Hawaii's Matt Inouye reacted after chasing a popup into foul territory in the top of the sixth last night.
’Bows win fifth straight
Hawaii makes it to .500 with good
defense and good-enough hitting
in a win over Nevada
The Hawaii Rainbows made the most of their eight hits to edge Nevada 7-6 before 1,898 fans last night in a Western Athletic Conference baseball game at Les Murakami Stadium.
Esteban Lopez's two-run triple and Nate Thurber's two-run homer were the big hits for the Rainbows, who had to rally to overcome early deficits for the second consecutive night.
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"Our guys are playing with some fire. Sure we caught a couple of breaks, but we battled to make our own breaks," said UH coach Mike Trapasso.
"Steven Wright was able to come in and settle things, gives us zeros for three innings and Fish (Darrell Fisherbaugh) came in and did a great job."
Fisherbaugh walked Jacob Butler with one out in the ninth. With Butler running, Ben Mummy drilled a 3-2 pitch on a line. Third baseman Schafer Magana leaped, caught it and threw to first for the game-ending double play.
It was the third twin killing of the game for the UH defense, which has gone 57 consecutive innings without making an error.
"I was back a little deeper and closer to the line because the coaches told us 'no doubles' in the last two innings," said Magana
The Wolf Pack (20-18, 9-7) made excellent contact with Colby Summer's offerings in the first inning, but settled for one run.
Matthew Bowman walked on four pitches and took second on Brett Hayes' line single to left. Bowman moved to third when Butler's sharp grounder was speared by Magana and turned into an around-the-horn double play.
Mummy's single just inside the bag at third scored Bowman.
Summer hit leadoff batter Shawn Scobee to start the second and Nevada took advantage of the gift. Scobee moved to second on Eric Newman's sacrifice bunt and scored when Robert Marcial lined a 3-2 pitch to center for a single.
Bowman ripped a drive to left for a double, and that activated the UH bullpen, but Summer fanned Brett Hayes to prevent further damage.
Hawaii's Luis Avila, left, and Troy Hanzawa, right, congratulated Isaac Omura after Omura scored on a two-run triple by Esteban Lopez in the bottom of the second inning.
Scobee made up for the miss in the third with a two-out, two-run homer over both walls in left. Summer retired the first two batters, but gave up a single to Baker Krukow, then fell behind Scobee 2-0 before serving up the home run.
The 'Bows got one run back in the bottom of the inning. Joe Spiers led off with a single to center and continued to second when Butler threw behind him to first base. Magana's two-out single to left scored Spiers.
Hawaii took a 5-4 lead in the fifth when Thurber blasted his second home run of the season, a shot that cleared the wall in left-center. That scored Isaac Omura, who singled to right with one out.
"The first two times up he (Nevada starter Ryan Rodriguez) came with back-to-back fastballs and the second time he got me on strikes," said Thurber, who got the pitch he expected for his homer. "I figured he would do the same thing. It was a fastball middle in and a little up and I was looking for it. The third time was a charm."
The 'Bows increased their lead to 7-4 in the sixth. Lopez walked to start the inning, was sacrificed to second by Derek Dupree and moved to third when Scobee dropped Spiers' routine fly in right. Spiers stole second.
With a 2-2 count on Erik Ammon, Rodriguez uncorked a wild pitch, scoring Lopez. Ammon doubled into the right-field corner on the next pitch, scoring Spiers.
Wright, who took over for Summer to start the fourth inning retired nine of the first 10 batters he faced before giving up a one-out single to Hayes in the seventh. Consecutive doubles by Butler and Mummy cut the UH lead to 7-6.
After Wright got Krukow on a fly to right, Fisherbaugh came in from the pen, hit Scobee with a 2-2 pitch, but ended the inning when Newman's wicked liner was right at Magana.
"I just got tired. I was throwing hard, but my arm was lagging and I was leaving everything up." said Wright.
Hawaii 7, Nevada 6
Nevada AB R H BI Hawaii AB R H BI Bowman lf 4 1 1 0 Spiers ss 5 2 2 0 Hayes c 5 1 3 0 Ammon lf 5 0 1 1 Butler cf 4 1 1 0 Omura 2b 3 1 1 0 Mummy 1b 5 0 2 3 Thurber dh 3 2 1 2 Krukow dh 4 1 1 0 Magana 3b 4 0 1 1 Scobee rf 2 2 1 2 Roberts 1b 3 0 0 0 Newman 3b 3 0 0 0 Inouye rf 3 1 1 0 Madrid 2b 4 0 0 0 Lopez c 3 1 1 2 Marcial ss 4 0 3 1 Dupree cf 3 0 0 0 Totals 35 6 12 6 Totals 32 7 8 6 Nevada 112 000 200 -- 6 12 2 Hawaii 021 022 00x -- 7 8 0 E--Scobee (7); Marcial (17). DP--Hawaii 3. LOB--Nevada 7, Hawaii 7. 2B--Bowman (4); Butler (11); Mummy (9); Ammon (3). 3B--Lopez (1). HR--Scobee (12); Thurber (2). SH--Newman (3); Dupree (7). SB--Spiers 2 (29); Inouye (9). CS--Spiers (6).
Nevada IP H R ER BB SO Rodriguez (L, 8-4) 5 1/3 8 7 6 4 7 Taylor 2 2/3 0 0 0 1 3 Hawaii IP H R ER BB SO Summer 3 6 4 4 1 2 Wright (W, 4-3) 3 2/3 5 2 2 0 3 Fisherbaugh (S, 2) 2 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 WP--Rodriguez (5); Taylor (2). HBP--by Summer (Scobee); by Fisherbaugh (Scobee). PB--Lopez (1).
Umpires--Phil Benson (plate), Tony Norris (first), Kevin Gilmore (third).
T--3:01. A--1,898.
WAC standings
Conference Overall W L Pct. GB W L Rice 12 8 .600 -- 31 15 Nevada 9 8 .529 1 1/2 20 19 San Jose State* 10 9 .526 1 1/2 22 18 Hawaii 10 10 .500 2 23 23 Fresno State 8 9 .471 2 1/2 22 24 Louisiana Tech 7 12 .368 4 1/2 15 29
* -- San Jose St. has one nonconference tieYesterday
Hawaii 7, Nevada 6
San Jose State 8, Louisiana Tech 4, 12 innings
Rice 6, Fresno State 4 (first game)
Fresno State 8, Rice 7 (second game)
Today
Nevada at Hawaii, 6:35 p.m.
San Jose State at Louisiana Tech
Fresno State at Rice
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