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’Bows beat HPU; Kevin Gilbride grounded a single into right field that scored Brent Cook from second base in the bottom of the seventh inning as Hawaii defeated Hawaii Pacific 14-4 in a game shortened by the 10-run rule.
Spartans clinch
The 'Bows win in the seventh
McCallum kept HPU in game
under the 10-run ruleBy Al Chase
achase@starbulletin.comThe game started 33 minutes late due to rain and was hardly artistic with nine errors, but the Rainbows will take the win, their second in the Ohana Hotels & Resorts Rainbow Easter Baseball Tournament.
The Rainbows used two big scoring innings to defeat the Sea Warriors before 1,179 patient fans at Murakami Stadium last night.
The game was a scoreless battle between HPU's Keola McCallum and UH's Chris George for 3 1/2 innings before the Rainbows scored five runs in the fourth and seven in the fifth to take a commanding lead.
Hawaii reached the 10-run difference in the seventh. Lane Nogawa was safe at second on Wade Taguchi's throwing error with one out. Cook walked. Gregg Omori singled to left to score Nogawa, with Cook stopping at second. Gilbride sent Neil Sullivan's second pitch into right to score the game-winner.
"I told our guys we had some help, but we had an offensive approach where we swung the bat with more aggressiveness than we have for a long, long time," said UH coach Mike Trapasso.
"We took the governors off. We had some at-bats with a great approach, guys trying to hit the ball hard rather than not trying to strike out. We need to take that same approach the rest of the year. If we go down, let's go down swinging"
George went 6 1/3 innings, struck out nine and walked two and left the game after throwing 116 pitches.
"Chris was actually good for the most part. Chris will go deep into counts because of the good breaking ball he has," said Trapasso. "What happened in the fifth was he kind of lost focus. It wasn't the easiest night to pitch with the rain delays and the big scoring innings. But he settled the game until we got on the board and all in all, it was a good effort on his part."
The Rainbows ended a 0-0 standoff in the bottom of the fourth, an inning in which there was a second rain delay, this time for 32 minutes.
Before the rain came, the 'Bows loaded the bases when Gregg Omori walked and both runners were safe on Kevin Gilbride's sacrifice bunt attempt when HPU catcher Shay Hirota's throw to second was in the dirt. Derek Honma then beat out a bunt for an infield single. At this point, plate umpire Tony Patch called for the infield tarps.
When play resumed, Tim Montgomery hit Keola McCallum's first pitch sky high into short left. Left fielder Alika Kuraoka over ran it, allowing Omori to score and the other UH runners to advance a base.
Grady Symonds then flied out to center field as the Hawaii runners held, but when the throw to the infield ricocheted off first baseman Ikaika DuPont's glove, Gilbride scored and the other runners moved up a base. Julian Russell followed and lined a two-run single to center.
On Arthur Guillen's bunt toward third, HPU third baseman Jonathan Torres' throw to first was wild and rolled into foul territory down the right-field line. Guillen ended up at second, but Russell was thrown out at home, Sea Warrior right fielder Andrew Stith to Shay.
But Nogawa lined the first pitch to left, scoring Guillen to give UH a 5-0 lead.
The Sea Warriors immediately reduced their deficit to 5-3 with a rally in the top of the fifth inning that had George struggling with his control.
Kuraoka singled to left and moved to second as Hirota beat out a bunt toward first. George then fanned the next two batters and looked to be out of the inning when Derek Little grounded to short. However, Julian Russell bobbled the ball, then threw it into right field, allowing Kuraoka to score and Hirota to take third.
George then walked Taguchi and, after a visit from Trapasso, Torres to force home Hirota. Little scored when Chris Rosa lined a 3-1 pitch to left making the score 5-3. All the HPU runs were unearned.
Hawaii rebounded in the bottom of the fifth with five hits and took advantage of two HPU errors and two walks to score seven runs and take a 12-3 lead. Montgomery's two-run double into the right-field corner was the big hit.
San Jose State 12, Birmingham-Southern 0: The Spartans clinched the tournament title behind the two-hit pitching of Matt Durkin who took a no-hitter into the seventh inning of the 10-run rule shortened game.
The Spartans are 5-0, have outscored opponents, 44-9, outhit opponents, 51-28, and the pitching staff has recorded three shutouts.
Durkin received all the support he needed in the first inning when the Spartans loaded the bases on a walk, Gabe Lopez's single and a hit batter. Ryan Adams lofted a grand slam homer over the left-field wall.
Brad Kilby stroked a two-run single to right in SJSU's three-run third inning and Bryan Baker concluded a five-run fourth inning with a three-run homer over the left-field wall.
UC Riverside 7, Lewis-Clark State 4: The Highlanders broke a 2-2 tie with a four-run fifth inning en route to their third tournament victory.
Andy Clay started the inning with a walk. Adam Seuss and Jimmy Anderson singled to load the bases. Tony Festa doubled to left-center field driving in three runs. UCR scored an unearned run later in the inning on a balk.
Mark Gallagher had three hits, including a pair of doubles, and two runs batted in to pace the Warriors who drop to 2-2.
