Sunday, April 1, 2001
No matter what was on the line last night, University of Hawaii head coach Carl Furutani expected a battle with Hawaii Pacific University in the 26th Verizon Rainbow Easter Baseball Tournament. Rainbows subdue
By Al Chase
Sea Warriors, 6-3
Star-BulletinHe was right. The final was in doubt until Patrick Scalabrini snagged a line drive and turned it into an game-ending double play giving the 'Bows a 6-3 victory before 1,644 fans at Rainbow Stadium.
Hawaii will be seeking its 12th Easter tournament title when it plays UC Santa Barbara tonight at 6:35.
Last night, the Sea Warriors (0-6 tournament, 16-17 overall) constantly threatened, putting runners on base in every inning except the sixth. They drew even at 3-3 in the top of the eighth inning.
HPU took advantage of Cortland Wilson's second error to tie the score. After Wade Taguchi walked on a full count, Lucas Castlen hit a bouncer toward Wilson, who had moved from shortstop to second base in a switch with Matt Purtell an inning earlier.
Both runners were safe when Wilson bobbled the potential double-play ball.
Tom Peters sacrificed the runners up a base and Tyrus Matsumoto's two-out single to right-center field brought both Sea Warriors home.
Hawaii responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning. Scalabrini's screaming liner into the left-field corner for a triple started the one-out rally.
With the HPU infield playing in, Danny Kimura fisted a flare into short right that scored Scalabrini.
Jacob Flick followed with a single through the hole to left.
Kimura and Flick were successful on a double steal and, after pinch hitter Derek Honma was intentionally walked, Tim Montgomery lined a two-run single to left.
The Rainbows scored in the first inning when Wilson looped a single to left, stole second and third and scored on Gregg Omori's double to the left-field corner.
Hawaii increased its lead to 2-0 in the third inning.
Matt Purtell walked, advanced to third on Wilson's line single to right and scored on Omori's sacrifice fly to center.
UH starter Sean Yamashita was not sharp through the first five innings, but stayed out of trouble until the fifth.
That's when HPU's Bryce Uegawachi singled and eventually scored when Lucas Castlen lined a 1-0 pitch into left field.
UH got a run back in the sixth when Wilson walked, moved to second on Omori's single to left and scored on a single to center by Scalabrini.
UCSB 10, Lewis-Clark St 5: The Gauchos broke a 5-5 tie on Jeff Bannon's three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh.
Wichita St. 10, Centenary 0: The Shockers (18-11) scored in every inning but the first. John Tetuan and Dustin Atkins combined to five-hit the Gents in a game halted by the 212 hour time limit.
L-C State. 3, Kita-Kyushu 0: Ryan Heitmann and Junior Avina combined on a four-hitter for the Warriors.
Hawaii 4, Hawaii Pacific 3
HPU AB R H BI Hawaii AB R H BI Uegawachi ss 4 1 2 0 Purtell cf/2b 4 1 0 0 Blood 2b 5 0 3 0 Wilsonss/ 2b 3 2 2 0 Taguchi 3b 4 1 0 0 Guillen cf 4 0 2 0 Castlen dh 4 1 1 1 Omori dh 3 0 2 2 Peters lf 3 0 1 0 Scalabrini 3b 4 1 2 1 Yacap 1b 4 0 1 0 Kimura 1b 4 1 1 1 Matsumoto c 4 0 2 2 Flick c 3 1 1 0 Stith rf 4 0 0 0 Boudon lf 0 0 0 0 Hansen cf 3 0 0 0 Montgomery 4 0 2 2 Otsuka p 0 0 0 0 Wilson ss 3 2 2 1 Madej 0 0 0 0 Honma ph 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 3 10 3 32 6 12 6
HPU 000 010 020 -- 3 10 0 Hawaii 101 001 03x -- 6 12 3 E--Wilson 2; Guillen
DP--HPU 1; UH 2. LOB--HPU 9, UH 7.
2B--Tom Peters; Omori. 3B--Scalabrini.
SB--Uegawachi; Blood; Wilson 2; Kimura; Flick. CS--T. Peters; Wilson; Guillen.
SH--T. Peters. SF--Omori.
HPU IP H R ER BB SO Otsuka 5.0 7 3 3 2 1 Madej (0-2) 2.1 4 3 3 1 2 Muraoka 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 Nunes 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 Hawaii IP H R ER BB SO Yamashita (2-4) 8.1 9 3 0 2 9 Lee (S,4) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 WP--Yamashita. LP--Madej.
HBP--Hansen (by Yamashita).
Umpires--Keoki Torres (plate), Jerry Pittman (first), Gary Montalbo (third).
T--3:07. A--2,976 tickets (1,644 turnstile).
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