No. 8 Waiakea tops No. 4 Saint Louis

Waiakea's Kalai Rosario comes home for one of his two runs scored against Saint Louis. CJ Caraang | SL

Waiakea got ahead of the game Wednesday afternoon.

The Warriors scored all of their runs in the first three innings to top Saint Louis, 9-4, in the opening round of the Wally Yonamine Foundation Division I Baseball Championships at Iron Maehara Stadium.

Waiakea moves on to meet defending state champion Baldwin in a 7:00 p.m. quarterfinal, which will be a rematch of last year's D1 final.

The winning team jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the first inning thanks to four straight hits to open up the bottom of the frame.

Waiakea then added two more runs in the second inning on a two-run homer by Kalai Rosario. All of the Warriors' runs in the third inning were unearned.

Ty Honda earned the win in a complete game effort for the Warriors.

Hunter Peneueta and Caleb Lomavita each hit two-run homers to lead the Crusaders in the loss.