Kalaheo, Hanapepe win and begin to pull away from pack HANAPEPE — First place Kalaheo maintained its lead in the Kaua’i AJA Baseball League by edging Makaweli 10-9 last Sunday at Hanapepe Stadium. Kalaheo also remained undefeated at 3-0-1. Hanapepe
Kalaheo, Hanapepe win and begin to pull away from pack
HANAPEPE — First
place Kalaheo maintained its lead in the Kaua’i AJA Baseball League by edging
Makaweli 10-9 last Sunday at Hanapepe Stadium.
Kalaheo also remained
undefeated at 3-0-1.
Hanapepe out-slugged Lihu’e 14-13 to improve to 3-1
and move into sole possession of second place.
The two league-leaders will
meet in a showdown this Sunday at Vidinha Stadium at 1 p.m.
Lihu’e will go
up against Kapa’a in the early 10 a.m. game.
In the two games last Sunday,
there were 45 hits.
Kalaheo 10, Makaweli 9
Liko Pereira cranked a solo
home run and two singles for the winners. He also drove in two runs and scored
three.
Kainoa Santos also had a big day for Kalaheo with a triple, a double
and two singles with two RBI. Other offensive contributors included Kalani
Salazar and Jason Koga with two hits each and Galen Itamura with a two-run
double.
Duane Miyasato pitched four middle innings for Kalaheo and took the
win. Itamura was the starter and Koga finished up.
The Makaweli offense was
powered by Ikaika Pezario with two hits and two RBI, Micah Furtado with an RBI
double, and Tyler Kobayashi with a double and three runs scored.
Mike
Shimatsu, who was relieved by Jason Nakata, suffered the pitching
loss.
Makaweli led by 5-4 after two innings and 6-5 after four innings, but
Kalaheo came back with four runs in the fifth and one more in the sixth to take
the game away.
Hanapepe 14, Lihu’e 13
David Hanashiro tagged a grand
slam home run for Hanapepe in this slugfest.
Hanashiro also had two singles
and he finished with a total of seven RBI.
Others joining in offensively
for the winners were Kelly Robinson with four singles and three RBI, Davin
Yamase with two hits and three runs scored, Scott Yamase with two singles and
two RBI.
Robinson, the third of three Hanapepe hurlers, gained the pitching
win. Wendall Nonaka was the starter and Chris Dela Cruz also made a pitching
appearance
Barry Kawamura, the middle of three Lihu’e pitchers, took the
loss. Blaine Tsukayama and Mike Cardinez also worked the mound for
Lihu’e.
Lihu’e’s got its offense from David Bukoski with a double, single
and three runs scored, Cardinez with two doubles and a single, Dan Tanimoto
with four stolen bases, and Kawamura with two hits.
Hanapepe took an 9-4
lead after four innings, but Lihu’e roared back to go ahead 10-9 and
13-10.
Hanapepe made the final charge with four runs in the bottom of the
seventh to win it.