After a steady diet of breaking pitches all night, it was time for Punahou to bring its serious heat.

Senior right-hander Jeremy Fujimoto smoked a fastball past Jared Iha with the tying and go-ahead runners in scoring position with two outs in the top of the sixth inning to snuff out a rally by relentless Kailua in the Buffanblu's 3-2 win for their sixth consecutive state baseball title.

"We were throwing a lot of breaking balls all night," Punahou pitching coach Kyle Shimabukuro said. "We figured they'd be sitting breaking ball. We gave 'em two fastballs on the outside corner and a fastball up that he chased."

Fujimoto pitched a perfect seventh, striking out two, for the save, preserving the win for freshman starting pitcher Zachary Muenster.

Muenster pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing two runs (one earned) and seven hits, while walking none and striking out four. He had departed having thrown 94 pitches.

Muenster started to labor in the sixth. Alika Ramseyer-Ho line an opposite-field single to right with one out. Keoki Reis-Moniz struck out. A wild pitch moved courtesy runner Chason Louis-Soares to second before Bob Lastimosa flared a single toward the right-field foul line to score the runner to pull Kailua to 3-1. Elia Lono flared a single to the same area, allowing Lastimosa to take third. But right fielder Jeremy Ioane's throw to third was wild, allowing Lono to take second.

Sophomore left-hander Marcus Yoshii came in after the left-handed hitting Jared Matsumoto was announced as a pinch hitter. Kailua countered by sending the right-handed hitting Alan Baldwin, who reached on a fielding error that allowed Lastimosa to score and Lono to go to third.

That's when Fujimoto was summoned from the bullpen to face Iha. Baldwin stole second uncontested on a called strike to Iha.

"We were just worried about the guy on third," Fujimoto said.

The next pitch was ball outside and Iha swung and missed on the following pitch to make it 1-2. Fujimoto then let up a high fastball that Iha couldn't catch up with, ending the threat.

"We just wanted to pound the ball," Fujimoto said. "I wasn't trying for the strikeout. I was just trying to put the ball in play and let the defense handle it."

Kailua coach Corey Ishigo said Iha was the best batter for that situation. Fujimoto just challenged the Kailua hitters with his heat.

"We told them to look for fastball first," Ishigo said. "But he just blew it by them."