Baldwin, Moanalua, Pearl City advance in state baseball
Brysen Dafun tossed seven innings of one-run ball, pitching Baldwin to a 2-1 victory over Mid-Pacific in the third quarterfinal game of the Wally Yonamine Foundation State Baseball Championships at Les Murakami Stadium.
Neither team had an extra-base hit. Brent Nakagawa scored the eventual winning run on an infield single when Branden Kaupe beat the force-out throw at second.
Earlier on Thursday, Moanalua rapped out 18 hits en route to a 17-9 victory over Hilo in the another quarterfinal.
Bronson Shim batted 3-for-5 with three runs scored and three batted in. Kamalu Kamoku also had three hits, three runs and two batted in.
In the first quarterfinal, Troy Barboza Scanlan doubled in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the third and Tyler Tokunaga tripled in two in the bottom of the sixth in Pearl City’s 5-2 win over Waiakea.
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Here is the schedule:
DIVISION I
At Les Murakami Stadium
Today
Consolation
Kamehameha-Maui 2, Roosevelt 1
Quarterfinals
Pearl City 5, Waiakea 2
Moanalua 17, Hilo 9
Baldwin 2, Mid-Pacific 1
Kailua vs. Saint Louis
DIVISION II
At Hans L’Orange Field
Today
Quarterfinals
Kauai 11, Kalaheo 1
Molokai 14, Radford 11
Pac-Five vs. Hawaii Prep
Konawaena vs. Waipahu