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Friday, March 2, 2001
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The first-inning blues struck the University of Hawaii last night for the second consecutive game. Rainbows continue
road skid with 6-3 loss
to SpartansStaff & wire reports
San Jose State took advantage of an error by Rainbows shortstop Cortland Wilson on a potential double play ball to score four runs in the first inning.
The Spartans went on to a 6-3 victory in the opener of the three-game Western Athletic Conference series at Municipal Stadium.
It also didn't help that Rainbow starter Jeff Coleman was leaving his pitches up.
After Brandon Macchi hit a sacrifice fly that would have been the third out had UH turned the double play, the next four Spartans singled.
Coleman was done after just one third of an inning.
A bright spot for the Rainbows was the relief work of Matt Le Ducq, who blanked the Spartans for the next five innings.
"Matt had a lot of command with his pitches and his fastball was sinking," said Hawaii assistant coach Les Nakama.
The Rainbows did fight back, getting two runs in the second on Wilson's single to right and another in the third when Aaron Pribble singled Pat Scalabrini home.
But after having leadoff batter Tim Montgomery, who singled, thrown out trying to steal in the fifth, Hawaii left at least one man on base every inning the rest of the game.
"We're pressing a little bit," UH acting head coach Carl Furutani said. "You could tell we were tight in the first inning. We came back to make it a game, but we need that one hit to get us over the top and were not getting it."
Furutani said on some of the plays Wilson was charged with errors were balls that no one else would get to.
"We're watching him carefully. We don't want it to become a problem," Furutani said.
On the plus side, Wilson has hit in every road game. He is 2-for-4 in each of the last two games.
First baseman Danny Kimura returned to the lineup and had two hits, although he hasn't completely recovered from a pulled hamstring.
The Rainbows (7-9, 2-4 WAC) will try to end a five-game losing streak today with Sean Yamashita taking the mound.
Spartans 6, Rainbows 3
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DP-UH 1. LOB-UH 11, SJSU 8.
2B-Scalabrini (6), Boudon (4), Ruiz (3), Macchi (7).
SB-Scalabrini (7). CS-Montgomery (1), Frandsen (1). S-Frandsen (2), Shorsher (4). SF-Macchi (1).
Hawaii
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San Jose St.
ip h r er bb so Sherman (W, 2-2) 6 9 3 3 2 5 Kauffman (S, 1) 3 0 0 0 2 4 WP-Kauffman (2). BK-Le Ducq (1).
Umpires-VanRapphorst (plate), Ramires (first), Padilla (third). T-2:36. A-362.
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