Here are first round results from the Oahu AJA Baseball League Championship Tournament:
#5 Manoa 5
#4 Sheridan 2
#3 Kaneohe 9
#6 McCully 3
Manoa and Kaneohe advance to the best of 3 Super Round while Sheridan and McCully see their seasons come to an end.
On Sunday 2/28/16 @ Hans L’Orange 10am,
#5 Manoa defeated #4 Sheridan 5 to 2 behind the complete game performance of pitcher Austin Sloan who struck out 2 walking 2 & scattering 6 hits. Sloan was aided by 3 Manoa double plays and several outstanding defensive backhand stops and throws up the middle from 2nd baseman Russell Doi. In a 2 hour and 10 minute game, Manoa jumped ahead early, scoring 5 runs in the 2nd inning on 5 hits, then held off repeated Sheridan rallies. Manoa, in the playoffs for their 2nd consecutive year, advances to the best 2 of 3 Super Round series against regular season #1 seed Waipahu Wednesday (3/2/16) 7pm @ Hans L’Orange. Sheridan back in the playoffs after a 2 year absence, saw their season come to an abrupt end after losing this sudden death elimination game.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
Manoa 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 1 9
Sheridan 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 4
Batteries:
Manoa: Austin Sloan and Collin Sakamoto.
Sheridan: Craig Shoji, Rylen Kuboyama (3), Hanson Wong (7), Todd Takabuki (9) and Shay Hirota.
Hitters:
Manoa: Nick Tasaka 2-4, 2Rbi; Collin Sakamoto 2-3, Reyn Nagamine 2-4, Rbi; Easton Torigoe 2-5, Rbi.
Sheridan: Shay Hirota 1-3, 2b, Rbi.
On Sunday 2/28/16 @ Hans L’Orange 1pm.
#3 Kaneohe scored early and often to beat #6 McCully 9 to 3 behind the gutty 8 inning pitching performance of Kapono Chang while Seamus Yoneshige finished the game. Kaneohe scored early (5 in the 1st inning) and often (9 in the first 5 innings) and held off McCully as Chang & Yoneshige scatttered 10 McCully hits and stranded 12 McCully baserunners while striking out 4, walking 4 and hitting 1. Kaneohe, who made the playoffs for the 1st time in several years, advances to the best 2 of 3 Super Round series against regular season #2 seed Waialae at the Ala Wai on Wednesday (3/2/16) @ 7pm. McCully’s season has ended after this sudden death elimination game.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
McCully 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 4 12
Kaneohe 5 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 X 9 16 0 10
Batteries:
McCully: Jim Okano, Shayne Nakata and Carlton Tanabe.
Kaneohe: Kapono Chang, Seamus Yoneshige (9) and Bryson Kihara.
Hitters:
McCully: Mason Suga 3-5, Run; Randy Nakayama 2-4, Rbi.
Kaneohe: Travis Ogimi 3-4, 3Rbi, Run; Kris Kahana 3-4, Rbi, 2 Runs; Chaz Kobayashi 2-5, 2 runs; Seamus
Yoneshige 2-4, Rbi, Run; Bryson Kihara 2-5, Run; Kai Higa 2-3, Rbi, Run.
Here is the playoff schedule, also attached in bracket format: AJA Playoffs 2016 2.28.16
Wednesday, March 2, 7 p.m.
At Ala Wai
#2 Waialae vs. #3 Kaneohe
at Hans L’Orange
#1 Waipahu vs. #5 Manoa
Thursday, March 3, 7 p.m.
At Ala Wai
#3 Kaneohe vs. #2 Waialae
at Hans L’Orange
#5 Manoa vs. #1 Waipahu
Sunday, March 6
at Hans L’Orange
10 a.m.
#2 Waialae vs. #3 Kaneohe (if necessary)
1 p.m.
#1 Waipahu vs. #5 Manoa (if necessary)
If both series finish in two games, the first game of the Championship Round best of 3 will start Sunday, March 6.
Good luck to the four remaining teams.