Edward Oguma pitched five shutout innings, getting big outs when he needed them, before handing the ball over to Anson Kauwe, and those two also a had a hand in Keaau’s limited offense Wednesday in a 2-0 BIIF baseball victory
Edward Oguma pitched five shutout innings, getting big outs when he needed them, before handing the ball over to Anson Kauwe, and those two also a had a hand in Keaau’s limited offense Wednesday in a 2-0 BIIF baseball victory in a pitcher’s duel at Kealakehe.
Oguma scattered seven hits and three walks with two strikeouts. Kauwe struck out two in two spotless innings for the save.
Keaau (2-3), which managed just four hits, got the only run it would need in the top of the first. Delvin Ongais-Kilaulani led off with the only hit registered against Eli Lai, moved to second on Bryant Respicio-Mercado’s walk, scampered to third on a wild pitch and scored on Kauwe’s groundout.
Lai struck out five in three innings with three walks, and Toafili surrendered three hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
Lai and Toby Estrella each were 2 for 4 for the Waveriders (1-3), who had their chances.
A first-and-third situation with one out in the third was wasted when a base runner was thrown out at home.
Kealakehe put runners on second and third with no outs in fourth, but Oguma induced a popout, a runner was cut down at home on a grounder, then Oguma got a strikeout to end the inning.
In the fifth, Ongais-Kilaulani helped manufacture another run, leading off with walk, stealing second and crossing the plate on Oguma’s single to left field off Tupu Toafili.
Kealakehe loaded the bases in the fifth with one out on a two singles and a walk, but Oguma forced a batter out on the infield fly rule, and he wiggled out of the jam by inducing a ground ball to Kauwe at shortstop.
