WAIPAHU — Emerson Frostad had three hits and drove in the go-ahead runs and Ian Kennedy had five strikeouts to help the West Oahu CaneFires rally past the North Shore Honu, 6-3, last night in Hawaii Winter Baseball at Hans L'Orange Park.

But their highlight was knowing that Roger Clemens was in the house. Heck, he was right above them in the press box over their third-base dugout.

"It was neat to have him up in the stands," said Frostad, whose two-run double in the top of the eighth snapped a 2-2 tie.

"It was kind of cool playing in front of him, a future Hall of Famer," said Kennedy, who pitched 2 1/3 hitless and scoreless innings.

The CaneFires (1-1) evened the series at 1 against the Honu (1-1). Tonight's rubber game is set for 6:30.

"We kept it close," Frostad said. "Our pitchers did a good job early. Our offense came around late. Everybody chipped in. It was a good win and it's finally nice to get in the win column."

The Honu took a 2-1 lead into the seventh, but lost the lead in the bottom of the seventh on Chris Rahls' two-out, RBI single.

In the top of the eighth, Sean Kazmar led off with a walk against Ayumu Yamamoto (0-1) and took third when John Otness doubled down the left-field line past a diving third baseman Koby Clemens, Roger's oldest son.

With the infield drawn in, Frostad roped a double to right, scoring two runs to put the CaneFires up, 4-2.

"I was looking for a slider since he threw it 3-0 earlier, so I figured that was his go-to pitch," Frostad said.

After Yasushi Iihara fouled out to first, Will Venable's single sent Frostad to third and ended Yamamoto's night. Zachary Hammes came in and was greeted by a two-run double to center by Brian McFall to make it 6-2.

The Honu got a run in the bottom of the ninth. Clemens led off with a walk against Takashi Maruyama. He took second on a balk, reached third on a wild pitch and scored when Tommy Manzella grounded out to short.

Jarod Plummer (1-0) allowed a hit and a walk with two strikeouts in the bottom of the seventh to get credit for the win.

Kennedy led the way with five strikeouts. His performance was enjoyable for a change. He lost here in February when Hawai'i beat Southern California.

He said he had the flu and sinus problems. Then when he arrived here last week, he had the same problems, but felt better last night.

"For a little bit, I didn't like Hawai'i, but now I really like it tonight," he said. "My arm felt good. It was a good outing."

The Honu took a 2-0 lead in the third when Lorenzo Cain hit an RBI triple and scored on a wild pitch.

The CaneFires got a run back in the fourth on an RBI force at second by Iihara.

BEACHBOYS 4, SHARKS 3

Cole Garner hit a three-run homer in the top of the seventh to tie the score and Taichi Okazaki drove in the go-ahead run with a double in the eighth as the Waikiki BeachBoys rallied past the Honolulu Sharks at Les Murakami Stadium.

The Sharks scored three runs — on Eric Campbell's RBI double, and run-scoring singles by Eric Nielsen and Hisashi Kawata — to take a 3-0 lead in the first.

After giving up three hits and three runs in the first, Adam Asher teamed with Joe Woerman, David Quinowski and Adam Carr to shut down the Sharks.

Reach Stacy Kaneshiro at skaneshiro@honoluluadvertiser.com.