Bottom seven heroics rally Mililani past Pearl City 9-8 (4/4/2017)

Apr 5, 2017

Mililani rallied past Pearl City 9-8 scoring eight runs in the last two innings to defeat the visiting Chargers on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at Mililani High School.

Justin Ogasawara hit a two-out pinch-hit single in the bottom of the seventh inning that scored Thomas Nakastukasa with the winning run.

Seth Thomas picked up the win for the Trojans in one inning of relief.

Pearl City’s Matt Aribal took the loss in 1 2/3 innings of relief of starter Dillin Hasegawa. Aribal gave up four runs on four hits with one strikeout. Hasegawa pitched 5 1/3 innings allowing five runs on six hits with one walk and one strikeout.

Micah Kaohu led Trojans at the plate hitting 2-3 with a triple, 4 RBI, and 1 run scored.

Pearl City’s Carter Hirano batted 2-3 with a triple, RBI, and 1 run scored. Matt Aribal went 2-4 with 2 RBI and 1 run scored. Sam Prentice batted 2-3 with 2 RBI and 3 runs scored.

Mililani improved to 6-5 while Pearl City fell to 4-7 in league play.

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