RAINBOW BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
RICHARD WALKER / RWALKER@STARBULLETIN.COM
Hawaii's Jonathan Hee bobbled the ball at second as Texas-Arlington's David McLeod slid in safely.
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Hawaii splits first 2 in Rainbow tournament
UH loses to UTA before bouncing back against Washington
The Texas-Arlington Mavericks recovered nicely from a pounding by Arkansas in yesterday's first game to shred four of five Hawaii pitchers for 21 hits and 15 runs for a 15-9 win in the second game of the First Hawaii Title Rainbow Baseball Tournament.
The Rainbows (12-4 overall, 1-1 tourney) turned things around in the third game at Les Murakami Stadium before 915 fans with a 10-6 victory over the Washington Huskies (10-3, 1-1).
Nate Young knocked in three runs and six Rainbows had two or more hits, led by Justin Frash's three singles.
In his best effort of the season, senior right-hander Justin Costi pitched five-hit ball for six innings to earn his first win. He allowed one run, walked two and struck out three.
In UH's first game, the Mavericks' run and hit totals were season highs, as well as being the most allowed by the No. 24 Rainbows this year.
"We didn't pitch very well in the first game, but did in the second game," said UTA coach Jeff Curtis.
"We don't swing the bats like this normally, but we pride ourselves in not striking out and putting the ball in play. We did that, especially in the early going (vs. UH)."
The Mavericks (4-8, 1-1) jumped to a quick 4-0 lead in the first inning with the help of a costly UH error.
The inning started with Daniel Rieder and David McLeod singling to right off UH starter Tyler Davis.
After Rieder moved to third on a flyout, Justin Stevens hit a potential double-play ball to second baseman Jon Hee. However, his throw was dropped by shortstop Joe Spiers and rolled into short left field as Rieder scored and McLeod took third.
Kyle Rudy was safe on a bunt up the first-base line when no Rainbow covered first, McLeod scoring, Stevens stopping at second. Kyle Thomason singled to right, scoring Stevens and sending Rudy to third. Rudy then beat the throw to the plate by Davis on David Newby's sacrifice bunt.
"We made four defensive mistakes in the first inning and were in a hole before we even had a chance to hit. The game was set in motion," said UH coach Mike Trapasso.
"Joe drops the ball at second -- otherwise we are out of the inning. Hee doesn't cover first base on the bunt, then misreads a bouncing ball that goes for a single. And Landon (catcher Hernandez) should have gone for the sure out (on the sacrifice bunt).
"We weren't ready to play for whatever reason. We were charged with three errors but probably made eight. We threw the ball all over the damn place.
"UTA just smoked us. Give them credit. They kicked our ass."
The 'Bows responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning when Luis Avila hit his second homer of the season with Robbie Wilder and Justin Frash on base. Wilder had doubled off the wall in right to start the inning and Frash drew a one-out walk from UTA starter Chris Taylor.
RICHARD WALKER / RWALKER@STARBULLETIN.COM
Rainbows shortstop Joe Spiers couldn't reach this grounder yesterday against Texas-Arlington.
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UTA doubled its lead to 6-3 in the second. Rieder singled to center and scored on Adam Moore's double to right-center field. He scored on a double to left-center by Rudy.
Davis was replaced by Dean Turner after hitting Newby with a pitch and giving up a run-scoring double to right center by James Smith.
Jerry Fisher greeted Turner with a single. McLeod's one-out single scored Smith. After McLeod stole second, he scored on Moore's single to center for a 9-3 lead.
"Tyler deserved a better result," Trapasso said.
Hernandez singled to left to start a three-run Hawaii fourth. Spiers walked and Wilder sacrificed the runners up a base. Derek Dupree singled Hernandez home, with Spiers stopping at third. Frash singled Spiers home, Dupree moving to second. He would score on Hee's single to left.
UTA scored a run without benefit of a hit for a 10-6 lead in the fifth. Smith reached on a throwing error by Spiers and was sacrificed to second by Fisher. On Rieder's groundout, Smith advanced to third. He scored when UH first baseman Avila's throw to third was wild.
The Mavericks doubled the score to 12-6 with two more runs in the sixth.
Moore singled to deep third and took second on Stevens' single to left. Moore stole third and scored on Rudy's sacrifice fly. Stevens stopped at third on Thomason's double down the left-field line and scored on Newby's infield single.
