Kala Ka'aihue is making the best of his second tour in Hawaii Winter Baseball.

The 2003 'Iolani School graduate slugged his first homer of the season in the first inning to ignite the Honolulu Sharks to a 7-2 win against the Waikiki BeachBoys yesterday, completing a two-game series sweep at Les Murakami Stadium.

Although he was with the Sharks in 2006, an injury limited Ka'aihue's playing time. But healthy and coming off a Southern League championship season with the Double-A Mississippi Braves, the right-handed hitting first baseman gave the gathering of 411 something to cheer about when he drilled a full count fastball over the right-field wall for a two-run shot off BeachBoys starter Jeremy Bleich (0-1), a New York Yankees farmhand.

"I was just looking for a fastball over the plate to hit," said Ka'aihue, who was 1 for 4 with a walk. "Got a fastball away, got enough it."

It was his team's first homer of the young season; West Oahu's Miles Durham hit the league's first homer of the season on Saturday at Hans L'Orange Park.

After the BeachBoys (0-2) closed to 2-1 on Todd Frazier's run-scoring double in the bottom of the fourth, the Sharks (2-0) increased their lead with two in the sixth. Designated hitter Michael Taylor, who is 6 feet 6 and 255 pounds, greeted Phillippe-Alexandre Valiquette (Cincinnati Reds) by drilling a 2-1 fastball over the right-center field wall to make it 3-1.

"These first couple days are very, very tough, especially on the hitters not playing for a couple of weeks," said Taylor, who added his parents once lived in Hawai'i for about three years. "These are obviously quality arms, so getting timing down, getting into that natural hitter's rhythm makes it difficult. But you start to feel a little better every day."

Taylor, who played collegiately at Stanford, is in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.

Catcher Lars Davis (Rockies) was the only Shark with multiple hits (2 for 4 with a double and two RBIs).

A pitcher who certainly was ahead of the hitters was Sharks starter Satoshi Nagai, a 5-11, 159-pound right-hander from Japan's Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Obviously still in season form, Nagai (1-0) went four innings, allowing a run, two hits and no walks with four strikeouts. He used 56 pitches against the 15 batters he faced.

"It worked out for us because he gave us some quality innings," said Sharks manager Stu Cole, who managed the Colorado Rockies' Double-A Tulsa Drillers the past three seasons. "When you come in a league like this and have a guy already conditioned to give you four or maybe five innings, it's good for your club."

Because there is about a three- to four-week break after the minor league seasons, it's not unusual for pitchers from the American minors to start with two- or three-inning outings at the start of the league. But Cole said he was told that Nagai was a pitcher who could be extended.

Nagai held the BeachBoys hitless through three innings. James McOwen (Seattle Mariners) led off the fourth with a single, stole second and, two outs later, scored on the double by Frazier, the only BeachBoy with multiple hits (2 for 4).

"He (Nagai) really attacked the strike zone down," Cole said. "He used his off-speed pitches well to keep them off-balanced. He only got in trouble that one inning, but he threw strikes, got ahead in the count."

Jonny Venters (Braves) followed with two innings, allowing a run, with Chris Kissock (Phillies) following with two scoreless innings. David Patton (Rockies), who pitched for the BeachBoys last season, pitched a perfect ninth.

The league takes today off, but resumes play tomorrow through Thursday with all games at Hans L'Orange Park.

The Sharks and Honu play at 3 p.m. with the CaneFires and BeachBoys scheduled for 7 p.m. each day.

HONOLULU (2-0) 200 002 120—7 6 1

WAIKIKI (0-2) 000 101 000—2 5 1

Satoshi Nagai, Jonny Venters (5), Chris Kissock (7), David Patton (9) and Lars Davis. Jeremy Bleich, Jordan Pratt (3), Phillipe-Alexandre Valiquette (6), David Pfeiffer (8), Blake Parker (9) and Austin Romime. W — Nagai (1-0). L — Bleich (0-1).

Leading hitters — Honolulu: Lars Davis 2-4, double, RBI; Kala Ka'aihue 1-4, home run, 2 RBIs; Michael Taylor 1-4, home run. Waikiki: Todd Frazier, 2-4, double, RBI; Alfredo Silverio 1-3, double.West Oahu 6, North Shore 3: Ryosuke Eguchi (0-1) was tagged for three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning as the CaneFires (2-0) rallied from a 3-2 deficit after five innings against the Honu (0-2) yesterday at Hans L'Orange Park in Waipahu.

West Oahu got RBI singles from Brian Friday (Pittsburgh Pirates) and Cyle Hankerd (Arizona Diamondbacks) and a sacrifice fly from Chris Hatcher (Florida Marlins) in the decisive eighth against Eguchi (Chiba Lotte Marines).

Orioles' farmhand Cliff Flagello (1-0) was the beneficiary of the rally when he pitched a scoreless top of the eighth. Moises Robles (Pirates) pitched a perfect ninth for his first save.

Kyle Peter (Detroit Tigers) and Logan Schafer (Milwaukee Brewers) had two hits each for the CaneFires. Kurt Mertins (Kansas City Royals) went 3 for 4 for the Honu, who had six hits.

NORTH SHORE (0-2) 030 000 000—3 6 3

WEST OAHU (2-0) 011 001 03X—6 10 2

Sang Hwa Lee, Dustin Richardson (4), Chris Hicks (6), Ryosuke Eguchi (7) and Sung Woo Jang. Kyle Bloom, Brian Parker (4), Harrison Bishop (6), Chris Salberg (7), Cliff Flagello (8), Moises Robles (9) and James Skelton. W—Flagello. L—Eguchi. S—Robles.

Leading hitters—NorthShore: Kurt Mertins 3-4. West Oahu: Tyler Henson double; Miles Durham 2-4; Logan Schafer 2-4, double, 2 runs; Kyle Peter 2-3.