Hilo, Hawai‘i — The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo baseball team broke into the win column with a 3-1 victory over Hawaii Pacific University but fell in game two 10-6. chance to win a doubleheader today convert when we needed
Hilo, Hawai‘i — The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo baseball team broke into the win column with a 3-1 victory over Hawaii Pacific University but fell in game two 10-6.
chance to win a doubleheader today convert when we needed to,” UHH Head Coach Joey Estrella said. “That was a problem.”
The Vulcans got off to a quick 2-0 lead in game one. Singles by Chris Campbell and David Chu put runners at the corner for Johnny Dudoit’s RBI single. Chu then stole third and scored on a wild throw from the catcher.
Marc Veneri doubled to right field to start the second and eventually scored on Sean Tamura’s sacrifice fly for a 3-0 lead.
Alika Kuraoka homered in the fourth for the Sea Warriors (5-2) lone run.
Hilo’s Chu and HPU’s Kuraoka were the only players to pair hits.
Ryan Olszewski picked up the win with 3.2 innings of work. He game up two hits while walking four and striking out one. Eddie Gutierrez and Kyle Neuberger finished the game combining on giving up one hit while striking out two.
Cruz Hatanaka pitched the complete game for HPU giving up five hits while walking three and striking out three.
“Maybe we got the first one and we got too complacent and thought it would be easier,” Estrella said. “We just didn’t get off to a good start. When you spot a team three runs in the first inning and you want to be successful, that’s not what you want to do.” The Sea Warriors scored three runs with two outs on the board in the first.
The game was tied after the second when the Vulcans tallied three runs on three hits and a Sea Warrior error. A fielder’s choice and singles by Ryan Taiariol and Gary Ahu drove in the runs.
The Vulcans took a two-run lead in the fifth on Johnny Dudoits bases loaded sacrifice fly and Crider’s RBI single.
HPU came back to tie the game in the sixth on three hits and one Vulcan error.
In the first extra inning, Vulcan pitching gave up four walks after the Sea Warriors took a one point lead which eventually, combined with three hits, expanded to a 10-5 lead.
The Vulcans got one run back in the eight on Chu’s sacrifice fly.
Ahu lead the Vulcans with three hits. Tamura and Dudoit added a pair each.
Bryan Daguio, Greg Benoit, Jherell Miller and Chase Nakamura had two hits apiece for the Sea Warriors.
