Kamehameha rallies past Saint Louis, stays atop ILH baseball
Coen Sardinha singled home courtesy runner Cayd Alvaro in the bottom of the sixth inning as Kamehameha rallied past Saint Louis 3-2 on Saturday morning at gusty Patsy T. Mink Central Oahu Regional Park. “I was sitting fastball.
He was throwing choke bangers (off-speed pitches). I was looking for something else,” said Sardinha, who finished 2-for-3 with an RBI, run scored, walk and two stolen bases. “Something up, a fastball up and out.
” Kupono Barkdull blasted a solo home run as Kamehameha (4-0) remained in sole possession of first place in the ILH baseball standings. Kamehameha (13-2 overall) began the week with a 9-2 win over ninth-ranked Pac-Five, and a matchup with Maryknoll was postponed. Left-hander Kaikea Patoc-Young struggled through the first inning as Saint Louis scored twice but was a puzzle the Crusaders did not solve over the next five innings.
He went 52⁄3 innings, allowing two runs on six hits with six strikeouts, one walk and one hit batter. He fanned Kahanu Martinez three times, all on sweeping curve balls that the talented lefty hitter missed on for third strikes. “The first inning was shaky, so I had to trust my off-speeds more because they were on the fastball.
If you have a defense like mine, it’s hard to beat,” Patoc-Young said. He is practically kryptonite against one of the state’s best hitters, Martinez. “I’ve been playing with (Martinez) since I was 8,” Patoc-Young said.