Jordan Donahue scored from third base in the bottom of the seventh inning on a hard hit infield grounder by teammate Kaysen Kajiwara to lift Waipio over Pearl City 3-2 in the 2014 District 7 Juniors Little League Championship Tournament played on Sunday, July 7, 2014 at Hans L 'Orange Field in Waipahu.
Donahue got into scoring position after blasting a one out triple to right field in the bottom of the seventh inning. Next batter Kajiwara hit a grounder to the Pearl City shortstop who couldn't get a handle the ball allowing Donahue to score from third base with the running run.
Waipio advances to today's championship game against Ewa Beach. Ewa Beach blanked Waipio 13-0 to open the District 7 championship tournament on Friday, July 4. Waipio is tasked with beating Ewa Beach twice today in the double elimination format tournament to win the championship.
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Waipio's Kaysen Kajiwara is pictured hitting an infield grounder that scored
Jordan Donahue with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning.
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Waipio starting pitcher Chase Ling went the distance to earn the win for Waipio.
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Trey Maldonado got the start for Pearl City.
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Davin Kapuras strokes an RBI single to left field scoring Christian Onomura
from second base breaking a 1-1 tie in the top of the third inning.
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Christian Onomura scores on a RBI single by Davin Kapuras
to put Pearl City up 2-1 in the top of the third inning.
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Waipio's Matt Aribal connects with a RBI single to right field in the bottom
of third inning scoring Kaysen Kajiwara from third base to tie the game at 2-2.
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Waipio's Kaysen Kajiwara scores from third base on Matt Aribal's RBI single in the bottom of the third inning.
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Jordan Donahue (left) and Kaysen Kajiwara (right) teamed up
to score Waipio's winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning.
2014 District 7 Hawaii State Little League Seniors Championship Tournament
Sunday, July 7, 2014 @ Hans L 'Orange Field
Game 1
Maui 6
Pearl City 2
Game 2
Maui 13
Pearl City 6