahira 2-3, 2 RBIs, 2 runs; Justin Yamamoto double; Reyn Nagamine 2 RBIs.

Reported by Gail Juan

Reach Stacy Kaneshiro at skaneshiro@honoluluadvertiser.com.