WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Hawaii could do no wrong and New York could get no hits in the Little League World series winner’s bracket quarterfinals on Friday.

Through two games in the LLWS, the Honolulu Little League All-Stars have the appearance of a juggernaut, and the perception as the team to beat, after they ended another game via mercy rule — this time a 12-0 win over the team from the Massapequa Coast on Long Island.

The five-inning combined no-hitter was the first such outcome for a Hawaii team in the LLWS, according to ESPN on its broadcast. It was also the largest margin of victory in a game for the islands’ 11- and 12-year-olds in the history of the event.

Hawaii has three LLWS championships to date: 2005, 2008 and 2018. The last was led by Gerald Oda, the manager who returned this year. But he missed his second straight game after contracting COVID-19, and his brother, Keith Oda, once again took over. He oversaw Honolulu's 11-1, five-inning rout of Washington on Wednesday.

Honolulu advanced to Monday’s 1 p.m. winner’s bracket semifinal against Pearland, Texas, an 8-3 winner over Hollidaysburg, Penn., on Thursday.

New York had no answers for Honolulu ace Jaron Lancaster, who walked two and struck out seven in three innings, and Cohen Sakamoto, who fanned four in two innings of relief.

Meanwhile, the All-Stars’ lineup continued to churn out big hits. Kekoa Payanal led off the game with a home run and Honolulu finished with four long balls: two by Payanal and one each by Lancaster and Esaiah Wong.

New York starter Joey Lionetti, who threw a solo no-hitter in his team's win to clinch the Metro Region, was chased after two innings. New York's numerous fans from the adjacent state were silenced early Friday, and the ESPN broadcast team continued to search for ways to describe the lopsided affair.

Wong struck out with the bases loaded in the top of the fifth, the only time a Hawaii batter went down on strikes in the game. 

“That’s a really good team and they got dominated tonight,” baseball analyst Tim Kurkjian said.

Brian McInnis covers the state’s sports scene for Spectrum News Hawaii.