KAPA‘A — Cody Goias’ second home run and a Waimea error that bit back gave Kapa‘a its first win under new coaches Tommy John Cox, Ryden Domingcil and Mikey Cardinez, yesterday. That win resulted in a split of the Kaua‘i
KAPA‘A — Cody Goias’ second home run and a Waimea error that bit back gave Kapa‘a its first win under new coaches Tommy John Cox, Ryden Domingcil and Mikey Cardinez, yesterday.
That win resulted in a split of the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation double-header at the Ron Martin field as Waimea took the opener 12-2 in six innings before the Warriors battled back to earn a 4-3 margin in the nightcap.
Left-hander Travis Shigeta went the distance in picking up the win, allowing three runs, two unearned, six hits while striking out four Menehune batters and walking another four.
Waimea jumped out to an early lead as RBI hits from Michael Acoba and Keith Nonaka in the first inning opened up the scorebooks in Game 2.
But Shigeta tightened up on the mound and the score remained until the fourth inning when Goias pulled the Warriors to within a digit with his solo homer to deep leftfield.
Kapa‘a followed that with a tying run in the fifth when Austin Rapozo knotted the game 2-2 on a squeeze play by B.J. Aiwohi.
Waimea answered in the sixth with the go-ahead when Acoba scored on a Dylan Ishihara RBI single to rightfield.
But Kapa‘a continued its relentless quest for the “W,” getting two runners aboard with two outs in the bottom of the frame.
Aron Nagao hit out to shortstop, but an errant throw to first brought the two Warriors across the plate for the 4-3 bulge.
Steven Werner, pitching for 51/3 innings, was strapped with the loss, giving up four runs, two earned, while holding Kapa‘a to just three hits, striking out two Warrior batters and walking five. Kelly Batis finished for Waimea.
Kapa‘a got hits from Braden Kamibayashi and Randall Jacinto in addition to Goias’ homer.
Waimea’s hits came from Allen Pancho, Batis, Nonaka, Kalani Fernandez, and Ishihara.
Fernandez had the hot bat in the earlier game when the second baseman finished 3-3, scoring three times and driving in three runs as Waimea piled up 12 hits on its 12 runs.
In that victory, Loren Duarte followed Fernandez, going 2-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs.
Nonaka finished 2-4 and scored twice, Kailan Malama was 0-2, but scored twice and drove in a run.
Andrew Ouderkirk picked up the win for Waimea on the mound, going the full six innings and giving up two runs on four hits while striking out five Kapa‘a batters and walking six.
Goias, who homered in that game, was credited with the loss in 2 1/3 innings. He gave up seven runs on seven hits while striking out two and walking one. Kysen Lopez came in for 3 2/3 innings and gave up five runs on five hits while striking out four Waimea batters and walking two.
With the split, Kapa‘a (1-3) faces a showdown against Kaua‘i (3-0) when the Raiders travel to the Ron Martin field.
First pitch goes off at 2:45 p.m.
