Oahu (Waialae) Breaks Tie In Eighth Inning To Defeat Maui (Wailuku)
Oahu (Waialae) broke open a tie late in Game 1 of the 85th Annual 2022 Hawaii State AJA Baseball Tournament in a 7-5 victory over Maui (Wailuku) on Saturday (April 2, 2022). The game was tied at five with Oahu batting in the top of the eighth when Kimo Wilinski singled on a 1-2 count to drive in Jordan Murai with the go ahead run and Mark Okano’s sacrifice fly later drove in Wilinski with an insurance run.
Oahu opened up scoring in the top of the first inning, when an error scored one run and continued with Oahu batting around and scoring 4 total runs on RBI walks by Davin Morita & Jordan Murai and a sacrifice fly RBI by DJ Andrade. Maui responded with three runs in the first inning. Maui batters contributing to the big inning included Jacob Chong driving in a run in the inning with a single.
Oahu opened up their lead in the 2nd with Mark Okano booming a double off the left field wall, driving in Kyle Watase, who had walked earlier in the inning. Maui answered with 2 runs in the bottom of the third inning to tie things up at five when pinch hitter Logan Kanamu and centerfielder CJ Santos singled in runs.
Jeremy Delacruz was the winning pitcher for Oahu. Delacruz bulldogged his way through, surrendering only five runs on 12 hits over seven innings, after giving up 5 runs in the first 3 innings, striking out five and walking one. Josh Nakamura threw the final two innings in relief out of the bullpen to earn the save.
Justin Cayaban took the loss for Maui. The lefty went six and a third innings, allowing three runs on five hits and striking out one. Lance Fujii started the game for Maui. The hurler allowed two hits and four runs over one inning, striking out one.
Oahu totaled seven hits against Maui’s 12 hits. Wilinski and Murai each collected two hits to lead Oahu.
Maui had 12 hits in the game. Jamie Aloy, Jacob Chang, Edison Sakata & Chaz Ishikawa all paired hits to lead Maui.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WLJ | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| MJ | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
Oahu (Waialae)
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drayson Ito | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimo Wilinski | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Watase | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gavin Okada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Okano | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Davin Morita | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Goya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DJ Andrade | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Nitahara | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kip Masuda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Murai | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Jeremy Delacruz | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Josh Nakamura | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 33 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
Batting
2B: Mark Okano
TB: Jordan Murai 2, Tyler Nitahara, Mark Okano 2, Kyle Watase, Kimo Wilinski 2
RBI: DJ Andrade, Davin Morita, Jordan Murai, Mark Okano 3, Kimo Wilinski
SF: DJ Andrade, Mark Okano
ROE: Mark Okano, Kimo Wilinski
FC: DJ Andrade, Drayson Ito 2
HBP: Gavin Okada, Kyle Watase 2, Kimo Wilinski, Kip Masuda
GIDP: Gavin Okada
SB: Drayson Ito
Team QAB: 22 (45.83%)
DJ Andrade 3, Chris Goya, Davin Morita, Jordan Murai 5, Tyler Nitahara, Gavin Okada 3, Mark Okano 2, Kyle Watase 2, Kimo Wilinski 4
Team LOB: 13FieldingE: Gavin Okada
DP: DJ Andrade, Davin Morita
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Delacruz | 7.0 | 105 | .724 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Nakamura | 2.0 | 24 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 129 | .682 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
W: Jeremy Delacruz
SV: Josh Nakamura
Pitches-Strikes: Jeremy Delacruz 105-76, Josh Nakamura 24-12
Groundouts-Flyouts: Jeremy Delacruz 5-9, Josh Nakamura 1-3
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Jeremy Delacruz 22-33, Josh Nakamura 2-7
Maui
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edison Sakata | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chazz Ishikawa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Aloy | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brock Shishido | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keali’i Murray | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacob Chong | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavin Takakura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Logan Kanamu | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kai Beam | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CJ Santos | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kaeo Lau Hee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Kashiwamura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joey Tam Ho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Cayaban | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Jarin Hayase | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lance Fujii | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 38 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Batting
2B: Chazz Ishikawa
TB: Jacob Chong 2, CJ Santos, Chazz Ishikawa 3, Keali’i Murray, Kai Beam, Logan Kanamu, Edison Sakata 2, Jamie Aloy 2
RBI: Jacob Chong, CJ Santos, Logan Kanamu
ROE: Kai Beam
FC: Keali’i Murray
GIDP: Jacob Chong
SB: Edison Sakata
CS: Chazz Ishikawa
Team QAB: 13 (32.50%)
Jacob Chong, CJ Santos, Chazz Ishikawa, Keali’i Murray 2, Joey Tam Ho, Kai Beam, Logan Kanamu, Edison Sakata 2, Jamie Aloy 3
Team LOB: 8FieldingE: Edison Sakata 2
DP: Jacob Chong, Chazz Ishikawa, Kai Beam
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Fujii | 1.0 | 43 | .488 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Justin Cayaban | 6.1 | 75 | .667 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Jarin Hayase | 1.2 | 42 | .452 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 160 | .562 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
L: Justin Cayaban
HBP: Justin Cayaban, Jarin Hayase 3, Lance Fujii
Pitches-Strikes: Justin Cayaban 75-50, Jarin Hayase 42-19, Lance Fujii 43-21
Groundouts-Flyouts: Justin Cayaban 7-8, Jarin Hayase 0-2, Lance Fujii 1-1
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Justin Cayaban 20-29, Jarin Hayase 5-9, Lance Fujii 3-10