Waialae broke open a close game in the 7th inning scoring 5 runs in a 7 to 3 victory over Kaneohe. Waialae 1st baseman Kainoa Ah Sing drove in the go-ahead run in the decisive 7th inning. Waialae pitcher Brandon Ikeda pitched 4 perfect innings to start the game, finally allowing a Kaneohe baserunner in the 5th inning on his own error. Kaneohe’s Pono Chang matched Ikeda’s pitching effort and held hard hitting Waialae to 2 runs and 3 hits over 6+ innings. Kaneohe broke the no-hitter in the 6th inning with 3 hits to score 2 runs and take the lead on a single by outfielder Billy Kerkau before Waialae’s 7th inning run scoring explosion.
| DATE: | 1/12/14 | SITE: | HANS L’ORANGE | |||||||||||||
| LINESCORE | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | ||
| WAIALAE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | |||||
| KANEOHE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| TIME LIMIT | ||||||||||||||||
| BATTERIES: | WAIALAE | BRANDON IKEDA, KEITH KUNITAKE (6) & DANNY NITAHARA, JAY CHOW (8) | ||||||||||||||
| KANEOHE | PONO CHANG, AARON KAPELIELA (7), KAI HIGA (7), JORDAN SUMIDA (8) | |||||||||||||||
| & DANE KAMALU | ||||||||||||||||
| WINNING PITCHER | KUNITAKE (1-0) | LOSING PITCHER | KAPELIELA (0-1) | |||||||||||||
| HITTERS | WAIALAE | KANEOHE | ||||||||||||||
| KEVIN HIGA 2-4, 2B, RBI | BILLY KERKAU 2-2, 2B, 2 RBI | |||||||||||||||
| DAVIN MORITA 2-3 | ||||||||||||||||
| KAINOA AH SING 2-5, 2B, RBI | ||||||||||||||||