A historic night for the Waiakea Warriors required an ace who thrives on the big stage.

Quintin Torres-Costa was that man. The senior struck out 13 in six innings of no-hit ball as third-seeded Waiakea stymied fourth-seeded Baldwin 5-2 to capture the Division I title of the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA Baseball State Championships.

A crowd of 1,384 at Les Murakami Stadium saw the Big Island Interscholastic Federation champions finish 20-0, thanks to opportunistic offense — Baldwin committed five errors — and the stamina of Torres-Costa.

Sophomore Kodi Medeiros finished off the Bears, earning a save and completing the no-hitter with one inning of relief. Torres-Costa retired 16 batters in a row at one point. He left after six innings because of the 39-out limit; he pitched a complete-game win against Castle on Wednesday and finished the tourney with 22 strikeouts in 13 innings.

"It’s tough not to expect that from him. He keeps topping himself with each performance," Waiakea coach Kevin Yee said. "You just sit back and enjoy the moment."

The Warriors are finally bringing home a state baseball title, their first, after finishing second in 1996 and third in ’04, ’05 and ’06.

Torres-Costa was loose and focused all week, mixing a regular fastball, cut fastball, change-up and occasional palmball. The combined no-hitter was the first for Waiakea since Torres-Costa threw one against Keaau last month.

"This was different. It’s a championship game, on TV, too, and he likes the attention," said Kean Wong, the catcher.

"It was a team effort and Kean called a great game," Torres-Costa said. "Me and Kodi go to the same pitching coach (Jerry Meyer) and we’re like brothers. I trust him."

Both Torres-Costa and Medeiros, left-handers, have committed to UH.

"We have a lot of confidence in all our players and we fulfilled our goals as a team," Yee said. "The kids came out a little tight in the beginning, but they’re a very resilient group and we’ve been behind before. They fought from the first pitch to the last pitch and they picked each other up. They really played to their potential."

Each team showed its penchant for small-ball machinery in the first inning.

The Warriors scored in the top of the first when Wong singled and advanced to third on a single by Medeiros. They executed a double-steal try, with Medeiros thrown out at second while Wong blazed home to score the game’s first run.

The Bears scored twice in the bottom of the first. Daulton Cabacungan walked, Branden Kaupe was hit by a pitch and Rahni Pantorilla hit a routine grounder to short that was muffed by shortstop Davy Camacho. That allowed pinch runner Akoni Arriaga to score from second for Baldwin’s first run.

Baldwin coach Jon Viela then sent Pantorilla to second on a steal attempt, drawing a throw from the catcher, and Kaupe raced home ahead of the return throw by the shortstop for a 2-1 lead.

The calm string of scoreless innings ended with a crazy top of the fourth. Three Baldwin infield errors — two on bunts — gave Waiakea a three-run inning as Waiakea surged ahead 4-2 without a hit.

Cabacungan lasted until the fifth, when Waiakea tacked on another run.

By the end of the fifth, Torres-Costa had retired 13 in a row, including 11 by strikeout. He struck out Aaron Victorino to start the sixth, the seventh strikeout in a row and his 13th total in the game to that point.

Cabacungan ended the K streak with a groundout to third, but the Bears went quietly in the sixth.