Waiphu's Dylan Sugimoto held Pearl City to three hits and off the scoreboard as the Marauders ran away with an 11-0 shut out win on Saturday at the Marauders home field. The game ended early in the bottom of the fifth inning on a walk-off two run homer by Tyler Enos that pushed across the Marauders tenth and eleventh runs that enforced the 10-run mercy rule.
Waipahu improved their OIA Red Western Division record to 4-1. Pearl City is even at 3-3 in league play.
Sugimoto also came through at the plate hitting 2-3 with a double, homerun, 3 RBI and a run scored.Tyler Enos finished the game hitting 2-3 with a homerun, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored.
Other leading Marauder hitters: Shiloh Baniaga 2-3, 3 runs scored, walk; Patrick Villanueva 2-3, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI and one run scored; Oakland Scanlan 3-3, 2 RBI; Kobie Russell 2-3, 3B, three runs scored.
Pearl City's Tanner Tokunaga, Jason Komoda and Colby Hirano all batted 1-3.
From the mound, Sugimoto allowed no runs and three hits with six strikeouts and four walks in five complete innings of work for Waipahu.
Pearl City starting pitcher Tanner Tokunaga allowed three runs on six hits with two strikeouts in three complete innings. Chevy Sumile pitched 1/3 inning in relief of Tokunaga allowing five runs on three hits with one strikeout and a walk. Sanyo Lo came in the game in relief of Sumile in the fifth inning and gave up three runs on five hits with one walk.
Waipahu scored single runs in the first, second and third innings, The Marauders broke it open in the fifth inning scoring five runs to take a commanding 8-0 lead over the Chargers. In the bottom of the fifth inning the Marauders made it 9-0 on an RBI singe that got past Pearl City third baseman Tanner Tokunga driving in Patrick Villanueva from second base. The final blow came via Tyler Enos who slammed his two-run homer to center field putting the Marauders up 11-0 to end the contest.
Pearl City takes to the diamond, on the road, at Aiea on Wednesday, March 26 with first pitch scheduled for 3:30pm.
Go Chargers!
@ Waipahu High School
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H
Pearl City (3-3) 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 3
Waipahu (4-1) 1 1 1 5 3 X X 11 13
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Dylan Sugimoto rips a two run homerun to center field in the bottom of the fourth inning scoring
Richard Villanueva from second base that increased the Marauders lead to 5-0 over the Chargers.
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Tyler Enos blasts a two-run game ending homerun to center field in the bottom of the fifth inning.
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Tyler Enos is congratulated by his third base coach as he makes his way home.
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Marauder teammates congratulate Enos on his game winning two-RBI homer as he approaches home plate.
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Pearl City and Waipahu players are pictured extending post game congratulations to one another.
A mix of Pearl City and Waipahu ball players were on the Waipahu American Legion team that
represented Hawaii in the summer of 2013 at the American Legion World Series Championship
Tournament played in Shelby, North Carolina.
OIA RED WEST SOFTBALL
@ Campbell High School
Saturday, March 22
Pearl City 4
Campbell 5
(9 innings)
PC – Kristin Frost 2-3, HR