Pearl City captured the Oahu Interscholastic Association Western Division baseball crown with a 7-4 win over Mililani on Wednesday at Hans L ‘Orange Park in Waipahu. Before a packed stadium, and a live television audience, the top ranked Chargers proved once again that teamwork is the key component to successfully manufacturing wins as they moved to a perfect 11-0 while securing the divisions #1 seed in next week's OIA Championship Tournament.
From the mound, Chargers starting pitcher Trenton Darley earned the win improving his regular season win total to 6-0 with a 1.11 ERA. Darley pitched five innings allowing four runs on four hits with seven strikeouts and five walks. Carson Okada and Trestan Nakakmura backed up Darley with one inning of relief apiece to secure the win over a tough Mililani Trojans battery.
Sam Prentice led the Chargers attack at the plate batting 2-3 with a double, 2 RBI and a run scored. Matt Yokota 1-3, RBI and Trenton Darley 1-3 picked up the Chargers other two hits in the ball game.
Brennan Anzai took the loss for the Trojans in two innings allowing no hits, one run, with three strikeouts and three walks.
The Trojans picked up five hits against Charger pitching: Kaimana Souza-Paaluhi 1-4 triple, Keolu Ramos 1-1, triple, RBI, Blaine Demello 1-3, Aris Nakagawa 1-4, Run, Ryan Kono 1-4, double, Run led the Trojans at the plate.
The Chargers will play their regular season finale on Saturday, April 16 at home against Leilehua. The Chargers will also bid Aloha to 10 seniors on Saturday.
ALOHA SENIORS!
Torey Chun, Trenton Darley, Colby Hirano, Ernest-Joshua Kam, Ansin Mostoles,
Trestan Nakamura, Keanu Nicholson, Matt Yokota, Chase Yoshida, Jarin Iwata
GO CHARGERS!
@ Hans L 'Orange Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Mililani (9-3) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 5 4
Pearl City (11-0) 0 0 3 3 0 1 X 7 4 3
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Trenton Darley earned the win allowing four runs on four hits with seven
strikeouts and five walks in five innings on the mound for the Chargers.
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Pearl City got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the third inning after Davin Kapuras
laid down a bunt that was fielded by the Mililani catcher and thrown away at first
base allowing Colby Hirano and Sam Prentice to score to put the Chargers up 2-0.
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Matt Yokota drove in Davin Kapuras from third base with a RBI single
scoring the Chargers third run of the ball game in the bottom of the third inning.
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Mililani's Aris Nakagawa stroked a single to right-centerfield to in the top of the fourth inning.
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Keolu Ramos slammed a RBI triple to deep centerfield in the top of the fourth
inning scoring Aris Nakagawa for the Trojans first run of the ball game.
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Sam Prentice led the Chargers at the plate batting 2-3 with a double, 2 RBI and
a run scored.Prentice is pictured hitting a 2 RBI double in the bottom of the fourth
inning that scored Matt Aribal and Colby Hirano to put the Chargers up 6-1.
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Matt Aribal and Colby Hirano met at home plate after scoring on
Sam Prentice's 2-RBI double in the bottom of the fourth inning.