Tuesday, March 27, 2001
UH goes long Who needs short fences?
in drubbing
Centenary
Omori and Scalabrini homer
By Chris Dudley
as Rainbows win 4th in a row, 13-1
and Dave Reardon
Star-BulletinGregg Omori and Patrick Scalabrini both cleared Big Blue last night as the University of Hawaii blasted Centenary, 13-1, in the Rainbow Easter Baseball Tournament opener.
A Rainbow Stadium gathering of 1,190 also saw winning pitcher Chad Giannetti throw seven effective innings as Hawaii (12-16) captured its fourth consecutive victory.
Every Hawaii starter contributed to the Rainbows' 16-hit attack, and every starter except leadoff batter Arthur Guillen scored a run as the Rainbows produced their biggest offensive output and most lopsided win of the season.
Omori, who went 3-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs, hit a first-inning solo homer. He belted a 1-1 offering from losing pitcher Robbie Buhl (0-3) deep over the second fence in left field. It was his team-leading sixth homer of the year.
Omori was on base with a single in the sixth inning when Scalabrini belted another deep homer to left, also over the second fence. Scalabrini's fourth homer of the year highlighted a six-run inning.
Both round-trippers went about 380 feet.
Giannetti allowed eight hits in improving his record to 2-3. He struck out three and walked one. The one run the right-hander allowed was unearned, lowering his ERA from 5.81 to 4.59.
"When you're hitting the ball and pitching like that you tend to win ballgames," Omori said.
Grant Sato pitched the eighth, and J.P. Gauthier, in his UH debut, finished up in the ninth.
Scalabrini had four RBIs and Cortland Wilson added three for the Rainbows.
"We came out here really relaxed," UH acting head coach Carl Furutani said. "When you're relaxed, even when you make mistakes you can make it right."
Said Gents coach Ed McCann: "We're the smallest Division I school in the nation, and we played like it tonight. We didn't come here for a vacation. We're a lot better ballclub than that."
The tournament continues with four games today, concluding with Hawaii against UC Santa Barbara at 6:30 p.m.
Hawaii 13, Centenary 1
Centenary AB R H BI Hawaii AB R H BI Gilliam lf 4 0 2 0 Guillen cf 5 0 1 1 Davenport cf 3 0 0 0 Purtell 2b 4 1 1 1 Stephens ph/1b 1 0 1 0 Omori 1b 4 2 3 2 Duranski 2b 4 0 1 0 Scalabrini 3b 3 1 2 4 Grenda dh 4 0 1 0 Gilbride lf 5 1 1 0 Hicks ss 3 1 0 0 Nogawa dh 4 2 2 1 Scanlon ph 1 0 0 0 Pribble ph 1 1 1 0 Hageman c 2 0 0 0 Flick c 3 3 2 1 Winterer rf 3 0 2 1 Anderson c 1 0 0 0 Schick 1b/cf 4 0 1 0 Montgomery rf 3 1 2 1 Cardone 3b 3 0 1 0 Wilson ss 3 1 1 3 Totals 32 1 9 1 Hawaii 36 13 16 13
Centenary 000 100 000 -- 1 9 0 Hawaii 141 006 01x -- 13 16 2 E--Scalabrini, Wilson. DP--Centenary 1, Hawaii 4. LOB--Centenary 7, Hawaii 10.
2B--Grenda (12), Scalabrini (8), Nogawa 2 (3), Flick (2). HR--Omori (6), Scalabrini (4). SB--Flick (3), Montgomery (8). CS--Cardone, Purtell, Scalabrini. SF--Wilson.
Centenary IP H R ER BB SO Buhl (L,0-3) 1.2 3 5 5 4 1 Treanor 1.1 2 1 1 2 3 Robideaux 2.1 7 5 5 1 0 Robertson 0.2 1 1 1 2 0 Sessions 2.0 3 1 1 1 1 Hawaii IP H R ER BB SO Giannetti (W,2-3) 7 8 1 0 1 3 Sato 1 1 0 0 0 0 Gauthier 1 0 0 0 2 1 Umpires--Guy Ogawa (plate), Keoki Torres (first), Gary Montalbo (third). T--2:33. A--1,190 (turnstile).
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