The Pearl City Chargers put together a dramatic, bottom of the sixth inning, five-run rally to beat the visiting Mililani Lady Trojans 7-6 in Oahu Interscholastic Association Western Division I softball on Tuesday at Pearl City High School..
Pearl City’s Tiari Hernandez smashed a 2-RBI home run to spark the Lady Chargers five-run rally that put the Lady Chargers up 7-5 after 6 complete innings of play. Hernandez batted 2-4, with a homerun, 2 RBI, and a run scored. The Lady Chargers also capitalized from outstanding performances iat the plate from Noel Saunders 2-4, 2 RBI and Alexas Presto-Ahsing 2-3, double, run scored.
Mililani jumped out in front of Pearl City 4-0 in the top of the third inning highlighted by a 3-run home run blast by Katie Carlos. Carlos batted 1-4 with a homerun, 3 RBI, and a run scored.
Maiyah Faleafine-Lesu picked up the win for the Lady Chargers in relief of starter Jozayah Iriarte. Faleafine-Lesu pitched 4 2/3 innings allowing 2 runs on 5 hits with no strikeouts and no walks. Iriarte pitched 2 2/3 innings allowing 4 runs on 4 hits with no strikeouts and 2 walks.
Cheyenne Ardona took the loss for the Lady Trojans pitching 5 1/3 innings allowing 7 runs on 8 hits with 3 strikeouts and 4 walks. Serenity Jackson pitched 1/3 innings in relief of Ardona allowing no runs on 1 hit with no strikeouts and no walks.
The Lady Chargers worked their way out of a jam in the top of the seventh inning as the Lady Trojans rallied for one run to close within a run at 7-6 but left the tieing run on base when Kamryn Sasaki lined out to Braelynn Kaulu Choy-Foo at third base for the final out of the ball game.
Next Up:
Mililani will host Kapolei on Saturday, March 24 with first pitch scheduled for 10:00am
Pearl City will host Leilehua on Saturday, March 31 with first pitch scheduled for 10:00am.
GO CHARGERS!
@ Pearl City
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Mililani (2-4) 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 6 9 1
Pearl City (4-2) 0 0 1 0 1 5 X 7 9 2
Leading Hitters:
Mililani – Kamie Matsukawa 1-4, run; Tracie Okumura 2-3, 2 runs; Kayla Bello 1-3, RBI; Katie Carlos 1-4 HR, 3 RBI, run; Kobe Brown 1-4; Kamryn Sasaki 2-4, run; Elizabeth Winchester 1-3. RBI
Pearl City – Noel Saunders 2-4, 2 RBI; Braelynn Kaulu Choy-Foo 1-4; Hailey Alexis-Yamaguchi 1-4; Tiari Hernandez 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, run; Alexas Presto-Ahsing 2-3, double, run; Jewel Larson, 1-1, RBI, run
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Jozayah Iriarte got the start for the Lady Chargers pitching 2 2/3 innings
allowing 4 runs on 4 hits with no strikeouts and 2 walks.
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Maiyah Faleafine-Lesu picked up the win for the Lady Chargers in relief of starter Iriarte.
Faleafine-Lesu pitched 4 2/3 innings allowing 2 runs on 5 hits with no strikeouts and no walks.
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Cheyenne Ardona took the loss for the Lady Trojans pitching
5 1/3 innings allowing 7 runs on 8 hits with 3 strikeouts and 4 walks.
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Serenity Jackson pitched 1/3 innings in relief of Ardona
allowing no runs on 1 hit with no strikeouts and no walks.
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Noel Saunders had a great day at the plate batting 2-4 with 2 RBI. Saunders
is pictured hitting a RBI single that drove in Jewel Larson from third base that
added a run to the Lady Chargers 5-run bottom of the sixth inning rally.
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Alexas Presto-Ahsing went 2-3 with a double and a run scored for the Lady Chargers.
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Katie Carlos batted 1-4 with a homerun, 3 RBI, and a run scored.
Carlos drove in three out of the four runs scored in the top of the third
inning that put the Lady Trojans out front of the Lady Chargers 4-0.
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
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