HILO — Waiakea senior left-hander Quintin Torres-Costa’s first start of the season was a five-inning, no-hit gem — boosted with enough offense for a second straight mercy-rule victory at the Warriors’ field, which went from water-logged to playable in a
HILO — Waiakea senior left-hander Quintin Torres-Costa’s first start of the season was a five-inning, no-hit gem — boosted with enough offense for a second straight mercy-rule victory at the Warriors’ field, which went from water-logged to playable in a short period of time.
Torres-Costa struck out seven and walked three, while Kodi Medeiros racked up three RBIs to spark Waiakea over Keaau 11-1 in a Big Island Interscholastic Federation Division I baseball game on Saturday.
Adrian Huff broke up the combined no-hit bid with a one-out single off Medeiros in the sixth. Jonathan Segovia followed with an RBI single, scoring Traysyn Waltjen, who was hit by a pitch. Medeiros, a sophomore left-hander, struck out the next two batters to end the inning.
After giving up a run, Medeiros immediately got it back in the bottom of the sixth with a lead-off, inside-the-park solo homer, a screaming liner to right field that rolled down the hill. He finished 2-for-4. Korin Medeiros had a hit with two RBIs, and Kean Wong was 2-for-2 with an RBI and three stolen bases.
“I felt confident and real comfortable and was seeing the ball come in,” Kodi Medeiros said. “That was my first homer. I reacted and got a good line-drive hit. Like in practice, anyone who hits it down the hill, it’s pretty much a home run. It felt great.”
Maleko Remlinger went 3 2/3 innings in the loss, allowing six runs on four hits and striking out two. Cody Silva pitched 1 1/3 innings ,and Keha Wong recorded an out in the sixth, when Alika Guillermo’s RBI single scored the final run.
Remlinger fired goose eggs through two innings before hurting himself with a pair of back-to-back hit batters in the third. It was the same thing in the fourth.
After two hit batters, Wong bunted for a base hit, and Korin Medeiros followed with a sacrifice fly. Kodi Medeiros, the fourth hitter in the lineup, cleaned up with a two-run double. It was 3-0, and Waiakea’s bats were getting warmed up.
Remlinger beaned back-to-back hitters the next inning, and Matt Camacho followed with a single to load the bases. Torres-Costa slapped a comebacker to Remlinger, whose errant throw home led to a run. Wong hit a sacrifice fly, and Korin Medeiros walloped a run-scoring double for a 6-0 cushion.
The Cougars (1-1) had a chance to scratch Torres-Costa in the third when he walked the first two hitters. After a sacrifice to advance the runners, Waltjen put down a safety squeeze bunt on an 0-1 count, but the ball rolled foul. If fair with the soggy grass, a run would have easily scored.
He bunted again on an 0-2 count and was called out for runner’s interference after colliding with first baseman Kylen Uyeda. Torres-Costa got a flyout to end the inning, and that was as good as it got for Keaau’s scoring chances against the hard-throwing lefty, who whiffed three over the next two innings to complete his mound work.
“I felt smooth. I try to stay smooth, and it’ll come,” Torres-Costa said. “I was half of it. You also need a good catcher, and Kean is a good catcher. I have to give him credit for calling a good game.”
Keaau 000 001 — 1 2 2
Waiakea 003 332 — 11 8 0
c Kamehameha-Hawaii 22, Pahoa 2: Kaimana Moike batted 3-for-3 with four RBIs, Gideon Kalili had three RBIs, Nainoa Hart and Jordan Hirae were each 2-for-2, and Chay Toson was 2-for-3 to lead the Warriors (1-1).
Bronson Pulgados pitched three innings for the win, striking out seven. He walked two and allowed two hits. Jaston Eleneki tossed two scoreless innings in relief.
Kayden Cox Pacheco pitched two innings in the loss for the Daggers (0-2).
Pahoa 200 00 — 2 2 10
KS-Hawaii 27(11) 2x — 22 13 0
c Hilo 22, Ka‘u 3: Koa Matson collected two hits and five RBIs in Pahala as the Vikings improved to 2-0.
Keenan Nishioka also had two hits for Hilo, and Conrad Kauffman struck out two in two innings to pick up the victory.
Daellan Kai pitched three innings and took the loss for the Trojans (0-2).
Hilo 169 60 — 22 10
Ka‘u 000 03 — 3 5
c Konawaena 8, Honokaa 7 (12 innings): Sophomore Evyn Yamaguchi hit a go-ahead home run in the top of the 12th as defending BIIF Division II champion Konawaena began its season with a victory on the road.
Junior Ryan Torres-Torioka pitched eight innings in relief of junior Jarrett Kitaoka to get the victory. He allowed one run on seven hits, striking out seven while throwing 98 pitches.
Kitaoka gave up five runs on six hits, striking out three and walking one for the Wildcats (1-0).
Senior Haku Daniels, the sixth of seven Dragons pitchers, took the loss. Ikena Juan, Lloyd Edwards, Makani Dias, Dylan Shiraki, Robbie Abran and Damien Kaluhimoku also took the mound for Honokaa (0-2).
Offensively, senior Makana Canda was 4-for-8 and scored a run, while Kitaoka and junior Domonic Morris each went 3-for-6.
Kaluhimoku and Kazu Tolentino both went 3-for-3 for Honokaa, while Dias was 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs.
Austin Jardine and Kaniala DeCoito also had two hits apiece for Honokaa.
c Hawaii Prep 6, Kealakehe 3: No further information on this contest was available at press time.
West Hawaii Today’s Joe Ferraro contributed to this report.