Easter Tournament
Tournament Overall W L Pct. GB W L Pct. San Jose St. 5 0 1.000 -- 24 9 .727 UC Riverside 3 1 .750 1 1/2 18 11 .621 Lewis-Clark St. 2 2 .500 2 1/2 20 8 .714 Birmingham-So. 2 2 .500 2 1/2 13 13 .500 Hawaii 2 2 .500 2 1/2 10 20 .333 Hawaii-Hilo 1 3 .250 3 1/2 9 28 .243 Hawaii Pacific 0 5 .000 5 17 21 .447 Yesterday
UC Riverside 7, Lewis-Clark State 4
San Jose State 12, Birmingham-Southern 0
Hawaii 14, Hawaii Pacific 4
Today
Lewis-Clark State vs. San Jose State, 10 a.m.
Birmingham-Southern vs. UC Riverside, 2 p.m.
Hawaii vs, Hawaii-Hilo, 6:35 p.m.
Tomorrow
UC Riverside vs. Hawaii Pacific, 10 a.m.
Hawaii-Hilo vs. Birmingham-Southern, 1:35 p.m.
Hawaii vs. Lewis-Clark State, 6:35 p.m.
Hawaii 14, Hawaii Pacific 4
HPU AB R H BI Hawaii AB R H BI Everett cf 3 0 0 0 Guillen cf 5 2 0 2 Little ss 4 2 1 0 Nogawa 2b 5 2 2 3 Taguchi 2b 3 0 2 0 Cook 3b 3 1 1 1 Torres 3b 3 0 1 2 Omori dh 3 1 2 1 Rosa dh 3 0 1 1 Gilbride 1b 5 2 2 1 DuPont 1b 4 0 0 0 Honma lf 4 2 2 0 Kuraoka lf 3 1 1 0 Montgomery rf 4 2 3 2 Hirota c 3 1 1 0 Symonds c 3 1 0 0 Stith rf 3 0 0 0 Russell ss 3 1 2 3 McCallum p 0 0 0 0 George p 0 0 0 0 Stader p 0 0 0 0 Quaglieri p 0 0 0 0 Sullivan p 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 4 7 3 Totals 35 14 14 13
HPU (17-21) 000 030 1 -- 4 7 7 Hawaii (10-20) 000 570 2 -- 14 14 2 Note: 1 out, 2 runners LOB when the game ended.
E -- Little; Taguchi; Torres; DuPont 2; Hirota; Stith; Russell 2. DP -- UH 1. LOB -- Sea Warriors 8; UH 8. 2B -- Taguchi; Montgomery. HBP -- Everett. CS -- Montgomery.
Hawaii Pacific IP H R ER BB SO McCallum (L, 1-3) 4.1 10 9 8 3 2 Stader 0.0 2 3 2 2 0 Sullivan 2.0 2 2 1 1 0
Hawaii IP H R ER BB SO George (W, 2-2) 6.1 7 4 1 2 9 Quaglieri 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 WP -- George. HBP -- by George (Everett). PB -- Hirota. Umpires -- Tony Patch (plate), Keoki Torres (first), Mike Evans (third).
T -- 2:46. A -- 1,179
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As far as intangibles go, simple hope is worth three scoreless innings. McCallum kept
HPU in gameBy Jerry Campany
jcampany@starbulletin.comHawaii Pacific starting pitcher Keola McCallum held Hawaii scoreless through three innings yesterday at Rainbow Stadium before his defense betrayed him after a 32-minute rain delay and allowed the Rainbows to score five runs on the way to a 14-4 UH win.
Sea Warriors head coach Allan Sato had McCallum slated to start against Hawaii before the tournament even started. He didn't give him the ball in the team's most visible game because he was his most effective starter, or even his healthiest.
Sato saved McCallum for the game for purely sentimental reasons.
"I wanted him to do good so bad," Sato said. "A big part of it is loyalty, he has been with me the longest of anybody here and has been the guy I can rely on on and off the field."
The senior had only started four games for the Sea Warriors this season before last night, being rocked for 19 runs in 20 innings. He did not throw in the offseason because he was rehabbing a bum throwing shoulder that still bothered him this year.
He sat out his first year with Sato in 1998 to get his grades in order, then became not only Sato's best pitcher over the next four years, but also one of his best students.
McCallum, from Koloa, Kauai, fought through 4 1/3 innings before giving up the ball after 90 pitches and the 32-minute break. He said his shoulder didn't hurt him at all -- the adrenaline of pitching against UH one last time took all the pain away.
McCallum gave up singles in each of the first three innings but stranded the runner each time. Not so in the fourth, when Gregg Omori led off with a walk and the next three batters reached on mistakes that were not judged errors. Add those to the three errors the Sea Warriors were officially charged with and it proved to be a hole too deep for McCallum to climb out of.
Sato repaid McCallum for four years of loyalty and McCallum responded by keeping Sato's Sea Warriors with the Rainbows for 4 1/2 innings.
But McCallum did give Sato three scoreless innings against Oahu's other college baseball team. Some of the Sea Warriors regard the UH game as one of the most important on the schedule, others say it is just another game.
Count McCallum one of the former.
"It means a lot more than any other game," McCallum said. "I have thought about it (the start against UH) a lot over the past two weeks. I was 110 percent ready."
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