Aggies hogtie ’Bows

UH struggles at the plate with only
five hits and drops to 0-2 in its
annual spring tournament

Two UC Davis pitchers limited Hawaii to five hits and the Aggies dropped the Rainbows into last place in the First Hawaii Title Rainbow Baseball Tournament with a 3-2 win at Les Murakami Stadium last night.

UC DAVIS 3 HAWAII 2 NEXT UP vs. South Florida today

The Rainbows (7-7, 0-2 tourney) got the leadoff man on base three times other than their run-scoring inning. Twice the runner advanced no further and the third time ended in a double play. UH has scored in just one of the last 16 innings.

"If we hit, we win," said a highly agitated UH head coach Mike Trapasso after the third one-run loss of the season. "You can't win with five hits."

The Aggies of the Big West Conference scratched out single runs in three separate innings to even their record at 7-7, 1-1 in the tourney.

UC Davis starter Jeremy McChesney went 5 2/3 innings and Eddie Gamboa finished without allowing a hit.

Matt Dempsey led off the fourth inning for UC Davis with a single to center and stole second as Daniel Descalso took a called third strike from Myles Ioane, who was making his first start for UH. Lukas Kirby then singled to right to score Dempsey.

Isaac Omura walked to start the bottom of the inning and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Luis Avila. McChesney kept UH off the board by retiring Matt Inouye and Rocky Russo on easy fly balls to center.

The Aggies scored another run for a 2-0 lead in the fifth off right-hander Dean Turner, who replaced Ioane to start the inning. Leadoff hitter Sean Rooney singled to left, took second on Jaime Castillo's sacrifice bunt and scored on David Huffman's single to center.

Ioane, who was on a 50-pitch limit, did not issue a base on balls, fanned four and gave up one run in four innings.

"Myles did a good job. I'm happy with the way he pitched," said Trapasso. "We took him out because he felt soreness in his elbow. We did pitch well tonight."

McChesney, who had thrown just five innings prior to last night and was making his first start of the season, handcuffed the Rainbows on two hits for five innings.

The 'Bows finally solved McChesney's offerings in the sixth and ended 13 innings of frustration by scoring. Schafer Magana singled to left to start the inning. Omura struck out looking for the first out.

Aggie shortstop Brandon Oliver bobbled a potential double-play grounder off Avila's bat and had to settle for the out at first as Magana took second. A pair of two-out, run-scoring hits -- Inouye's single to center and Russo's double over the head of Kyle Irving in right -- pulled UH into a 2-2 tie.

The tie did not last.

In the seventh, Oliver redeemed himself with a one-out single to right and advanced to second on Dempsey's sacrifice bunt.

Trapasso then brought in left-hander Kyle Thomas to pitch to lefty Descalso, the Aggies' leading hitter. Thomas got ahead in the count 1-2, then served up a pitch Descalso grounded into right field to score Oliver.

No. 22 Louisiana-Lafayette 4, South Florida 1

The Ragin' Cajuns (12-0, 2-0) jumped on Bulls starter Chase Lirette for three runs in the first inning, then relied on the combined five-hit pitching of Kevin Ardoin and Micah Cockrell to remain undefeated.

Josh Landry started the fireworks in the first with a single to center. After Justin Merendino walked, both runners advanced a base on a wild pitch and scored on Phillip Hawke's double to left-center field. John McCarthy followed with a single to center that sent Hawke home.

The Bulls (9-6, 1-1) run came on Dexter Butler's double down the right-field line and Jeff Baisley's two-out single to center in the third inning.

Ardoin, a senior left-hander, allowed all five hits, walked three and struck out seven in 6 2/3 innings. Cockrell, who has not allowed a run in three appearances, retired all seven Bulls he faced to close out the game.

No. 15 Wichita State 0, Sacramento State 0

The Shockers (12-1, 1-1) broke a 3-3 tie with a four-run seventh inning. Nick McCoola opened the inning with a double to center. With one out, back-to-back doubles to right and down the left-field line by Derek Schermerhorn and Damon Sublett, respectively, brought in two runs. A third scored on a throwing error by Hornets shortstop Everet Rincon and Joe Muich's sacrifice fly brought Blake Hurlbutt in from third.

The Hornets (6-7-1, 1-1) took a 2-0 lead in the first on Brett Flowers' base-loaded double into the left-field corner.

Shockers designated hitter Tyler Hill delivered a two-run single to tie the score in the top of the third, but the Hornets led again 3-2 in the fourth when Brett Tanigawa, a redshirt freshman from Moanalua, singled to left scoring Ron Machado, Jr.

UC Davis 3, Hawaii 2

UCD	AB	R	H	BI	Hawaii	AB	R	H	BI
Oliver ss	4	1	2	0	Spiers ss	4	0	0	0
Dempsey 2b	3	1	2	0	Magana 3b	2	1	1	0
Descalso 3b	5	0	1	1	Omura 2b	3	0	0	0
Kirby 1b	4	0	2	1	Avila 1b	3	0	0	0
Irving rf	4	0	0	0	Inouye cf	4	1	1	1
LaTorre c	3	0	0	0	Russo dh	4	0	2	1
Rooney dh	4	1	3	0	Asato rf	3	0	0	0
Castillo lf	2	0	0	0	ÊHanzawa pr	0	0	0	0
ÊTreat ph	0	0	0	0	Ammon c	4	0	1	0
ÊJames ph	1	0	0	0	Dupree lf	1	0	0	0
ÊBaldini lf	0	0	0	0	ÊHee ph	1	0	0	0
Huffman cf	4	0	1	1	ÊWilder lf	0	0	0	0
Totals	34	3	11	3	Totals	29	2	5	2

UCD	000	110	100		--	3	11	0
Hawaii	000	002	000		--	2	5	1

E--Ammon. DP--UCD 2, Hawaii 1. LOB--UCD 9, Hawaii 6. 2B--Kirby; Rooney; Russo 2. SH--Dempsey; Castillo; Avila. SB--Oliver; Dempsey; Kirby.

UCD	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
McChesney	5 2/3	5	2	2	1	3
Gamboa (W, 1-0)	3 1/3	0	0	0	1	1
Hawaii	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Ioane	4	4	1	1	0	4
Turner (L, 0-1)	2 2/3	4	2	2	2	1
Thomas	1	2	0	0	0	2
Olsen	1 1/3	1	0	0	0	0

HBP--by McChesney (Magana); by Turner (Oliver); by McChesney (Dupree); by Gamboa (Magana).
Umpires--Keoki Torres (home), Don Greman (first), Jim LeBeau (third).
T--2:49. A--903.

Rainbow Baseball Tourney

aT Les Murakami stadium
Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Louisiana-Lafayette	2	0	1.000	--
Sacramento State	1	1	.500	1
South Florida	1	1	.500	1
UC Davis	1	1	.500	1
Wichita State	1	1	.500	1
Hawaii	0	2	.000	2

Yesterday
Louisiana-Lafayette 4, South Florida 1
Wichita St. 9, Sacramento St. 3
UC Davis 3, Hawaii 2
Today
Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Sacramento St., 10:30 a.m.
UC Davis vs. Wichita St., 2:30 p.m.
Hawaii vs. South Florida, 6:35 p.m.
Tomorrow
South Florida vs. Sacramento St., 10:30 p.m.
UC Davis vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 2:30 p.m.
Hawaii vs. Wichita St., 6:35 p.m.
Saturday
Sacramento St. vs. UC Davis, 10:30 p.m.
Wichita St. vs. South Florida, 2:30 p.m.
Hawaii vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 6:35 p.m.