Kubasaki third baseman Lukas Gaines awaits the throw to tag out American School In Japan's Joey Schulz during Friday's inter-district baseball game. The Dragons edged the host Mustangs 2-1. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
W — Luka Koja 7 IP (6 H, 3 ER, 5 BB, 6 SO); L — Keito White 2 IP (2 H, ER, BB, SO). Batting — Dragons: Julian Hall 3-4 (SB), Andrew Welte (2 RBI); Trojans: Rhino Aumua (3B, 2 RBI). Noteworthy — Trojans lost for only the second time in 14 games. The Dragons improved to 9-4 in the first of four games slated over the weekend at American School In Japan.
Kubasaki 2, American School In Japan 1
Friday at Tokyo
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3rd
4th
5th
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1
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4
1
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W — Hall 5 IP (2 H, 0 ER, 6 BB, SO, HBP); L — Daiya Kaneko 5 IP (4 H, 2 ER, 5 BB, 5 SO, 3 HBP). Batting — Dragons: Nick Adams (2 RBI); Mustangs: Jack O’Neill 2-2, Toshi Odaira (3 SB). Noteworthy — Adams’ two-out single to left field drove in Koja with the go-ahead run. In the two games, Adams and Welte each were hit by three pitches.
Kubasaki right-hander Julian Hall delivers against American School In Japan during Friday's inter-district baseball game. The Dragons edged the Mustangs 2-1. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
American School In Japan’s Billy Freund tries to tag Kubasaki’s Skylar Waltz diving back to first base during Friday’s inter-district baseball game. The Dragons edged the Mustangs 2-1. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Zama's Kierstyn Aumua gets the throw to erase a Kubasaki runner on a force out at second base during Friday's inter-division, inter-district baseball game. The Dragons beat the Trojans 6-4. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Zama's Blaeson Moore dives back to first base ahead of the pickoff throw to Kubasaki's Andrew Welte during Friday's inter-division, inter-district baseball game. The Dragons beat the Trojans 6-4. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Zama's Hiroki Davis slides in safely ahead of the tag by Kubasaki third baseman Brayden Milam during Friday's inter-division, inter-district baseball game. The Dragons beat the Trojans 6-4. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Kubasaki left hander Luka Koja delivers against Zama during Friday's inter-district baseball game. The Dragons beat the Trojans 6-4. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Kubasaki catcher Ryder Beaudoin turns to tag out American School In Japan's Kento Yan during Friday's inter-district baseball game. The Dragons edged the host Mustangs 2-1. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
W — Brinlynn Hardt 4 IP (0 H, BB, 7 SO); L — Gabrielle Lujan 2 IP (H, 11 R, 7 BB). Batting — Panthers: Hardt 3-3 (2B, 3 RBI), Brianni Soto 3-3 (3 RBI), Morgen Piehl 2-2 (2 RBI). Noteworthy — Panthers, who finished second in the league playoffs last season, opened with veteran right-hander Hardt tossing a no-hitter.
Dave Ornauer has been employed by or assigned to Stars and Stripes Pacific almost continuously since March 5, 1981. He covers interservice and high school sports at DODEA-Pacific schools and manages the Pacific Storm Tracker.
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