Every time Rapid City, S.D. (Mid-West), had a rally on Monday, Waipahu, Hawaii (West), answered. To be more precise, Kainoa Fong and Keelen Obedoza answered. Waipahu’s eight and nine hitters combined to go 4-for-4, score four times and knock in three runners in the Hawaii champions’ 6-4 victory over Rapid City. Fong and Obedoza reached base every time they came to the plate and had a hand in every Waipahu run.

!http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/38-20646/double-play.jpg?blogID=8913&blogPostID=9675|height=260|style=padding:8px;|align=left|width=307|src=http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/38-20646/double-play.jpg?blogID=8913&blogPostID=9675!Waipahu has clinched Pool B’s No. 1 seed and will play Wednesday at 8 p.m. against either Mill Creek, Wash., Jeffersonville, Ind., or Hagerstown, Md. The opponent will be determined Tuesday. Waipahu broke on top in the second inning when Fong’s double knocked home Caleb Duhay. After Rapid City responded with three runs in the fourth inning, Fong singled and Obedoza walked to get a Waipahu rally started. After the two went to third on an error, Khade Peters knocked them both home with a single. Pikai Winchester later singled home Peters to give Waipahu a 4-3 lead.

Rapid City struck back with a Cale Fierro to tie the game in the fifth. That stage for Fong’s and Obedoza’s final heroics. Fong singled to open the bottom of the fifth – his third hit – then Obedoza hit his first home run of the World Series to give Waipahu a 6-4 win. Obedoza then came in to shut down Rapid City 1-2-3 to pick up a save. Rapid City finished its first LLWS 0-3, but had its best showing on Tuesday in its final game.

*BOX SCORE

Rapid City, S.D. 000 310 – 4 4 3

Waipahu, Hawaii 010 32x – 6 9 1*

  W – Jedd Andrade (1-0). L – Jesse Riddle (0-1). S – Keelen Obedoza. 2B – Kainoa Fong (W), Pikai Winchester (W). HR – Cale Fierro (RC), Obedoza (W).

Pool B Records – Rapid City 0-3, Waipahu 3-0.