The Kamehameha Schools – Hawai‘i baseball team has been unstoppable so far this season, and claimed another victim, downing Pahoa High 11-0 as pitcher Shiloh Santos threw a no-hitter on Thursday afternoon at Walter Victor Baseball Complex in Hilo.
The game got off to a slow start as neither team managed to plate any runs in the first two innings.
The Warriors got the bats going and capitalized on errors during the top third tinning to take a 5-0 lead. Braden Gomes led off with a double, Kubojiri reached on an error and then, Kawelu batted in Gomes and Kubojiri stole home. Dominic Christensen singled and Noah Palea hit a two-run double before getting batted in by Keagan Pacheco — who reached second after grounding into an infield error.
Santos nearly threw an immaculate inning in the bottom third, whiffing two batters and fanning one — throwing nine strikes and two balls.
Though Pahoa couldn’t keep the Warriors off base in the top fourth, they kept them from plating anymore runs and Tripp Kahsen notched his third strikeout on the outing.
KSH’s infield locked the Daggers down in the bottom of the fourth inning — outing Pahoa’s batters on a groundout from first to Santos, a flyout to first and another groundout from Santos to first. The Daggers got the Warriors right back in the top fifth, as Kahsen struck out their leadoff and the next two batters flew out to the outfield.
In the bottom frame, Santos recorded two more strikeouts — one looking and one swinging — before the next batter grounded out.
KSH plated two more runs in the top of the sixth inning as Christensen batted in Kubojiri with a single before getting batted in by Palea’s single. Santos threw his second three-strikeout frame in the bottom sixth, punching out one batter and fanning two on nine strikes and four balls.
The Warriors plated another four runs in the top seventh, three of which came courtesy of Christensen — who hit a three-run homer over the left fence.
Now at 6-0 overall and 4-0 in BIIF Division II play — the current best record in BIIF baseball — KSH will host its next, and final, two DII matchups, starting with Ka‘u High (3-1) on Tuesday. After playing Honoka‘a High on March 30, KSH will cap off its regular season in April with games against Waiakea High and Hilo High.
At 2-2, Pahoa will look to move to a winning record at its next outing — next Thursday at Konawaena High (1-2).