North Hawaii’s Aiden Joaquin loves to strike batters out. He said so after his dominating performance against Hilo in the District 4 Minors (8-10 year-olds) Little League baseball tournament, which kicked off Friday at Old Airport Park.
With seven strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings of work, Joaquin helped lead North Hawaii to an 18-2 rout in the first round and a date with top-seeded Kona in the second round of the tourney at 10 a.m. today.
North Hawaii jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the top of the first inning, allowing Joaquin plenty of leeway on the hill.