Coleman
dominates against
Oregon State
UH's starter allows only
1 hit over 8 innings
in a 7-3 win
By Al Chase
Star-Bulletin
JEFF COLEMAN pitched one-hit ball for eight innings and Danny Kimura knocked in three runs as the University of Hawaii defeated Oregon State, 7-3, in a non-conference baseball game at Rainbow Stadium last night.
Coleman struck out eight, walked four and hit a batter, but the only hit he surrendered was a line single to left by Brian Barden in the fourth inning.
The junior right-hander threw 112 pitches, quite a contrast to the two road games in Texas, where he threw 148 and 141 pitches. He improved his record to 6-5.
Lane Nogawa and Gregg Omori each had three hits. The Rainbows collected 13 hits off Oregon State starter Stephen Copeland.
The Rainbows jumped on Copeland early, notching two first-innning runs. Arthur Guillen walked on four pitches and moved to second on Matt Purtell's single to left.
The runners then advanced a base on a wild pitch. Copeland almost escaped trouble when he struck out Omori and Patrick Scalabrini. But Kimura hit a soft liner to left to score both runners.
The Beavers got one run back in the fourth when Coleman walked lead-off batter Eric Stark. Coleman compounded things when his throw pulled Kimura off first base on Bryan Ingram's sacrifice bunt. Barden followed with a single to left, scoring Stark.
Coleman, after the runners moved up on a passed ball, retired the next three batters on a pop to third, a grounder to
short and a fly to center to end the threat.
The Rainbows gave Coleman more breathing room with a four-run fifth inning that began with singles by Tom Montgomery and Nogawa. Guillen advanced the runners with a sacrifice bunt. Montgomery scored and Nogawa stopped at third on Purtell's double to left-center.
With the OSU infield playing in, Omori hit a high hopper over Barden at third base that went for a two-run double. He scored on Kimura's two-out single to center.
The Beavers (27-17) scored twice in the ninth off reliever Aaron Pribble.
Barden greeted Pribble with a home run over the center-field wall.
The Rainbows (21-23) and Beavers meet in the second game of the series tonight at 6:35.
Hawaii 7, Oregon State 3
| OREGON STATE |
AB |
R |
H |
BI |
HAWAII |
AB |
R |
H |
BI |
| Stark cf |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Guillen cf |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Ingram c |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Purtell ss |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| Richie c |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Omori dh |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
| Barden 3b |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
Scalabrini 3b |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Jarvis 1b |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Kimura 1b |
4 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| Davis ph |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Bock c |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Stevens dh |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Gilbride lf |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Pietsch ph |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Jackson lf |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Carter rf |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Montgomery rf |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Biles lf |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Nogawa 2b |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
| Webber ph |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Coleman p |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Hudson ss |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Pribble p |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Cordon 2b |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| McBride ph |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Reynolds 2b |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Copeland p |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
28 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
Totals |
34 |
7 |
13 |
6 |
| Oregon State |
000 |
100 |
002 |
-- |
3 |
3 |
0 |
| Hawaii |
200 |
040 |
01x |
-- |
7 |
13 |
2 |
E--Coleman (2). DP--Oregon St. 1(Barden-Gordon-Jarvis) UH 1 (Scalabrini-Nogawa-Kimura). LOB--Oregon St. 4, UH 6.
| OREGON STATE |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
| Copeland (3-2) |
8 |
13 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
6 |
|
| HAWAII |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
| Coleman (6-5) |
8 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
| Pribble |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
Umpires--Keoki Torres (plate), Gary Montalbo (first), Jim LaBeau (third).
T--3:30. A--2,235.
UH Athletics
Ka Leo O Hawaii
