Updated at 3:44 p.m., Thursday, May 10, 2007
Kamehameha-Hawai'i advances in state baseball
Advertiser Staff
Blake Amaral pitched a complete game and went 2 for 3 today to help Kamehameha-Hawai'i rally past St. Anthony, 8-3, in the Wally Yonamine Foundation Baseball State Championship quarterfinals.The Big Island Interscholastic Federation runner-up Warriors improved to 13-3 in the regular and postseason and will face the winner of tonight's game between Punahou and Hilo in tomorrow's 8 p.m. semifinal at Les Murakami Stadium.
Kamehameha-Hawai'i took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning after back-to-back doubles by Tyson Goo and Kolten Wong, but the Maui Interscholastic League champion and No. 4-seeded Trojans (10-4) answered with two runs in the bottom half on Aaron Uehara's RBI single to left field and Patrick Wilhelm-Ioane's run-scoring groundout.
The Warriors then scored four runs on four hits in the third, with Tyson Crosier driving in two on a single to right, Keli'i Kimi adding an RBI single to left and Russell Kackley bringing home a runner on a groundout to second to make it 5-2.
St. Anthony cut it to 5-3 in the bottom half after Uehara's squeeze bunt to score Jordan Kahalekai, but Kamehameha-Hawai'i scored single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to pull away.
