Baldwin baseball downs Maui High, 5-2; Bears at 7-2 on year

The Baldwin High School baseball team salvaged a crucial win Saturday in the finale of its threegame set with Maui High at Maehara Stadium.

With the 5-2 victory, the Bears improved to 7-2 in Maui Interscholastic League Division I play, while the Sabers fell to 5-1 in the 12-game regular season.

Maui High won the first two games of the crosstown series Thursday and Friday with dramatic extra-inning victories.

Freshman Jayden Perry-Waikiki tossed complete-game five-hitter for the Bears, finishing with nine strikeouts, no walks and two hit batsmen. Baldwin overcame a 2-1 deficit with four runs in the top of the fifth inning.

In the first two MIL D-I games on Saturday, Kamehameha Maui improved to 5-1 with 10-7 and 12-0 wins over Lahainaluna (09). The second game of that series was postponed Friday by an auto accident that delayed the Lunas from reaching the stadium on time.

BALDWIN 5, MAUI HIGH 2 Baldwin. 010. 040. 0—5 6. 2

Maui High 010 100. 0—2. 5. 2

Jayden Perry-Waikiki and Anu Chaves; Izaiah Koko, Dawson Nuese (6) and David Vergel de Dios, EJ Ramones (3). 2B— Baldwin, Douglas Mortensen; Maui High, Russell Villanueva.

KAMEHAMEHA MAUI 10 LAHAINALUNA 7

First game

Lahainaluna. 000. 110. 5—7. 7. 6 KS Maui 013. 411. x—10 7. 3

Ty Branco-Gomes, Talan Toshikiyo (3), Branco-Gomes (4), Jarius Nahooikaika-Lopes (6) and Chevus Nahooikaika-Lopes; Micah Torres, Ryder Kapoi (5), Kolten Waikiki-Caldeira (7), Keale Kuluhiwa-Kim (7) and Kaina Cua. W—Torres. L—Branco-Gomes. 2B—Lahainaluna, Chevus Nahooikaika-Lopes, Tyson Keanini; Kamehameha Maui, Ethan Morita.

Leading hitters—Lahainaluna, Dane Markulis 3-5; Keanini run, 3 RBIs. Kamehameha Maui, Morita 2-4, run, RBI; Kili 2-5, run.

KAMEHAMEHA MAUI 12 LAHAINALUNA 0,

Second game

KS Maui 354. 00—12 10. 0 Lahainaluna. 000. 00—0 1. 3

Kaimi Kahalekai and Duke Aloy; Dane Markulis, Chevus Nahooikaika-Lopes (4) and Ty Branco-Gomes. W—Kahalekai. L— Markulis. 3B—Kamehameha Maui, Aloy.

Leading hitters—Kamehameha Maui, Aloy 3-4, 3 runs, 2 RBIs; Kamahao Akima 3-4, 2 runs, RBI.