Pearl City and Moanalua played to a 4-4 tie after eight complete innings in American Legion Baseball action played at Hans L 'Orange Park in Waipahu on Friday, June 1, 2012
Pearl City got on the scoreboard with two runs in the top of the first inning to take a 2-0 early lead.
Moanalua picked up their first run in the bottom of the second inning and went up 3-2 over Pearl City with two runs in the bottom of the third inning.
Pearl City tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the fifth inning and went ahead 4-3 on an RBI single by Ty Kurata that drove in Jason Komoda from third base in the top of the sixth inning.
Moanalua came back and tied the game at 4-4 in the bottom of the seventh inning on an RBI single by Justin Patterson that scored Mark Kuga and forced the game into one extra inning of play that went scoreless.
Brayton Sakai started the game for Moanalua tossing 4 2/3 innings of work before being relieved by Casy Isa.
Lane Asuncion started on the mound for Pearl City. Sean Milan, Dane Kaneshiro and Shiloh Baniaga all saw action in relief on Friday.
Pearl City returns to action on Sunday, June 3 against Waianae at Hans L 'Orange Park. First pitch is set for 3:00pm.
Mahalo to Dale Hironaka for her courtesy photo contribution for this article. Awesome job!
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Chasen Kitajima pictured hitting and RBI single to left field in the top of the first inning that gave Pearl City an early 1-0 lead over Moanalua.
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Isaiah Aribal pictured driving in Matt Tsutomi from third base with an RBI single in the top of the first inning to take a 2-0 lead over Moanalua.
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Ty Kurata put Pearl City up 4-3 with an RBI single in the top of the sixth inning that scored Jason Komoda from third base.
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Moanalua's Justin Patterson stroked an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning that scored Mark Kuga and tied the ball game at 4-4.
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Moanalua's #9 Mark Kuga scores in the bottom of the seventh inning on Justin Patterson's RBI single that tied the ball game at 4-4 and forced one extra inning of play.
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Moanalua's Brayton Sakai started the game against Pearl City pitching 4 2/3 innings.
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Casey Isa pictured on the mound in relief of Moanalua starting pitcher Brayton Sakai in the top of the fifth inning.
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Lane Asuncion pictured on the mound for Pearl City in the bottom of the first inning. Asuncion was one of four pitchers to take the mound for Pearl City against Moanalua on Friday at Hans L 'Orange Park in Waipahu.