HONOLULU - The Baldwin High School baseball team took an early lead and made it stand up in defeating Kamehameha Kapalama 5-3 on Wednesday in a Wally Yonamine Foundation Division I State Championship quarterfinal at Iolani.
Seabury Hall was sent to the consolation bracket of the Division II tournament after losing 12-2 in five innings to Maryknoll at Hans L'Orange Field.
Maui High lost 5-1 to Pearl City in a D-I consolation game at Les Murakami Stadium and was eliminated from the tournament.
Noah Apolo pitched a complete game for the Bears (14-1), allowing two earned runs on five hits. He struck out six batters and walked two.
Baldwin scored twice before Kamehameha batted, and added three runs in the second inning.
The Maui Interscholastic League champions will play Hilo in the semifinals today.
Fact Box
State Baseball Championships
Division I
Wednesday's Results
Consolation
At Les Murakami Stadium
Moanalua 5, Maui High 3
Quarterfinals
At Les Murakami Stadium
Waiakea 5, Castle 3
Pearl City 3, Mid-Pacific Institute 1
Hilo 3, Kailua 2
At Iolani School
Baldwin 5, Kamehameha Kapalama 3
Today's Games
Consolation
At Hans L'Orange Field
Punahou vs. Kaiser, 2 p.m.
Kailua vs. Kamehameha Kapalama, 4:30 p.m.
Mid-Pacific Institute vs. Castle, 7 p.m.
Semifinals
At Les Murakami Stadium
Pearl City vs. Waiakea, 4 p.m.
Hilo vs. Baldwin, 7 p.m.
Friday's Games
At Les Murakami Stadium
Fifth place, 11 a.m.
Third place, 1:30 p.m.
Championship, 7 p.m.
At Hans L'Orange Field
Consolation final, 11:30 a.m.
Division II
Wednesday's Results
Quarterfinals
At Hans L'Orange Field
Kamehameha Hawaii 8, Kalaheo 3
Maryknoll 12, Seabury Hall 2, 5 innings
Waimea 5, Waialua 1
Waipahu 6, Konawaena 0
Today's Games
Consolation
At Hans L'Orange Field
Waialua vs. Kalaheo, 9 a.m.
Konawaena vs. Seabury Hall, 11:30 a.m.
Semifinals
At Les Murakami Stadium
Waimea vs. Kamehameha Hawaii, 10 a.m.
Waipahu vs. Maryknoll, 1 p.m.
Friday's Games
At Les Murakami Stadium
Third place, 8:30 a.m.
Championship, 4 p.m.
At Hans L'Orange Field
Fifth place, 9 a.m.
"Whoever made it to the state tournament, we knew they were all going to be pretty good baseball programs," said Bears coach Jon Viela.
Baldwin's Branden Kaupe was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run. Daul-ton Cabacungan scored twice.
Alii Pedrina had two hits for the Warriors (15-4).
Seabury Hall led 2-0 after the first inning, but Maryknoll scored once in the second and again in the third, then added four runs in the fourth and ended the game with a six-run fifth.
Ryan Nakamura had three RBIs for Maryknoll (8-8-1).
Cayde Omura had two hits for Seabury (8-2), the MIL's lone D-II representative, which will face Konawaena today for a berth in the fifth-place game.
Kristian Yap tripled and drove in three runs for Moana-lua (12-5).
Maui High finishes its season 8-8.
| BALDWIN 5, KAMEHAMEHA KAPALAMA 3 | ||||||
| Baldwin | 230 | 000 | 0—5 | 7 | 4 | |
| KS Kapalama | 000 | 120 | 0—3 | 5 | 4 | |
| Noah Apolo and Isaiah Maddela. Trey Smith, Nick Young (1), Pookela Benanua and Moku Kukonu. W—Apolo. L—Smith. | ||||||
| MARYKNOLL 12, SEABURY HALL 2 | ||||||
| 5 INNINGS | ||||||
| Seabury Hall | 200 | 00 | — | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Maryknoll | 011 | 46 | — | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| Kalei Hendershot, Brandon Crowe (5), Kaleb Palmer (5) and Palmer, Hendershot (5). Aaron Tom and Blaine Hokama. W—Tom. L—Hendershot. 3B—Maryknoll, Darren Lau. 2B—Seabury Hall, Tyler Gentile. Maryknoll, Jed Andrade. | ||||||
| MOANALUA 5, MAUI HIGH 3 | ||||||
| Maui High | 030 | 000 | 0—3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Moanalua | 200 | 030 | 0—5 | 4 | 0 |
Alistair Reynolds, T.J. Molina (2), Noah Keolanui (6) and Jaylan Suda. Bryson Yasui, Jorden Takushi (4), Brandon Mow (6), Tyler Fujimoto (6) and Jordaan Salas. W-Takushi. L-Molina. 3B-Moanalua, Kristian Yap. 2B-Moanalua, Yasui.
