RAINBOW BASEBALL PLAYBOOK
25th Rainbow
Easter Tournament
Teams: Hawaii Rainbows, Lewis-Clark State Warriors, Pepperdine Waves, Winthrop Eagles.
Schedule-Mon: Winthrop vs. Pepperdine, 2:30 p.m.; Lewis-Clark State vs. Hawaii, 6:37 p.m. ... Tues: Pepperdine vs. Lewis-Clark State, 2:30 p.m.; Winthrop vs. Hawaii, 6:37 p.m. ... Wed: Lewis-Clark State vs. Winthrop, 2:30 p.m.; Pepperdine vs. Hawaii, 6:37 p.m. ... Thur: Winthrop vs. Pepperdine, 2:30 p.m.; Lewis-Clark State vs. Hawaii, 6:37 p.m. ... Fri: Pepperdine vs. Lewis-Clark State, 2:30 p.m.; Winthrop vs. Hawaii, 6:37 p.m. ... Sat: Lewis-Clark State vs. Winthrop, 2:30 p.m.; Pepperdine vs. Hawaii, 6:37 p.m. ... Sun: Third place, 4th seed vs. 3rd seed, 11 a.m.; Championship, 2nd seed vs. 1st seed, 3:07 p.m. (Rainbows play at 3:07 p.m. no matter where they are seeded).
Coaches: Hawaii, Les Murakami, 30th season (1,067-555-4, .657); Lewis-Clark State, Ed Cheff, 24th season (1,177-320-2, 786); Pepperdine, Frank Sanchez, 4th season (127-73, .635); Winthrop, Joe Hudak, 16th season (453-313-4, .591)
Season: UH (16-13); Lewis-Clark State (24-4); Pepperdine (16-10); Winthrop (18-12).
Series record: Hawaii has never played Winthrop. UH leads the series with Pepperdine, 6-2, and with Lewis-Clark State, 8-7.
Top position players: UH, Kenn Wakakuwa, Sr. C (.393, 2 HR, 23 RBIs); Jamie Aloy Sr. 1B (.365, 6 RBIs); Scooter Martines Jr. LF (.321, 13 RBIs) ... Lewis-Clark State, Elliott Strankman Sr. IF (.420, 7 HR, 21 RBIs); Trevor Brown Jr. IF/C (.404, 4 HR, 30 RBIs); Jason Ellison Sr. OF (.390, 1 HR, 28 RBIs), Chad Kline Sr. IF (.366, 4 HR, 30 RBIs) ... Pepperdine, Jeremy Coronado Sr. OF (.435, 2 HR, 21 RBIs); Dan Garcia So. OF (.429, 3 HR, 27 RBIs); Woody Cliffords So. OF (.379, 2 HR, 13 RBIs), Dane Sardinha Jr. C (.350, 8 HR, 34 RBIs) ... Winthrop, Jason Colson Jr. 3B (.364, 7 HR, 30 RBIs); Jordan Webb Jr. SS (.304, 10 RBIs), Todd Leathers So. OF (.286, 3 HR, 26 RBIs).
Interesting facts: Lewis-Clark State is the defending NAIA national champion and will host the NAIA World Series for the next seven years ... Winthrop is the defending Big South Conference champion and finished third in the first round of NCAA regional play a year ago ... Pepperdine has two players from Hawaii, Dane and Duke Sardinha (Kamehameha) ... Kyle Correa (Aiea), Aaron Matsui (Maui), Glen Nomura (Kaiser) and Chad Kline (Farrington) play for the Warriors .Kline finished his high school career at Selah, Wash., then played a year at Spokane Falls Community College
Tournament keys: Format is a double round-robin with the top two teams playing for the championship April 2. There isn't a lot of time to shuffle starting pitchers, but the teams will know each other much better the second time around ... This is an endurance test for the players. Most will play between 9-11 games in 10 days.
On the air: All UH games live on KCCN (1420 AM) and KFVE (Channel 5.
RealAudio: Live 'Net broadcast Click Here
Tickets: $4-6.
By Al Chase, Star-Bulletin
UH Athletics
Ka Leo O Hawaii
