Rainbows enjoy full
summer

Ricky Bauer goes from solid
to spectacular in Northwoods
League

Hawaii Rainbow baseball players competed for teams from coast to coast this summer and experienced a wide range of results.

There were four UH players in the Northwoods League.

Ricky Bauer was a unanimous selection to the postseason all-star team after leading the league with seven victories (7-2 in nine starts).

The right-hander allowed 45 hits in 65 2/3 innings, walked 12 and fanned 46. He compiled a 2.60 ERA for the Madison (Wis.) Mallards, winners of the South Division. Bauer held opposing batters to a .195 average.

Bauer was the winning pitcher as the Mallards advanced to the league championship series with a 9-3 win in the semifinal-round of the playoffs over the La Crosse (Wis.) Loggers Thursday.

Keahi Rawlins played briefly for the Mallards, appearing in four games, saving one, but only pitched two innings.

Guy McDowell had a solid season for the La Crosse. The junior right-hander saved seven games in 13 appearances. He was 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA.

Rocky Russo was 48 for 190 (.253) for the Duluth (Minn.) Huskies. The third baseman had 17 doubles, three homers and 26 RBIs.

There were six 'Bows including two who redshirted last spring, outfielder Derek Dupree and shortstop Troy Hanzawa, playing for the Spokane RiverHawks in the Pacific International League.

Hanzawa hit .321 and Dupree had a .254 average with three doubles, three triples and 16 runs batted in.

Schafer Magana had a .276 batting average for the Bellingham (Wash.) Bells. The infielder had a decent walk (13) to strikeout (19) ratio and was successful on five of eight stolen-base attempts.

Jonathan Hee, who also redshirted last spring, was 33-for-99 (.333) for the Wenatchee (Wash.) AppleSox.

Colby Summer, pitching for the first time in two seasons following Tommy John surgery, was in 10 games for the Aloha (Ore.) Knights. He pitched 18 2/3 innings and had a 2.89 earned run average.

Summer earned his first victory of the summer last Monday at the National Baseball Congress Tournament in Wichita, Kan., with five innings of five-hit ball in a 13-5 win over Prairie Gravel (Ill.).

UH teammate Darrell Fisherbaugh saw action in eight games, but in 7 1/3 innings posted a 18.41 ERA and lost all four decisions. He did not make the trip to Wichita.

Matt Inouye suffered through a frustrating season with the Hyannis (Mass.) Mets in the Cape Cod League, but UH coach Mike Trapasso says the experience will benefit Inouye.

The catcher/outfielder hit a paltry .137 in 32 games with just one extra-base hit, a double, and four RBIs. He was successful on eight of 10 stolen-base attempts.

"That is a normal summer for someone playing for the first time on the Cape," said Trapasso. "I've never sent a hitter to the Cape who didn't come back and do better. Matt has always been successful. He knows he struggled and he needed a little failure because he doesn't handle it well."

In the Alaska Baseball League, Isaac Omura had the second-best batting average (.343) and was second in RBIs (29) among the Anchorage Bucs' regulars. The Bucs' third baseman had 14 doubles, three triples, two homers, walked 21 times while striking out just 15 times.

Rainbow teammate Greg Kish hit .278 with seven doubles and 12 RBIs.

Right-hander Stephen Wright started twice in nine appearances for the Peninsula (Kenai) Oilers. He was 0-1 with a one save and posted a 2.63 ERA in 24 innings of work. Wright walked eight and fanned 24.

Kaimi Mead compiled a 2-1 mark with a 3.82 ERA for the Santa Barbara Foresters of the California Collegiate League. The left-hander worked 33 innings, fanned 35 and walked 16.