Kai Sasaki blasted a two-run homer as Pac-Five shocked top-ranked Mid-Pacific 4-1 in an Interscholastic League of Honolulu baseball game at the MPI field on Friday.
Lee Tanaka, a sophomore making his first varsity start, scattered four hits to earn the complete-game win.
"He did a beautiful job," said Pac-Five coach Dennis Fukunaga.
Assets freshman David Fujimoto went 2-for-3 and tripled in a run off starting Owls pitcher Connor Zalewski to put the previously winless Wolfpack out in front in the top of the fifth.
Sasaki, the lone Wolfpack senior out of Lutheran High, cranked a shot to left off Mid-Pac’s Noah Sills in the next inning as the Pack banged out eight hits.
"Every single day, we preach the same thing: ‘You want anything, you need to go out and get it,"said Fukunaga. "Maybe it sunk in."
The Owls stranded seven runners as Tanaka became the first Wolfpack pitcher to go the distance this season.
| At Mid-Pacific |
| Pac-Five (1-7) |
000 |
022 |
0 |
— |
4 |
8 |
1 |
| MPI (6-1-1) |
100 |
000 |
0 |
— |
1 |
4 |
0 |
Lee Tanaka and Ryllen Abeshima. Connor Zalewski, Noah Sills (6) and Noah Shackles.
W–Tanaka. L–Zalewski.
Leading hitters–P5: David Fujimoto 2-3, 3b, RBI; Kai Sasaki HR, 2 RBIs; Christian CJ Jones 2b. MPI: Cal Muramaru 3b.
OIA RED WEST
Aiea 9, Leilehua 5
Hunter Yara went 3-for-5 and drove in two runs as Na Alii took advantage of four Leilehua errors to rally past the Mules.
Leilehua squandered a five-run first inning, highlighted by Jordan Kameda’s two-run double to right.
| At Leilehua |
| Aiea (3-4) |
003 |
330 |
0 |
— |
9 |
15 |
1 |
| Leilehua (2-5) |
500 |
000 |
0 |
— |
5 |
10 |
4 |
Jaryn Nakamoto, Jansen Kudaishi (1), Kobe Kato (5) and Makana Ah Yo. Mikah Takashige, Wayne Abear (4) and Jarred Chai.
W–Kudaishi. L–Takashige.
Leading hitters–Aiea: Jarred Uyeda 3-4, 2 runs; Hunter Yara 3-5, 2 RBIs; Chaz Quebral-Acosta 2-4, 2 runs; Levi Menor 2-5, RBI; Ah Yo 2-4. Lei: Trayson Kubo 2b; Dustin Ancheta-Maeda 2-3; Ricky Tagami 2 RBIs; Jordan Kameda 2b, 2 RBIs.
OIA RED East
Kalani 4, Kaiser 2
Reyn Shitanishi0 singled in a run in the first as the Falcons scratched for four runs on just two hits to down the Cougars.
| At Kaiser |
| Kalani (4-2) |
200 |
100 |
1 |
— |
4 |
2 |
1 |
| Kaiser (2-4) |
000 |
020 |
0 |
— |
2 |
4 |
1 |
Reece Kakugawa, Dallas Asuncion (7) and Reyn Shitanishi. Kamalu Simeona (4), Aaron Oda (5), Kelan Yoshioka (7) and Kelan Yoshioka, Noah Sakatani (7).
W–Kakugawa. L–Simeona.
Leading hitters–Kaln: Brandon Roberts RBI, Shitaishi RBI. Kais: Joshua Bitanga 2-3, run.
