It’s not often a pitcher gets the win and the save, but Mid-Pacific’s Alex Oley did just that Saturday at home in a 5-4 victory over Punahou.

Now, both the top-ranked Owls (15-4) and Buffanblu (11-8) have one loss in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu double-elimination baseball tournament. The two teams play again Tuesday at Mid-Pacific for the postseason title.

A left-hander, Oley was one out away from a complete-game 5-0 shutout when coach Dunn Muramaru brought in Chase Wago to get the final out in the top of the seventh. Easier said than done. With two runners already on, Wago walked the next two to bring home a run before Logan Williams unleashed a three-run double to make it 5-4.

“It’s my fault,” Muramaru said about letting the sixth-ranked Buffanblu back in the game. “I didn’t want to extend him (Oley).”

Oley came back in and ended the game by getting Easton Takamoto to fly out to center, where Breyndon Nakamura made a running catch near the fence.

If it can win on Tuesday, Mid-Pacific would achieve the trifecta of regular-season champion, tournament winner and overall league titlist and would get the ILH’s seed at the state tournament. If that happens, tourney runner-up Punahou would meet regular-season second-place finisher Saint Louis (11-6) on Thursday for the league’s second berth at states. However, if the Buffanblu capture the tourney crown, they would face the Owls for the overall ILH title Thursday.

After four and a half scoreless innings, Mid-Pacific finally got some offense going in the bottom of the fifth. Hunter Hill led off with a double and he was eventually cut down at the plate on a bases-loaded fielder’s choice. With two outs and the bases still full, Cameron Wong smacked a bounder to the hole at shortstop to drive in the first run. It was ruled a base hit and another run scored when Andrew Matsueda’s throw went wide of first. A second error and RBI hits by Trevin Tengan and Zach Gushiken gave the Owls a commanding 5-0 lead.

“I was looking to get the ball through the infielders because they had the infielders up,” Wong said about the hit that opened the floodgates. “I was looking at any way to hit the ball hard and get it through there so we could score some runs. Our team catches streaks. On Tuesday, we’ll have to bring our best because they’re going to be bringing their best, too.”

Punahou coach Keenan Sue was disappointed that his team couldn’t dent the scoreboard despite loading the bases in the first inning, and he talked about the importance of every pitch and every inning.

“Momentum in the ILH can change with one pitch or one play,” he said. “You have to maintain vigilance on every single pitch and I think we just lost focus for a couple of them. One bouncer to short in the 6-hole that we threw away was really the difference.”

Muramaru and Sue did not know who would get the pitching starts on Tuesday.

“Mid-Pac played a good game; they always do,” the Buffanblu’s Williams said. “We’ll definitely be ready for Tuesday. We want to win that one.”

Added Sue: “Logan came up with a big hit and we were one base hit away. I’m really proud of them for battling back, but what we have to take out of it is that the first inning is the same as the last inning as far as runs coming across the plate, so we have to treat every inning like it’s the last inning. We would have loved to have gotten it done today, but the reality is we have two more games and we’re playing pretty good baseball.”

Noah Goss, Riley Guieb (4), David Zane (6) and Logan Williams. Alex Oley, Chase Wago (7), Oley (7) and Kyle Layugan. W–Oley. L–Goss. S–Oley.

Leading hitters–Punahou: Williams 2b, 3 RBIs. Mid-Pacific: Cameron Wong 3-3, RBI; Trevin Tengan 2-3, RBI; Zach Gushiken RBI; Hunter Hill 2b