Maui Na Koa Ikaika Rally Past San Rafael Pacifics 3-1
August 21 2012 Maui Na Koa Ikaika scored three runs in the ninth inning to rally past the San Rafael Pacifics 3-1. The Pacifics held a 1-0 lead after scoring once in the seventh, but Maui delivered the decisive offensive push in the final inning.
Nick Valdez led Maui with two hits including a double and one RBI. Waylen Sing Chow, Kalaika Kahoohalahala and Alan Rick also recorded hits, with Rick adding a double. Jose M. Sanchez drove in Maui’s other run. San Rafael collected six hits, led by Darrick Hale and Maikel Jova with two apiece. Bunyu Maeda scored the Pacifics’ lone run and Will Wright had the team’s only RBI.
Jessie Smith held San Rafael scoreless over six innings, allowing four hits while striking out five and walking one. Yoshihiro Doi earned the win after allowing one run on two hits in two innings, and Victor Ferrante recorded the save with a scoreless ninth. San Rafael starter Jesse Garcia worked three scoreless innings with four strikeouts, but Matthew Stabelfeld took the loss after surrendering three runs on three hits in the ninth.