Pearl City rallied late in the game to beat Roosevelt 3-2 in the first round of the Oahu Interscholastic Association Division I Varsity Baseball Championship Tournament played on Wednesday at Pearl City High School.
Pearl City's Dane Kaneshiro drove in the winning run with a RBI single in the bottom of seventh inning with two outs and the bases loaded to break a 2-2 tie and put the Chargers in front 3-2 for the walk-off win.
Trenton Darley earned the win for Pearl City in a complete game performance. Darley allowed two runs on four hits with seven strikeouts and two walks.
Aaron Emoto took the loss for the Roosevelt. Emoto allowed three runs on eight hits with one strikeout and two walks in 6 2/3 innings.
Pearl City (8-5) moves on to the OIA championship tournament quarterfinals this afternoon against Kaiser (8-4 )at Kaiser High School. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00pm.
@ Pearl City High School
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Roosevelt (3-10) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 4
Pearl City (8-5) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 8 2
Leading Hitters:
Roosevelt – Jonah Sasahara 2-3, 2B, RBI; Aaron Emoto 1-3; Zack Harano 1-3.
Pearl City – Tyler Kushima 2-4, 2B, 2 runs; Nicholas Au 1-4, Run; Matt Tsutomi 2-3, RBI; Dane Kaneshiro 1-4, RBI; Sanyo Lo 1-3, RBI; Christian Onomura 1-3.
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Trenton Darley earned the win for Pearl City allowing two runs on four
hits with seven strikeouts and two walks in seven innings of work.
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Aaron Emoto took the loss in a strong pitching performance for Roosevelt. Emoto
allowed three runs on eight hits with one strikeout and two walks in 6 2/3 innings.