Ewa Beach defeated Pearl City 4-2 in the District 7 Hawaii Little League 50/70 Intermediate State Championship Tournament on Tuesday, July 1, at Pride Field in Kapolei.
Nicholas Sampson earned the win for Ewa Beach. Carter Hirano got the start for Pearl City.
Ewa Beach scored one run in the bottom of second inning and pushed across three more runs in the bottom of third inning. Pearl City scored a one run in the top of third inning and added a run in the top of the sixth inning. Pearl City left runners on base in scoring position at second and third in the top of the seventh inning to end the game.
Ewa Beach moves on to the tournament championship on Thursday, July 3, 2014. Pearl City will play Kona Coast on Wednesday, July 3 in the losers bracket with the winner to advance to Thursday's championship against Ewa Beach. First pitch is schedule for 12:00pm. The winner will need to beat Ewa Beach twice on Thursday to claim the championship. First game is scheduled for 12:00pm. An "If" game for the championship will follow at 3:00pm.
@ Pride Field in Kapolei
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R
Pearl City (1-1) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Ewa Beach (1-0) 1 0 3 0 0 0 X 4
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Nicholas Sampson earned the win for Ewa Beach.
Photo by Barry Villamil | barry@mypearlcity.com
Carter Hirano got the start for Pearl City.
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Caleb Young leads off the top of the second inning with a single.
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Shayden Yip makes the turn at third base and would score Pearl City's
first run of the ball game that tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the second
inning. Yip entered the game as a special runner for Caleb Young at first base.
Photo by Barry Villamil | barry@mypearlcity.com
Makana Ontai slams a RBI triple scoring Nicholas Sampson in the bottom of the third
inning. Ewa Beach scored three runs in the inning to take a 4-1 lead over Pearl City.
Photo by Barry Villamil | barry@mypearlcity.com
Ayzek Silva strokes a RBI single into right field scoring Makana Ontai from
third base in the bottom of the third inning. Ewa Beach took a 4-1 lead .
Photo by Barry Villamil | barry@mypearlcity.com
Makana Ontai heads back to the dugout after scoring Ewa Beach's final run of the
ball game in the bottom of the third inning. Ontai scored on Ayzek Silva's RBI single.
District 7 Majors Championship Tournament Update:
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Ewa 20
MKH 2