Tribune-Herald
Davey Camacho singled in Kele Coloma in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Keaukaha Warriors to a 6-5 win over the Keaukaha Legends in Hawaii AJA Memorial Baseball League action Sunday at Wong Stadium.
In the Warriors’ ninth-inning rally, Coloma singled and raced to third base on Kiley Kawazoe’s double, setting the stage for Camacho’s walk-off single.
The Legends scored two runs in the first and second innings to take a 4-0 lead off Warriors ace Cortney Arruda.
Arruda (4-0) settled down and shut out the Legends the rest of the way, scattering nine hits and allowing five runs — four earned — while walking two and striking eight. He helped his cause with a solo home run.
Kian Kurokawa started for the Legends and went seven innings. He gave up seven hits and two runs before relievers Reyn Kihara (one inning, three hits, three runs) and Tyler Higa-Gonsalves (0-1) took over in the ninth and allowed hits to Coloma, Kawazoe and Camacho.
Center fielder Shannon Camero went 4 for 4 with two runs batted in to lead the Warriors (7-1 overall, 2-0 second round). Coloma (one RBI), Kawazoe (one RBI) and first baseman Aaron Correa each had two hits in their team’s 13-hit attack.
Third baseman Korin Medeiros (three RBIs) led the Legends (4-3, 1-1) with three hits and Higa-Gonsalves added two hits.
Legends 221 000 000 — 5 9 1
Warriors 002 000 031 — 6 13 2
* Pirates 7, Corsairs 2: Onan Masaoka went 3 for 4 with an RBI and scored four runs to spark the Waiakea Pirates (4-3, 1-1) over the Corsairs (0-8, 0-2).
Dan Gushiken added two hits and an RBI while sure-handed shortstop Cade Uyetake had a hit and an RBI to support Pirates pitcher Rory Inouye, who went the distance.
Inouye (1-0) scattered seven hits while allowing two runs and striking out seven. Robbie Meguro started for the Corsairs and hurled three innings, giving up two hits and a run.
Meguro was followed by relievers Nainoa Hart (two innings, two runs), Kendrick Gouveia (one-third of an inning, one hit, 4 runs) and Pono Correa (two-thirds of an inning, one hit, one run). Hart, who also played center field, had a double and an RBI.
Corsairs 000 000 020 — 2 7 3
Pirates 001 014 01x — 7 6 4
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On Sunday, the Corsairs and Legends play at 10 a.m., followed by the Warriors and Pirates.