– Waimea tied, Kaua’i won and Kapa’a fell short in three consecutive match-ups at the Ron Martin Tournament Friday at Kapa’a Field. In the first game, Waimea and St. Joseph’s ended in a 3-3 stalemate. Starter Ray Shirai (2-2/3 innings)
– Waimea tied, Kaua’i won and Kapa’a fell short in three consecutive match-ups at the Ron Martin Tournament Friday at Kapa’a Field.
In the first game, Waimea and St. Joseph’s ended in a 3-3 stalemate.
Starter Ray Shirai (2-2/3 innings) and Aina Emayo combined to limit St. Joe’s to three runs on two hits, with six walks, three HBP’s, and three errors.
The Cardinals left eight Menehune runners stranded.
Waimea scored their three runs on seven hits (led by Rayson Cacal (double) and Clarence Aki (double)), on four Cardinal errors.
– In the second game, Kaua’i got the 6-3 edge over Pahoa.
The Raider offense banged out 10 hits, drew three walks and took advantage of three Dagger miscues in scoring their six runs and leaving seven on.
For the Red Raiders, Gabriel Rebb went 3-4 (3 singles, RBI) while Jake Oketani (double, single) and Scott Serizawa (triple, single, two RBIs) paired hits for the victors.
Starter Alec Reichle (five innings, seven strikeouts) and Kekoa Crowell combined to limit the Daggers to three runs on six hits, three walks, and two Raider errors.
Pahoa left six runners on.
– St. Joseph’s was able to pull out a win in their second game of the day against Kapa’a, beating them by the slim margin of 5-4.
The potent St. Joseph attack cashed in their five runs on eight hits, two walks, one HBP and two Kapa’a miscues.
They left eight runners stranded.
Tyson Usui (2 singles, 2 RBIs) paired hits and Ronnie Carvalho doubled for the victors.
Gerred Faisca (four innings) and reliever Davin Feary combined on a seven-inning no-hitter, and allowed four runs on five walks, four HBP’s and four Cardinal errors.
The Warriors, in losing consecutive one-run ball games, left five runners on the bags.
Four more games will be played on Saturday, from 9 a.m. through 3 p.m at Kapa’a Field.
The Manny report
(KIF Scoring summary)
Game 1: Waimea 3 St. Joseph 3
(ended after 6 innings due to time constraints)
Bottom 3: St. Joseph 2-0
Clarke drew a base on balls and stole 2B. Clark picked off second, P to SS. Feary hit by a pitch. Midel walked, Feary moved to second. Pickoff attempt thrown into CF and following relay to 3B was overthrown, Feary scored and Midel moved to third. Bautista lofted a sacrifice fly to RF, Midel scored. Usui walked and Emayo brought in to pitch for Waimea. Faisca grounded out, P to 1B.
Top 4: Waimea 3-2
Matsushima reached on a fielding error by 3B, and moved to third on an errant pickoff throw by C. Cacal doubled to RCF, Matsushima scored. Aki doubled, Cacal moved to third. Correa struck out swinging. Ruiz reached on a throwing error by P, Cacal scored. Aki scored on errant throw to home plate. B. Ishibashi singled to RF, Ruiz thrown out at home attempting to score, RF to C. Ishibashi stole 2B. Manning grounded out, 3B to 1B.
Bottom 5: St. Joseph 3-3
Bautista doubled off LFs glove. Usui singled up the middle, Bautista moved to 3B. Ignacio in to run for Usui and stole second. Faisca hit a sacrifice fly to CF, Bautista scored. Doran struck out swinging. Woolverton grounded out, 2B to 1B.
Waimea 0 0 0 3 0 0 – 3
St. Joseph 0 0 2 0 1 0 – 3
Starter Ray Shirai (2-2/3 innings) and Aina Emayo combined to limit St. Joseph to 3 runs on 2 hits, 6 walks, 3 HBP, and 3 Menehune errors. The Cardinals left 8 runners stranded.
