Noah Apolo hit a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Baldwin High School baseball team a 2-1 extra-inning victory over Maui High on Thursday night at Maehara Stadium.
Apolo also pitched a complete game, striking out seven while giving up just one run on five hits and a walk to help the Bears (9-1) move one win away from clinching the Maui Interscholastic League Division I regular-season title.
Isaiah Maddela batted 2-for-3 and Aaron Victorino drove in Baldwin's other run in the fifth inning.
Sabers starter Noah Kolish went the distance, giving up nine hits and a pair of walks while striking out eight.
Jacob Tiu tripled and scored the lone run for Maui High (7-3) in the first inning, driven in on a sacrifice fly by Mark Karaviotis, who finished 2-for-3 with a double.
* LAHAINALUNA 2, KAMEHAMEHA MAUI 1: At Maehara Stadium, Kaimana Ancog held Kamehameha Maui to two hits and one run as Lahainaluna improved to 3-8.
Fact Box
MIL Standings
| DIVISION I | ||||
| W | L | Pct | GB | |
| Baldwin | 9 | 1 | .900 | — |
| Maui High | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2 |
| King Kekaulike | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5 |
| Kamehameha Maui | 3 | 8 | .272 | 6-1/2 |
| Lahainaluna | 3 | 8 | .272 | 6-1/2 |
| DIVISION II | ||||
| W | L | Pct | GB | |
| Seabury Hall | 5 | 1 | .833 | — |
| Molokai | 5 | 1 | .833 | — |
| St. Anthony | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4 |
| Lanai | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4 |
Thursday's Results
Lahainaluna 2, Kamehameha Maui 1
Baldwin 2, Maui High 1, 8 innings
Today's Games
Maui High vs. Baldwin at Maehara Stadium, 3:30 p.m.
Seabury Hall vs. King Kekaulike at Eddie Tam Field (exhibition), 3:30 p.m.
Kamehameha Maui vs. Lahainaluna at Maehara Stadium, 6 p.m.
Marcus Badua scored both runs for the Lunas, the first on an error in the second inning and the second on an RBI single by J.R. Kenolio-Dusenberry in the fourth.
The Warriors fell to 3-8.
BALDWIN 2, MAUI HIGH 1, 8 INNINGS
Maui High ..... 100 ..... 000 ..... 00-1 ..... 5 ..... 0
Baldwin ..... ....000 ..... 010 ..... 01-2 ..... 9 ..... 0
Noah Kolish and Jaylen Suda. Noah Apolo and Isaiah Maddela. W-Apolo. L-Kolish. 3B-Maui High, Jacob Tiu. 2B-Maui High, Mark Karaviotis; Baldwin, Aaron Victorino.
LAHAINALUNA 2, KAMEHAMEHA MAUI 1
KS Maui ............. 001 ..... 000 ..... 0-1 .... 2 ..... 2
Lahainaluna ..... 010 ..... 100 ..... x-2 ..... 4 ..... 2
Jarred Pulido and Tyler Harry. Kaimana Ancog and J.R. Kenolio-Dusenberry. W-Ancog. L-Pulido.
