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Saturday, March 11, 2000
Vulcans edge Owls,
From staff and wire reports
snap losing streakHILO -- Brandon Chaves knocked in Brian Rooke with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting Hawaii-Hilo to a 7-6 win over Rice in a Western Athletic Conference game last night at Wong Stadium.
The win snapped the Vulcans' six-game losing skid, improving their record to 11-16 overall, 2-6 in the WAC. Rice fell to 9-13 and 3-5.
The rubber game of the series was scheduled for noon today in Kailua-Kona.
Rooke had reached base on a one-out single to left, and apparently had been picked off base by Jesse Roman, the third Rice pitcher. But the throw to second by first baseman Derek Michaelis to second was high, allowing Rooke to remain alive.
Chaves then hit a 2-2 pitch just past Owl shortstop Eric Arnold into center field for the game-winner.
Rice had taken an early lead on Jayme Sperring's double and Jerry Van Noy's single in the second, but the Vulcans tied the game off Owl starter Jon Skaggs on a bases-loaded passed ball in the bottom of the inning.
UHH jumped ahead in the fourth on Ryan Peterson's grand slam, his first home run of the year, Rice matched that rally with four runs in the sixth.
The Owls had a chance to go ahead in the ninth, but a one-out triple by Arnold was wasted.
Vulcans 7, Owls 6
RICE AB R H BI HAWAII-HILO AB R H B1 Smith 2b 3 0 2 0 Rooke cf 4 1 2 0 Ghutzman dh 2 0 0 0 Chaves ss 5 0 1 1 Gray cf 5 1 1 0 Ryan 2b 4 0 0 0 Arnold 3b-ss 4 1 2 0 Park 1b 2 1 0 0 Sperring 1b 3 2 2 1 Rayl 1b 1 0 0 0 Roman ph-lf-p 2 0 0 0 Lynch dh 3 1 1 0 Ackal lf 3 1 1 3 Robbins pr 0 0 0 0 Michaelis 1b 0 1 0 0 Hobbs 3b 4 2 3 0 Van Noy rf 4 0 2 1 McCracken c 3 0 0 0 Lukin c 4 0 0 0 Petersen rf 3 2 2 4 Fox ss 3 0 0 0 Miura lf 3 0 0 0 Scott ph 0 0 0 1 Bryan lf 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 6 10 6 Totals 32 7 9 5
Rice 010 004 010 - 6 10 3 Hawaii-Hilo 001 400 101 - 7 9 0 One out when winning run scored.
E-Arnold, Skaggs, Adler.
DP-Rice 1. LOB-Rice 9, UH-Hilo 6.
2B-Arnold, Sperring, Van Noy. 3B-Arnold. HR-Ackal, Petersen. SB-Rooke, Hobbs. CS-Arnold, Miura. S-Ghutzman. SF-Scott.
Rice
IP H R ER BB SO Skaggs 6 6 6 4 3 6 Adler 0 0 0 0 1 0 Roman (L, 0-1) 2-1/3 3 1 1 1 3
Hawaii-Hilo
IP H R ER BB SO Ford 6-2/3 8 5 5 2 10 Shimabuku 1/3 0 1 1 1 0 Siff (W, 1-2) 2 2 0 0 1 2 Skaggs pitched toonr batter in the seventh inning.
Adler pitched to two batters in the seventh inning.
Shimabuku pitched to one batter in the eighth inninh.
WP-Roman, Ford. PB-Lukin. HBP-Arnold (by Shimabuku), Miura (by Adler), Smith (by Siff).
Umpires-Montalbo (plate), Eldridge (first), Rodriguez (third). T-3:16. A-414.
U.H. Hilo
