Oahu AJA Baseball Championship Tournament Round Game #1
#2 Waipahu vs #4 Sheridan
March 14, 2017 Tuesday @Hans L’Orange
Waipahu broke open a 4 – 3 game with a 6-run 7th inning highlighted by Michael Lam’s bases loaded triple and took Game 1 against Sheridan 10-3. Kale Kaalekahi pitched 8 strong innings in the victory, striking out 7 while allowing 5 hits. Michael Lam, Chevas Numata, Zach Kometani and Derek Nakasato all paired hits while Lam had 3 RBI.
Waipahu will go for the clinching victory Wednesday night against Sheridan at Hans L’Orange. First pitch is 7 p..m.
Linescore, Recap Story, Box Scores follow:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHRD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| WPH | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | X | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Oahu AJA Baseball Waipahu Jumps Out To Early Lead In Victory Over Oahu AJA Baseball Sheridan
- Oahu AJA Baseball Waipahu jumped out to an early lead over Oahu AJA Baseball Sheridan and took home a 10-3 victory on Tuesday. Oahu AJA Baseball Waipahu scored on a fielder’s choice by Kramer Aoki in the second inning.
- Oahu AJA Baseball Waipahu secured the victory thanks to six runs in the seventh inning. Oahu AJA Baseball Waipahu‘s big inning was driven by a single by Derek Costigan, a triple by Michael Lam, and a single by Chevas Numata.
- Oahu AJA Baseball Sheridan took an early lead in the second inning. Rylen Kuboyamagrounded out, scoring one run.
- Oahu AJA Baseball Waipahu took the lead for good with two runs in the second inning. In the second Travis Ganiko induced Kramer Aoki to hit into a fielder’s choice, but one run scored and there was an error, scoring one run.
- Oahu AJA Baseball Waipahu scored six runs in the seventh inning. Oahu AJA Baseball Waipahu scored on a single by Costigan, a triple by Lam, and a single by Numata.
- Charles “Kale” Kaalekahi earned the win for Oahu AJA Baseball Waipahu. He pitched eight innings, surrendering three runs, five hits, and striking out seven. Ganiko took the loss for Oahu AJA Baseball Sheridan. He tossed four and two-thirds innings, allowing four runs, four hits, and striking out one.
- Oahu AJA Baseball Waipahu had ten hits in the game. Derek Nakasato, Zach Kometani, Numata, and Lam each collected multiple hits for Oahu AJA Baseball Waipahu. Lam, Numata, Kometani, and Nakasato each managed two hits to lead Oahu AJA Baseball Waipahu. Oahu AJA Baseball Waipahu didn’t commit a single error in the field. Kometani had 12 chances in the field, the most on the team.
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Sheridan
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Maekawa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zachary Fujimoto | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kale Sumner | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Blaine Hokama | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jason Takamoto | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lanson Yamamoto | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rylen Kuboyama | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reid Nomura | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Raynor Yokoi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reid Matsushima | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Travis Ganiko | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Matthew Hara | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Eric Lum | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Ganiko | 4.2 | 40 | .525 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Eric Lum | 2.0 | 20 | .650 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Joey Maekawa | 0.1 | 3 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Hara | 1.0 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Raynor Yokoi | 0.0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 69 | .565 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Waipahu
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Oshiro | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Lam | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chevas Numata | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Kometani | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Derek Nakasato | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Costigan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Nelson Inabata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Moku Paiva | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kramer Aoki | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryson Hosaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Hanzawa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Landon Taga | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Charles “Kale” Kaalekahi | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cruz Hatanaka | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 35 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles “Kale” Kaalekahi | 8.0 | 55 | .782 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Cruz Hatanaka | 1.0 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 58 | .793 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