Game 2: Kauai 6 Pahoa 3
Bottom 2: Pahoa 1-0
Subicao struck out swinging. Kobayashi singled to RCF and moved to 2B on a wild pitch. Elkins drew a base on balls. Yu grounded out, 2B to 1B, Kobayashi advanced to third and Elkins moved to second. Hirano reached and moved to second on throwing error by SS, Kobayashi scored and Elkins took third. E. Bihag struck out swinging.
Top 3: Kauai 2-1
Reichle doubled to LF. Serizawa tripled to RF, Reichle scored. C. Oketani hit a sacrifice fly to LF, Serizawa scored. J. Oketani doubled down LF line. Yates grounded out, SS to 1B. K. Higashi flied out to CF.
Top 5: Kauai 3-1
Serizawa flied out to RF. C. Oketani grounded out, 3B to 1B. J. Oketani lofted a high single to CF. Yates doubled to the LCF gap, J. Oketani scored. Yates tagged out, CF to 3B.
Bottom 5: Pahoa 3-2
Yu singled up the middle and picked off the bag, P to 1B. Hirano singled through the box. E. Bihag grounded out, 1B to 2B covering, Hirano moved to second. Hirano stole third and Cs put-out attempt to bag thrown into LF, Hirano scored. Naiga struck out swinging.
Top 6: Kauai 6-2
K. Higashi walked and stole 2B. Bonilla grounded out, 2B to 1B, K. Higashi moved to third. Rebb singled to LF, K. Higashi scored. S. Oketani struck out swinging. Crowell drew a base on balls, Rebb moved to second. Hori smashed a single off 3Bs glove, Rebb scored and Crowell advanced to 2B. C. Oketani singled to LF, Crowell scored. Dias in to run at 1B. J. Oketani flied out to LF.
Bottom 7: Pahoa 6-3
Cruz was called out on strikes. Naungayan walked and replaced by Holley on the base paths. Hirano popped out to 2B. E. Bihag tripled to the RCF gap, Holley scored. Naiga popped out to 3B.
Kauai 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 – 6
Pahoa 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 – 3
Game 3: St. Joseph 5 Kapaa 4
Top 1: St. Joseph 2-0
Feary reached on SS throwing error and moved to second. Midel was called out on strikes. Feary scored from 2B on a wild pitch. Carvalho doubled to RF fence. Bautista flied out to CF. Carvalho stole 3B. Usui singled past SS, Carvalho scored. Faisca flied out to CF.
Bottom 2: Kapaa 2-2
Mundon walked and stole 2B. B. Wakuta was hit by a pitch. Ancheta walked to load the bases. Isoda hit into a 6-4-3 double play, Mundon scored. T. Wakuta drew a base on balls. 3B throwing error on double steal attempt, B. Wakuta scored and T. Wakuta advanced to 2B. Nakano struck out swinging.
Top 3: St. Joseph 5-2
Midel walked and moved to 2B on wild pitch. Carvalho grounded out, 2B to 1B, Midel moved to 3B. Bautista walked and stole 2B. Usui singled up the middle, Midel scored and Bautista moved to 3B. Faisca blooped a single into CF, Bautista scored. Faisca forced on Dorans fielders choice grounder, SS to 2B, Usui advanced to 3B. Doran stole 2B and Cs throw to bag ended up in CF, Usui scored. Woolverton singled through the right side but Doran thrown out trying to score, RF to C.
Bottom 5: Kapaa 5-4
Feary in to pitch for the Cardinals in relief of Faisca. Isoda was hit by a pitch. T. Wakuta was hit by a pitch, Isoda moved to 2B. Isoda forced out on Nakanos fielders choice bunt, C to 3B, T. Wakuta moved to second. Panui hit a towering sun-struck pop and was called out (infield fly ruling), Wakuta advanced to 3B and Nakano moved to 2B. SS throwing error on Raquel grounder, T. Wakuta and Nakano scored. Newberger was hit by a pitch, Raquel advanced to 2B. Mundon popped out to 3B.
St. Joseph 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 – 5
Kapaa 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 – 4
