Updated at 3:01 p.m., Wednesday, May 9, 2007
State baseball: Kaiser holds off Kaua'i, 2-1
Advertiser Staff
Senior right-hander Toby Inouye pitched a six-hitter with six strikeouts and two walks today to help Kaiser hold off Kaua'i, 2-1, in the first round of the Wally Yonamine Foundation Baseball State Championships.The Cougars improved to 10-5 in the regular and postseason and will play Big Island Interscholastic Federation champion and No. 3 seed Waiakea in tomorrow's 9 a.m. quarterfinal at Les Murakami Stadium.
Kaiser took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on Inouye's run-scoring double to left-center field, but the Red Raiders (11-2) tied it in the bottom half on Aaron Soong's RBI single to center.
The Cougars went up, 2-1, in the sixth after Bryce Marcouiller led off with a single, Devin Dela Pena sacrificed courtesy runner Mason Masaki to second and Masaki scored after a throwing error on an infield grounder.
Kaua'i pinch-hitter Braden Balocan led off the bottom of the seventh with an automatic double over the wall in the left corner and he advanced to third on a groundout, but Inouye got a grounder to second to end the game.
