Logan Yee scattered seven hits over six innings as No. 7 ‘Iolani overwhelmed No. 10 St. Francis 12-2 on Wednesday afternoon at Father Bray Athletic Complex.

The game ended in the bottom of the sixth due to the 10-run rule.

The Raiders improved to 9-3-1 in a tight Interscholastic League of Honolulu baseball chase. ‘Iolani and Punahou (9-3) are holding out hope that they can somehow catch first-place Mid-Pacific (11-2). The home team took care of business against the very team, Division II St. Francis, that went to Mid-Pacific and upset the Owls last week.

“Coach told us that everybody’s trying to beat us. We’ve got to show up and play the way we can play,” said Yee, who struck out three and walked two in a solid performance.

The Raiders brought the lumber, so to speak, peppering 17 hits against three St. Francis pitchers. Cade Yonamine and Zack Kon led the hit parade, each going 3-for-4. Yonamine, a right fielder, socked a double and scored three runs from the 5 hole. Kon, batting in the seven spot, drove in two runs.

“I’m just trying to be more aggressive by expanding my zone,” Yonamine said. “The ILH has great pitching.”

St. Francis dropped to 7-4, one game ahead of Damien in the ILH D-II standings.

“ ‘Iolani hit the ball. Seventeen hits and few free passes,” Saints coach Kip Akana said. “We just tip our hats to them and move on.”

The large crowd sat through intermittent drizzles and was fairly soaked by game’s end.

“It’s a special day,” Yonamine said of the postgame senior celebration. “It’s a feeling of giving back to our parents after six years of playing in the program from middle school to now.”

Raiders coach Kurt Miyahira knows the league’s first-place regular-season finisher earns an automatic state-tournament berth.

“Logan threw strikes and kept us in the game. We swung the bat better and that kept us going,” Miyahira said. “We’ve just got to take it one game at a time.”

The Raiders meet Punahou on Friday at Ala Wai, then plays Damien on Monday at Goeas Field. Mid-Pacific hosts Maryknoll today and Saint Louis on Tuesday.

‘Iolani opened the game with two runs in the first frame against starter Kiyo Terry. Yonamine’s first single brought home Micah Yonamine, and Preston Chong followed with a single to left, scoring Shane Sasaki.

The visitors got a run in the top of the second when Greison Visoria doubled and later came home on Reece Kadota’s sacrifice fly.

‘Iolani then scored four in the bottom of the fourth, including a two-run triple by Jordan Hara. In the sixth, leading 7-2, they plated five runs on run-scoring singles by Sasaki, Cade Yonamine, Chong, Micah Yonamine and Hara.