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Friday, March 10, 2000

Owls top Vulcans
in WAC play

Star-Bulletin staff

HILO - Kenny Baugh pitched his second complete game of the season to lead Rice to a 5-2 win over Hawaii-Hilo last night at Francis Wong Stadium in the opening game of a Western Athletic Conference series.

It was the sixth straight loss for the Vulcans (10-16, 1-6). Rice improved to 9-12, 3-4. The team's meet again at 6 p.m. tonight at Wong and at noon tomorrow at the Kailua-Kona field.

Baugh (4-0) equaled his season-high of 10 strikeouts while scattering six hits and walking but one. Only UHH's Brian Rooke could solve the Owl junior; Rooke had three hits and scored both Vulcan runs.

Rice jumped on Vulcan starter Kaholo Rickard (4-2) for all five of its runs in the first three innings. Jason Gray and Jerry Van Noy had RBI singles in the first when the Owls scored three times, helped by a pair of UHH errors.

Jesse Roman knocked in the fourth run in the second, and Derek Michaelis had an RBI double in the third.

WAC STANDINGS

	Conference			Overall
Team	W	L	Pct.	W	L	Pct.
Fresno State	6	1	.857	17	5	.772
Hawaii	2	1	.667	10	11	.476
Texas Christian	2	1	.667	7	14	.333
San Jose State	3	3	.500	11	5	.688
Rice	3	4	.429	9	12	.429
Hawaii-Hilo	1	6	.143	10	16	.384

Yesterday's results

Rice 5, Hawaii-Hilo 2

Fresno State 12, Southern Illinois 0

OWLS 5, VULCANS 2

RICE	AB	R	H	BI	HILO	AB	R	H	BI
Smith 2b	5	1	1	0	Rooke cf	3	2	3	0
Arnold 3b	5	1	2	0	Chaves ss	4	0	1	1
Roman lf	5	1	3	1	Park dh	4	0	0	1
Gray cf	4	1	2	1	Ryan 2b	4	0	1	0
Ghutzman c	3	1	0	0	Petersen rf	4	0	0	0
Scott dh	3	0	0	1	McCracken c	3	0	0	0
Van Noy rf	4	0	1	1	Yee 1b	3	0	0	0
Ackal pr	0	0	0	0	Lynch pr	1	0	0	0
Michaelis 1b	4	0	3	1	Hobbs 3b	3	0	1	0
Fox ss	4	0	0	0	Miura lf	2	0	0	0
Baugh p	0	0	0	0	Rickard	0	0	0	0
Totals	37	5	12	5	Totals	31	2	6	2

Rice	311	000	000-5	12	1
Hawaii	100	010	000-2	6	3

E-Fox; Yee 2; Hobbs.

DP-Hilo 1. LOB-Rice 11, Hilo 5.

2B-Michaelis 2; Rooke. SB-Rooke 3. SH-Van Noy; Rooke. SF-Scott.

Rice

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Baugh (W, 4-0)	9	6	2	2	1	10

Hilo

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Rickard (L, 4-2)	3	6	5	2	2	0
Bell	6	6	0	0	2	3

HBP-McCracken (by Baugh).

Umpires-Rodriguez (plate), Montalbo (first), Eldridge (third). T-2:25. A-264.

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U.H. Hilo