Wednesday, April 7, 1999

’Bows finally
win on road

Star-Bulletin staff

PUEBLO, Colo. -- Hawaii's Rainbows recorded their first 1999 road win yesterday, and they did it the hard way, blowing a late lead, then rallying for the victory.

A five-run, ninth inning provided enough runs for a 15-13 victory over the Air Force Academy in the opener of a three-game Western Athletic Conference series.

The game was moved to Runyon Field in Pueblo because Falcon Field on the AFA campus is covered with snow. Today's game also will be played there.

The Rainbows held a 10-8 lead entering the bottom of the eighth inning only to have the Falcons (16-18 overall, 2-6 WAC) score five runs, four of them unearned.

In the top of the ninth, Jamie Aloy's two-run single to center put Hawaii (24-13, 6-10) ahead, 14-13. Michael Dartt scored the final run on a fielder's choice grounder.

Wakon Childers earned the win by getting the final out in the eighth and pitching a scoreless ninth.

Hawaii 15, Air Force 13

Hawaii		AB	R	H	BI	Air Force	AB	R	H	BI
Takamori rf	3	2	1	1	Stolley lf	4	2	0	1
Dartt 2b	4	3	1	1	Thiessen ss	4	2	1	0
Aloy 1b		5	2	3	4	Carville 1b	5	2	3	0
Martines dh	6	1	2	3	Humphrey dh	5	2	3	3
Nakano lf	5	0	2	3	Davis c	5	1	2	2
Honma lf	1	0	0	0	Boomsma rf	5	2	2	4
Nogawa 3b	4	1	1	1	Berg rf	0	0	0	0
Miller ss	5	1	1	1	S.Jones 3b	5	1	1	1
Hansen c	4	1	2	0	Hillberg cf	4	0	0	0
Baker pr	0	1	0	0	Shannon 2b	4	0	3	0
Wakakuwa c	0	0	0	0	Wolfram pr-2b	0	1	0	0
Mitchell cf	4	3	3	1	Goldsberry ph	1	0	0	0
Hawaii		210	123	015--15	16	3
Air Force	201	140	050--13	15	1

E--Aloy (4), Miller (8), S.Jones(9) Davis (9). LOB--Hawaii 8, Air Force 6.

2B--Aloy (13), Nakano (6), Davis (11), Boomsma (8), Shannon 2 (9). 3B--Mitchell (2). HR--Aloy (2), Miller (1), Boomsma (3). SB--Takamori (24), Dartt (9), Martines (1), Mitchell (5). CS--Takamori, Carville. SH--Takamori (8), Dartt (13), Hillberg (3). SF--Stolley (2).

Hawaii			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
I.Jones			4.0	8	8	6	2	0
Mackenzie		3.0	4	1	1	0	2
Bergman			0.1	1	2	0	0	0
Childers (W,2-0)	1.2	2	2	0	0	1
Air Force		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Tufte			5.1	11	9	8	2	3
Kaercher (L,5-3)	3.0	5	6	6	3	0
Cisar			0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Noegel			0.1	0	0	0	0	1

I.Jones pitched to four batters in the fifth; Mackenzi faced one batter in the eighth.

WP--Noegel (7). PB--Hansen (3). HBP--Takamori (by Tufte), Mitchell (by Kaercher).

Umpires--Jim Schaefer (plate), Bud Schoephlin (first), Dave Daniels (third). A--55.