Naturally, Hilo’s Nobu Yamauchi RBI team primarily draws talent from East Hawaii. All but two players either attend Hilo High or Waiakea, and another goes to Kamehameha.
That by no means makes Konawaena’s Steven Texeira an outsider. Texeira more than represented his side of the island Saturday, pitching 6 1/3 solid innings as the Hawaii Juniors beat Atlanta 3-1 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati to finish pool play undefeated at the RBI World Series.
“We needed Stevie to step up, and he gave us what we really needed,” coach Tony De Sa said.
Combined with a 15-10 victory against Pawtucket earlier in the day, Hawaii earned the top seed in the West division and will play Baltimore, the No.