Right-hander Keahi Rawlins, coming off Tommy John surgery, made his season debut for the 'Bows in the eighth and gave up UTA's 13th run. Rawlins walked Rudy with one out and he scored on consecutive two-out singles by Newby and Smith.
The 'Bows closed to within four runs, 13-9, in the eighth. Pinch hitter Adam Roberts doubled home Wilder, and Avila hit his second homer of the game, a two-run shot to straight-away center.
Avila's two homers tied the tournament single-game record, a mark tied twice earlier in the day.
Texas-Arlington 15, Hawaii 9
UTA |
AB |
R |
H |
BI |
HAWAII |
AB |
R |
H |
BI |
Rieder 2b |
6 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
Wilder lfcf |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
McLeod lf3b |
6 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
Bralver ph |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Moore dh |
6 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
Dupree cf |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Stevens c |
5 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Asato phlf |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Rudy ss |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
Frash 3b |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Thomason 1b |
6 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
Roberts ph3b |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Newby rf |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
Avila 1b |
5 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
Smith cf |
5 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Hee 2b |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Fisher 3b |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Young phss |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Garner lf |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Inouye rf |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Sanchez dh |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Hernandez c |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Rimes ph |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Spiers ss |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Christensen ss2b |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Totals |
44 |
15 |
21 |
14 |
Totals |
38 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
Texas-Arlington |
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423 |
012 |
012 |
-- |
15 |
21 |
3 |
Hawaii |
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300 |
300 |
030 |
-- |
9 |
10 |
3 |
E--Rudy 2; Thomason; Avila; Spiers 2. DP--Hawaii 1. LOB--UTA 10, Hawaii 12. 2B--Moore; Rudy; Thomason; Smith; Wilder; Roberts. HR--Avila 2. SH--Newby; Fisher; Wilder. SF--Rudy 2. SB--McLeod; Moore.
TEXAS-ARLINGTON |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Taylor |
3 2/3 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
Cornejo (W, 1-1) |
3 2/3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
Sartor |
1 2/3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
HAWAII |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Davis (L, 1-1) |
2 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
Turner |
3 1/3 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
Daly |
1 2/3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Rawlins |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Kramer |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
WP--Cornejo. HBP--by Taylor (Inouye); by Davis (Newby); by Taylor (Inouye); by Sartor (Young).
Umpires--Cary Izuka (plate), Don Greman (first), Mike Evans (third).
T--3:34. A--N/A.
No. 11 Arkansas 12, Texas-Arlington 4
Danny Hamblin tied a tournament record with two home runs and knocked in five runs to highlight the Razorbacks' 18-hit attack. The junior first baseman hit a solo homer in the fifth, then climaxed the five-run eighth with a three-run shot over the wall in left center.
The Mavericks' Adam Moore also hit two homers, accounting for half of Texas-Arlington's runs.
Arkansas (10-1, 1-1) starter Charley Boyce, who had allowed 14 hits in 8 1/3 innings entering the game, held the Mavericks to a game-opening single by Rieder through 5 2/3 innings. Following the hit, Boyce retired 17 of the next 19 batters and did not allow either runner to go past second.
That changed when Moore belted a 3-2 pitch over the left-field wall with two outs for Texas-Arlington's first run in the sixth. Stevens hit the next pitch to the alley in right-center field for a double. He took third on a single by Thomason that ended Boyce's mound duty.
Ryan Martin came in, threw a wild pitch to score Stevens, then ended the inning on a long fly ball that Stephen Robison tracked down in left-center.
It was Boyce's longest outing of the season.
"Charley got through the first inning. That has been a mental thing with him. He was really sharp in the second, third and fourth," said Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn, who coached Nebraska to the tournament title in 1998.
"He had a lot of sink on his fastball and didn't throw too many breaking pitches. He will build off this."
Washington beats Hawaii Pacific
Washington's Matt Layne went 3-for-5 with 3 RBIs and the Huskies withstood a ninth-inning rally by Hawaii Pacific to defeat the Sea Warriors 10-7 yesterday at Hans L'Orange Park.
Trailing 10-2, the Huskies scored five runs and had the bases loaded with no outs, but a double play killed the rally. Michael Kealoha was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and Brandon Sato knocked in two runs for HPU, who fell to 9-10.
The Sea Warriors will host Grand Canyon for a seven-game series beginning Saturday at noon.
Star-Bulletin staff