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Farrington is closing in on breaking a long streak in Division I baseball.
Caleb Sherman homered, drove in three runs and picked up the win on the mound to lead the Governors to a 12-1 victory over Waianae in five innings on Wednesday in the opening round of the OIA baseball playoffs at Joey DeSa Field.
Ehu Sanchez and Reese Shoji both drove in two runs for the Governors (8-5), who are one win away from clinching a berth in the Division I state tournament for the first time since 1963.
After moving up from Division II following back-to-back state appearances, the Govs can secure a berth with a win over Campbell today at 3 p.m.
A loss and the Govs could still make the tournament by finishing fifth in the OIA tournament or sixth and then win the play-in game against the BIIF.
In other games:
>> Cade Fernandez had four hits and drove in four runs to lead Moanalua to an 8-2 victory over host Aiea. Zak Tachino and Mathis Yamamoto scored twice for Na Menehune (5-8), which upset the West 3 seed Na Alii (8-5).
>> Fabian Silva-Pokipala allowed one unearned run over six innings to lead host Castle to a 5-1 victory over Kapolei. Nakoa Gaspar-Takahashi tripled and scored a run and Kalai Cabana-Zukeran went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI for the Knights (7-6), who ended the season of the Hurricanes (4-9).
>> Kaika Cordero hit a three-run homer in a five-run first inning for Leilehua, which rolled past Roosevelt 17-7 in six innings. Hunter Sasaki went 3-for-5 with two triples, three runs scored and two RBIs for the Mules (8-5). Rylan Terakawa drove in three runs for the Rough Riders (5-8).
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