Friday, May 4, 2001

[ RAINBOW BASEBALL ]

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Nevada pounds
Hawaii ace Coleman

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From staff and wire services

RENO, Nevada -- The University of Hawaii Rainbows started fast yesterday, but slowed to a crawl for the final seven innings of their Western Athletic Conference baseball game.

UH starter Jeff Coleman flirted with serious trouble during the first two innings before the University of Nevada Wolf Pack finally took advantage in the third and fourth innings.

Nevada overcame a 4-0 deficit with 11 unanswered runs to win the opener of the three-game series, 11-6.

Four of the eight Nevada runs charged to Coleman were scored by players who walked or were hit by a pitch. The Rainbows didn't have the same advantage as Nevada starter Darrell Rasner walked no one in pitching a complete game.

The Wolf Pack (27-23, 15-16 WAC) loaded the bases on a single and two walks in the first, but Coleman escaped. A pair of singles to start the second resulted in no runs for Nevada.

But a hit batter and walk to start the third came back to haunt Coleman. JaRell McIntyre and Chris Dickerson singled runs home and two more scored on Patrick Scalabrini's throwing error on Joey Herrera's ground ball.

With the score tied at 4-4, the Rainbows (23-25, 10-18 WAC) put runners at first and third with one out in the fourth on singles by Brian Bock and Lane Nogawa. That's when Nevada head coach Gary Powers went to the mound to talk with Rasner.

The sophomore right-hander proceeded to retire the next 10 Rainbows in order. The only UH baserunners after that were Matt Purtell, who singled to open the eighth, and Gregg Omori, who followed with his ninth home run of the season.

The Wolf Pack knocked Coleman out in the sixth inning when they scored four runs. The final two crossed home plate on Herrera's second home run in as many games, the first two in the 5-foot-7, 150-pound second baseman's career.

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Spartans blank Vulcans

At San Jose, Calif., Chris Sherman scattered nine hits to lead San Jose State (27-20-1, 14-13 WAC) to an 11-0 victory over the University of Hawaii-Hilo (5-36, 3-24 WAC) last night.

Nevada 11, Hawaii 6

At Reno, Nev.

HAWAII	AB	R	H	BI	NEVADA	AB	R	H	BI
Jackson cf	4	1	1	2	Hass rf	5	1	2	0
Purtell ss	4	2	2	0	Maguire ss	4	0	0	1
Omori dh	3	1	1	3	Bryant lf	4	2	1	0
Scalabrini 3b	3	0	0	1	Belding lf	0	0	0	0
Kimura 1b	4	0	0	0	Gillies	2	2	0	0
Bock c	4	0	1	0	McIntyre 1b	4	3	3	3
Gilbride lf	3	0	0	0	Dickerson cf	5	0	2	2
Wilson ph	1	0	0	0	Strain dh	3	2	1	0
Nogawa 2b	4	1	2	0	Herrera 2b	3	1	2	4
Guillen rf	4	1	1	0	Popoff c	3	0	0	0
Totals	34	6	8	6	Totals	39	11	11	10

Hawaii	220	000	020	--	6	8	1
Nevada	004	204	10x	--	11	11	1

E--Scalabrini, Maguire. LOB--Hawaii 3, Nevada 8. 2B--Jackson, Purtell, Bryant, McIntyre, Dickerson. 3B--Hass. HR --Omori, Herrera. SH--Popoff. SF--Omori, Scalabrini, Maguire.

HAWAII	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Coleman (L, 6-6)	5-1/3	9	8	7	5	4
Quaglieri	2-2/3	2	3	3	1	1
RICE	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Rasner (W,8-4)	9	8	6	4	0	7

WP--Rasner. Umpires--Ron Ridd (home); Tom Chandler (first); Phil Benson (third).

T--2:28. A--1,062.

San Jose State 11, UH-Hilo 0

At San Jose, Calif.

SJSU	AB	R	H	BI	HILO	AB	R	H	BI
Lopez 2b	4	2	1	0	Rooke cf	4	0	2	0
Frandsen 3b	5	1	2	1	Hobbs 2b	3	0	1	0
Ruiz lf	3	2	2	0	Agustin ph	1	0	0	0
Ven Over ph	1	0	0	0	Oligo lf	3	0	1	0
Macchi rf	5	1	3	3	Park dh	3	0	0	0
Zwissig dh	3	0	0	0	Rayl 3b	3	0	0	0
Niheu ph	1	1	1	1	Sooto c	3	0	3	0
Fagan 1b	4	1	1	2	Rhodes 1b	3	0	1	0
Hiegel 1b	0	0	0	0	Chu rf	3	0	0	0
Adams ss	4	2	3	1	Kaneshiro ss	2	0	0	0
Shorsher c	4	0	1	0	Manfre 3b	1	0	1	0
Minister pr	0	0	0	0
Bautista c	0	0	0	0
Brucker cf	3	1	0	0
Totals	37	11	14	8	Totals	29	0	9	0

San Jose State	111	116	0	--	11	14	1
Hilo	000	000	0	--	0	9	4

E--Adams, Hobbs, Sooto, Kaneshiro. DP--SJSU 2. LOB--SJSU 8, Hilo 9. 2B--Frandsen 4, Macchi 18, Adams 7, Hobbs 7, Sooto 2, Manfre. HR --Fagan, Adams. CS--Rooke.

SAN JOSE STATE	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Sherman (W, 7-5)	7	9	0	0	0	7
UH-HILO	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Bernal (L,0-11)	5-2/3	11	11	8	2	5
Reyes	1-1/3	3	0	0	0	0

WP--Bernal. HBP--by Sherman (Oligo), by Bernal (Brucker). T--2:06. A--349.

WAC standings

	WAC				Overall
	W	L	Pct.	GB	W	L	Pct.
Rice	22	8	.733	--	38	15	.717
Texas Christian	21	10	.700	11/2	31	21	.596
Fresno State	16	12	.571	5	33	20	.623
San Jose State	14	13	.519	6-1/2	27	20	.574
Nevada	15	16	.484	7-1/2	27	23	.540
Hawaii	10	18	.357	11	23	25	.479
Hilo	3	24	.111	17-1/2	5	36	.122

Yesterday6

Nevada 11, Hawaii 6

San Jose State 11, Hilo 0

Texas Christian 4, Fresno State 3

Today

Hawaii at Nevada

Hilo at San Jose State

Fresno State at Texas Christian

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