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Star-Bulletin Sports


Thursday, March 30, 2000


R A I N B O W _ B A S E B A L L




By Dennis Oda, Star-Bulletin
University of Hawaii baseball coach Les Murakami, left,
is presented with a plaque commemorating his induction
into the American Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame by
Richard Sato, president of Hui Kokua Kinipopo,
prior to last night's Rainbow Easter Tournament
game against Pepperdine.



Rainbows grab
a share of first

A 5-2 win over Pepperdine
last night puts Hawaii in
a tie for the top spot in
the Easter Tournament

By Al Chase
Star-Bulletin

Tapa

The University of Hawaii baseball team is still not hitting like it was two weeks ago, but, for a change, the Rainbows effectively bunched their hits last night.

Playing before the largest Rainbow Stadium crowd (2,240) of the season, the 'Bows broke open a pitchers' duel with a four-run sixth inning en route to a 5-2 victory over Pepperdine.

The win left Hawaii tied with Lewis-Clark State and Winthrop for first place in the 25th Rainbow Easter Tournament standings.

The win did not come easily as the Waves got a two-run homer off the left-field, foul-pole screen from Danny Garcia in the eighth.


By Dennis Oda, Star-Bulletin
Jamie Aloy gave up two runs on six hits and got
the win in last night's victory over Pepperdine.



Then, they loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth against UH closer Sean Yamashita.

Tony Garcia singled on a two-strike pitch. Austin Evans fouled off three pitches before dumping a single into left and Woody Clifford walked on a 3-1 pitch.

"It's a lack of focus," said Rainbow head coach Les Murakami. "But Sean really focused after he got the bases loaded. In deference to Sean, I've used him three straight nights."

Yamashita got Duke Sardinha on a pop to short. Danny Garcia then hit a hard grounder to short for a game-ending double play although television replays indicated Garcia beat the relay to first.

Danny Kimura, struggling with just one hit in the previous five games, ended the mini-slump with three hits and three RBIs.

His first-inning single scored Scooter Martines, on with a two-out double to left-center field.

In the sixth, Kimura contributed a two-run single, then scored on Kenn Wakakuwa's double.

It's no secret the UH hitters, with the exception of Wakakuwa, have been frustrated by off-speed and breaking pitches since the San Jose State series.

"I think it depends on how you handle yourself at the plate. If you keep swinging at all that bad stuff, you're going to keep getting it," Kimura said."If you stay patient and lay off the slow breaking stuff, sooner or later they're going to have to bring something you can hit.

"I've been working on a few things.''

Kevin Gilbride, making his first start at first base, brought in the final run of the sixth inning with a line single to left.

With Kimura unavailable as a position player because of a broken bone in his right thumb, Murakami wanted to see Gilbride in the field and at the plate.

Brian Bock would play first base if an opposing left-hander started.

It's one of several little experiments Murakami is conducting during the tournament in preparation for selecting the 25-man Western Athletic Conference travel roster next week.

Jamie Aloy retired the first two hitters he faced in five of the first seven innings, then gave up a hit, walked a batter or hit one.

"When the first two outs come quickly, I kind of let up. It's poor. I'm just not staying in the game," Aloy said.

"But, Kramer (Aoki) and I were on the same page. It's funny, two guys, one brain."

Lewis-Clark State 3, Winthrop 0: Matt Hellman doubled in two runs and scored on Gabe Boruff's double in the third inning as the Warriors won.

Left-hander Nic Puckett pitched a complete-game, four hitter for Lewis-Clark State.

Rainbow Easter Tournament

Yesterday's results

Lewis-Clark State 3, Winthrop 0
Hawaii 5, Pepperdine 2

Today's games

Pepperdine vs. Winthrop, 2:30 p.m.
Lewis-Clark State vs. Hawaii, 6:37 p.m.

Tomorrow's games

Pepperdine vs. Lewis-Clark State, 2:30 p.m.
Winthrop vs. Hawaii, 6:37 p.m.

Rainbows 5, Waves 2

PepperdineabrhbiHawaii abrhbi
Cliffords 1b4110Takamori rf4000
Du Sardinha 3b5010Nogawa ss3100
D. Garcia cf5122Martines lf3210
Da Sardinha c2000Kimura dh4133
Coronado rf3000Baker pr0000
Falco dh3020Wakakuwa 2b3111
Katz 2b4010Aoki c3000
T. Garcia ss3010Scalabrini 3b4010
Evans lf4000Gilbride 1b4011





Jackson cf3000
Totals32373Totals32242

Pepperdine000000020 - 291
Hawaii10000400x - 570

E-Du. Sardinha (4).
DP-Hawaii 2 (Nogawa-Wakakuwa-Gilbride, Nogawa-Gilbride). LOB-Pepperdine 10, Hawaii 6.
2B-Cliffords (5), Du. Sardinha (11), Falco (2), Martines (6), Kimura (8), Wakakuwa (4). HR-D. Garcia (5). SB-D. Garcia (15). S-Aoki (1).

iphrerbbso
Winthrop
Schenewerk (L, 3-2) 555525
Adams320003
Hawaii
Aloy (W, 5-2)7 2/362244
Yamashita (S, 3)1 1/330011

Schenewerk pitched to four batters in the sixth inning.
WP-Schenewerk (5). PB-Aoki (3). HBP-T. Garcia (by Aloy), Nogawa (by Schenewerk).
Umpires-Montalbo (plate), Tomaszewski (first), Ogawa (third). T-2:58. A-2,240.

Lewis-Clark State 3, Winthrop 0

Lewis-Clark State030000000 - 363
Winthrop000000000 - 041

Nic Puckett and Gabe Boruff; Jeremy Herauf, Jason Horner (8), Ryan Chenard (9) and John Neale. W-Puckett (4-0). L-Herauf (3-5).
Leading hitters-LCS: Matt Hellman, 2b, 2 RBIs; Gabe Boruff, 2b. Winthrop: Conrad Funk, 2b.



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