2012 HHSAA Baseball Wally Yonamine Foundation State Championships

 
HONOLULU, Hawaii - May 9, 2012 HHSAA D1 1st Round games at Les Murakami Stadium

GAME 1
Castle's Dustin Nakayama threw a two-hitter with four strikeouts and four walks, retiring the final seven batters in a row. Knights shortstop Froy Smith, Jr. went 2 for 3 with a double and two RBIs, including a run-scoring single that broke a 3-3 tie with one out in the top of the sixth inning.

CASTLE (11-6) 000 301 0 – 4 4 2

MOANALUA (11-5) 002 010 0 – 3 2 1

Dustin Nakayama and Manoah Medrano. Nolan Kometani, Austyn Nagamine (6), Tyler Fujimoto (7) and Austin Inabata. W – Nakayama. L – Kometani.

Leading hitters – Castle: Froy Smith, Jr. 2-3, double, 2 RBIs. Moanalua: Nagamine 2-3, triple.


GAME 2 - Played at Iolani School

Pearl City 5

Maui 1


GAME 3

Hilo's Chayce Ka'aua tripled and scored on Jodd Carter's fielder's choice groundout to break a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the sixth inning.

PUNAHOU (13-5) 000 300 0 – 3 7 1

HILO (14-5) 011 102 X – 5 10 0


David Torigoe, Cole Kanazawa (4), Dylan Combs (7) and KJ Harrison. Kian Kurokawa and Koa Matson. W – Kurokawa. L – Kanazawa.


Leading hitters – Punahou: Bradford Chan 2-3, triple, 2 RBIs; Beau Branton double; Rick Nomura double. Hilo: Chayce Ka‘aua 2-4, triple; Jodd Carter 2-4, RBIs; Keenan Nishioka 2-3; Tyler Higa-Gonsalves triple.

Game 4

Kamehameha 7, Kaiser 3

KAMEHAMEHA (15-3) 102 400 0 – 7 11 3

KAISER (10-7) 000 030 0 – 3 5 1


Keenan Lum, Zach Kaohu (5) and Moku Kukonu. Royce Kuromoto, Jordan Alcoran (4), Kelan Yoshioka (6) and Makana Lyman. W – Lum. L – Kuromoto.


Leading hitters – Kamehameha: Trey Kodama 3-4; Kukonu 2-3, 3 RBIs; Alika McGuire 2-3, double; Jason Murakami double, 2 RBIs; Alii Pedrina double. Kaiser: Jake Torigoe 1-3, RBI.


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