OIA Baseball
Castle crashes Kailua, 10-8


  

Sat, Mar 4, 2017 @ [ 11:00 am ]


FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Kailua 0 001610881
Castle 0 1 5031X1042





What a crazy game.

Castle scored six straight runs to start the game and later retook the lead from Kailua to hand the visiting Surfriders their first loss of the season, 10-8, Saturday afternoon.

Despite going down 6-0 after a five-run third inning, defending Oahu Interscholastic Association Division I champion Kailua rallied with a run in the top of the fourth and a six-run fifth inning to take a 7-6 lead.

However, Castle (2-1) came alive with three runs in the bottom of the frame to take the lead for good, 9-7. Both teams scored another run in the sixth inning to add to the box score, but the Surfriders (3-1) were unable to plate two more runs to extend the game.

Hunter Paredes earned the win on the mound for the Knights, pitching 2 and 2/3 innings of relief for starter Baron Arquero. Paredes allowed just three hits and one unearned run while walking three and striking out two.

Keola Chun led Castle's offense with a triple and three RBIs.

The Knights chased Kailua starter Joey Cantillo, who will play collegiately at the University of Kentucky, after 2 and 1/3 innings of work to jump out to their lead. Cantillo did not allowed a hit all game, but walked eight batters and beaned another.

Bryson Ballesteros came in to relieve Cantillo and was charged with the loss after losing the Surfriders' lead in the bottom of the fifth inning.




MORE STORIES

Community bids farewell to Aiea High Stadium

Final event on the field at Aiea High School featured music and food and ushered in the soon-to-be constructed...

Repeat champion Warriors led by Campbell, Kahoohanhano

Kamehameha-Maui swept top honors following a second straight state championship, led by OPOY Zedekaiah...

All-Hawaii D1 picks led by Aiea's Kim Choy-Keb-Ah Lo, Kailua's Honebein

Na Alii's Hiki Kim Choy-Keb-Ah Lo named Offensive Player of the Year and Surfriders' Ben Honebein named...

Campbell sweeps All-Hawaii Open Division honors

Seniors Brayden Medeiros and Tainoa Lave were named Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively;...

PAC-5's Ahu, Mililani's Hookala headline All-Hawaii D1 teams

Wolfpack senior infielder Alika Ahu and Trojans' senior pitcher Zayne Hookala were named Position Player...

Napoleon-Umeda did it all in Honokaa's Division II title march

Senior utility Josyah Napoleon-Umeda was a threat both on the mound and at the plate in the Dragons'...