Tuesday, March 24, 1998
By George F. Lee, Star-Bulletin
Hawaii's Kamuela Binkie was the winning pitcher in
the Rainbows' 17-3 victory over Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo.
Rainbows roll
Hawaii cruises past Cal Poly-
By Al Chase
San Luis Obispo in the Rainbow
Easter baseball tournament
Star-BulletinUniversity of Hawaii head baseball coach Les Murakami hoped the 23rd Rainbow Easter Tournament would afford him the opportunity to give his reserves more playing time.
Last night he was able to use 15 position players and six pitchers, although the latter was more out of necessity.
The Rainbows (21-11) and Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo (7-23) were coming off tough weekend conference series, leaving them with a noticeable void -- starting pitching: The 10 hurlers in Hawaii's 17-3 victory at Rainbow Stadium last night had pitched strictly in relief this season.
"He (Cal Poly head coach Ritch Price) didn't have any pitching and we didn't either. Seems like we got better down the line pitching," Murakami said.
But the Rainbows won the battle of the bullpens because their pitchers were more adept at finding the strike zone. UH allowed three walks, and the Mustangs walked 12 batters, eight of which scored. They also hit five UH batters.
"That was the key, throwing strikes," Murakami said. "We've had such rough games the last month. I think you kind of look forward to something like this."
The Rainbows also collected 17 hits, their second highest total of the season.
Jamie Aloy and Darren Blakely each had three hits, and Michael Dartt and Joe Whitsett had a pair of safeties.
Hawaii turned a 3-1 lead into a 9-1 advantage with a six-run third inning. From then on, only the final score was in question.
In the third inning, Lars Hansen had an RBI triple, Dartt an RBI double and Tracy Nakano a two-run single.
Murakami experimented by starting freshman Brandon Martin at second base. Martin played some shortstop in high school, but usually plays the outfield.
"He's got some juice (at the plate) and I just wanted to try him," Murakami said. "He's a hungry player and I don't want him to get rusty."
By George F. Lee, Star-Bulletin
Michael Dartt slides safely into home plate.
Martin had a strange night at the plate. He walked three times, twice was hit by a pitch and singled home two runs in his only official at-bat in the seventh."It's tough to go from the outfield to the infield," Martin said. "It's the long throw versus the short throw. I've just got to take my time and be smooth."
Aloy will start on the mound for UH in tonight's game against Lewis-Clark State, with Patrick McNair scheduled to start against the University of Hawaii at Hilo tomorrow.
Freshman right-hander Gavin Garrick pitched one inning, allowing a hit and fanning two.
Garrick is still trying to recapture his form. He was throwing in the high 80s and low 90s (mph) before suffering an injury during his junior year in high school.
"He's worked real hard to regain his strength. He's ahead of the game," UH pitching coach Carl Furutani said. "He had good command of his breaking pitch tonight. Right now it's good for his confidence to have one good inning."
Lewis-Clark State 9, Nebraska 3: The Warriors (16-6) used three doubles, a triple and Kendrick Wallace's two-run single to score six runs in a fourth-inning rally.
The Cornhuskers (7-7) took a 2-0 lead in the first on triples by Bryan Schmidt and Ken Harvey and Cliff Durham's groundout.
UHH took control with a four-run sixth inning. Scott Wallis and Clinton Vaughan started the uprising with doubles. Vaughan stole home on the front end of a double steal and Shaye Miura and Layne Takahashi knocked in runs.
Dusty Bean had two hits for the Raiders (10-7).
Lewis-Clark St. 000 601 001--9 9 0 Nebraska 200 000 100--3 6 3Clint Cameron, Ryan Baerlocher (7) and Barry Larson; Jay Sirianni, Jarod Bearinger (7), Brian Zubor (8), Matt Tomlin (9) and Brian Johnson, Andy Sawyers (8). W--Cameron (4-0). L--Sirianni (2-2).Leading hitters--LCS: Ryan Riley, 3b, 2 RBIs; Larson, 2b; Brian Flanagan, 2b; Brian Nannini, 2b; Toby Cheff, HR, Steve Rawson, 2b, 2 RBIs; Kendrick Wallace, 3-4, 2b, 3 RBIs. Neb: Ken Harvey, 2-5, 3b; Bryan Schmidt, 3b.
Wright State 000 000 000--0 5 2 Hawaii-Hilo 001 004 00x--5 12 0Corey Ellis, Chris Bedford (6), Scott Blair (7), John Duncan (8) and Jason Cohill; Tyler Yates and Clinton Vaughan. W--Yates (2-1). L--ELlis (1-3).Leading hitters--WS: Dusty Bean, 2-3; Brian Bautsch, 2b. UHH: Adam Cancellieri, 2-5; Layne Takahashi, 3-5; Scott Wallis, 2-3, 2b; Vaughan, 2b.
Rainbow Easter
baseball tournament
Hawaii-Hilo vs. Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, 2:30 p.m.
Lewis-Clark St.-UH, 6:35 p.m.
Box Score
Cal Poly-SLO Hawaii ab r h bi ab r h bi Watt cf 0 1 0 0 Millichap lf 2 1 1 1 Cassanego cf 2 0 0 0 Whitsett lf 3 0 2 3 Hageman ss 3 1 2 0 Honma rf 2 2 1 1 S. Wood 1b 2 0 0 2 Chan 2b 2 0 0 0 Osorio 1b 1 0 0 0 Aloy 1b 5 2 3 0 Brady rf 4 0 1 0 Konishi 1b 0 0 0 0 Barringer lf-cf 4 0 0 0 Nakano dh 3 0 1 2 Bland dh 3 1 0 0 Takamori dh 3 0 0 0 Ritter 3b 4 0 1 0 Wheeler 3b 1 0 0 0 Reisman 2b 3 0 0 0 Perreira 3b 1 2 1 0 Obenour ph 1 0 0 0 Blakely cf 5 2 3 2 Sheldon c 3 0 0 1 Martin 2b-rf 1 2 1 2 Stegmaier c 2 1 1 1 Dartt ss 5 3 2 2 Totals 30 3 4 3 Totals 38 17 17 16 Cal Poly-SLO 100 001 100--3 4 2 Hawaii 216 100 61x--17 17 2E--Brady (4), Ritter (12), Merritt (1), Perreira (6), Dartt (17).DP--CPSLO 3 (Reisman-Hageman-Wood, Hageman-Reisman-Wood, Hageman-Reisman), UH 1 (Martin-Dartt-Aloy). LOB--CPSLO 6, UH 14.
2B--Hageman (4), Whitsett (3), Aloy (8), Dartt (2). 3B--Millichap (1), Hansen (3). SB--Watt (6). S--Hageman (2). SF--Sheldon (1).
IP H R ER BB SO Merritt (L, 1-1) 2-1/3 5 6 6 6 1 Diaz 0 3 3 3 2 0 Workman 4-1/3 8 7 7 4 2 Linquist 1-1/3 1 1 1 0 2 Binkie (W, 4-1) 2 0 1 1 1 1 Watterson 2 1 0 0 1 1 Garrick 1 1 0 0 0 2 Baptista 2 2 2 1 1 3 Mackenzie 1 0 0 0 0 2 Jones 1 0 0 0 0 2Diaz pitched to six batters in the third.WP--Diaz, Baptista 2. PB--Sheldon. Balk--Merritt. HBP--Wheeler (by Diaz), S. Wood (by Watterson), Martin and Konishi (by Workman), Perreira and Martin (By Linquist).
Umpires--Montalbo (plate), Torres (bases).
T--3:32. A--1,229.
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