Saturday, May 12, 2001
[ RAINBOW BASEBALL ]
Rainbows rally HILO >> Gregg Omori's two-run homer in the top of the eighth inning put the University of Hawaii ahead for good and the Rainbows went on to win the opener of their Western Athletic Conference baseball series with Hawaii-Hilo, 6-4, last night at Francis Wong Stadium.
past Vulcans on
Omori home run
UH beats Hawaii-Hilo in the
first game of the intra-state
WAC seriesFrom staff and wire reports
Hawaii (24-27 overall, 11-20 WAC) and Hawaii-Hilo (5-40, 3-28) meet again today at 4 p.m. The teams conclude the series tomorrow at 1 p.m.
Trailing 4-3 after seven, Hawaii rallied for the second time in the game. Omori's homer over the left-field fence was his 10th of the season.
The Rainbows added an insurance run in the ninth when Matt Purtell was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, forcing in Brian Bock.
UH starter Jeff Coleman, with 1-2-3 relief help from Bryan Lee in the ninth, won his seventh game of the season. It was Lee's sixth save.
Vulcan Zeb Watts, a junior right-hander, baffled the Rainbows for the first five innings, allowing just two base runners.
The Vulcans scored first in the fourth inning. Keola Park reached on a single to deep short and moved to second on a passed ball. He scored easily when Nalei Sooto ripped a 1-1 pitch off the right-center field fence for a double.
The Rainbows finally began to solve Watts' offerings in the sixth inning. Art Guillen and Matt Purtell laid down bunt singles with one out. Guillen continued to second on a throwing error by Hilo catcher Todd Jinbo and took third on Purtell's hit.
With Purtell running, Omori drilled a pitch past third base into the left-field corner for a two-run double. Patrick Scalabrini followed with a single to center that scored Omori for a 3-1 Rainbow lead.
Kaliko Oligo opened the Vulcan sixth with a single to center. One out later, Park homered well over the right-field fence.
The Vulcans then took a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the seventh. Jinbo singled, took second on Darren Chu's sacrifice bunt, third on a groundout and scored on Mike Hobbs' single to right.
Hawaii 6, Hawaii-Hilo 4
At Francis Wong Stadium
HAWAII AB R H BI HAWAII-HILO AB R H BI Jackson cf 4 2 2 1 Hobbs 2b 3 3 1 1 Guillen cf 4 1 3 2 Oligo lf 4 3 3 2 Purtell ss 5 0 1 0 Rooke cf 4 1 1 1 Omori dh 4 0 0 0 Park 1b 0 0 0 0 Scalabrini 3b 4 1 2 2 Sooto dh 3 2 2 2 Kimura 1b 4 0 0 0 Rayl 3b 1 0 0 0 Boudon lf 3 1 1 0 Jinbo c 4 1 2 3 Bock c 2 1 1 0 Chu rf 4 0 0 1 Nogawa 2b 0 0 0 0 Kaneshiro ss 2 0 1 1 Montgomry rf 2 0 0 0 Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 36 6 8 6 Totals 34 4 8 4
Hawaii 000 003 021 -- 6 8 1 Hawaii-Hilo 000 102 100 -- 4 8 3 E--Purtell, Park, Jinbo, Kaneshiro. DP--Hawaii-Hilo 1. LOB--Hawaii 7, Hawaii-Hilo 7.
2B--Omori, Kimura, Sooto. HR--Omori, Park. SB--Scalabrini. CS--Rooke. SH--Chu.
HAWAII IP H R ER BB SO Coleman (W, 7-6) 8.0 8 4 3 3 5 Lee (S, 6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 HAWAII-HILO IP H R ER BB SO Watts 7-1/3 6 4 4 1 7 Reyes (L, 2-3) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 Petersen 2/3 1 1 0 2 0 Shimabuku 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 Reyes faced one batter in the 8th; Petersen faced two batters in the 9th.
PB--Bock. HBP--Purtell (by Shimabuku).
Umpires--Ogawa (plate), Tomasewski (first), Lebeu (third).
T--2:35. A--250.
WAC standings
WAC Overall Record Pct. GB Record Pct. Rice 22-9 .710 -- 39-16 .709 Texas Christian 21-12 .636 2 31-23 .574 Fresno State 19-12 .613 3 36-21 .632 San Jose State 18-13 .580 4 33-20 .620 Nevada 17-17 .500 6-1/2 29-24 .547 Hawaii 11-20 .355 11 24-27 .471 Hawaii-Hilo 3-28 .097 19 5-40 .111 Yesterday's results
San Jose State 9, Nevada 8
Fresno State 1, Rice 0
Hawaii 6, Hawaii-Hilo 4
west
Pacific 8, UC Riverside 0
San Francisco 4, Santa Clara 2
Midwest
N. Iowa 6, SW Missouri St. 3
Wichita St. 9, Creighton 4
SOUTH
LSU 20, Auburn 5
Miami 12, Florida Southern 4
Mississippi St. 6, Mississippi 3
South Carolina 6, Florida
UH Athletics
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