Andrew Triggs lived up to the hype as one of the top pitching prospects in the country.

His defense, however, was another matter.

Southern California's starting pitcher committed two costly throwing errors that led to four unearned Hawaii runs and the Rainbows went on to defeat the Trojans 8-2 last night in front of a Les Murakami Stadium crowd of 2,815.

Collin Bennett drove in three runs and David Freitas went 2-for-3 and scored the go-ahead run as Hawaii (7-6) scored four times in the seventh on only one hit.

The Rainbows trailed 2-0 when Garcia led off the bottom of the seventh with UH's fourth hit of the night. It was the only ball that made it out of the infield in the inning, but the Rainbows turned three USC errors into four runs to take a 4-2 lead.

After Kolten Wong reached on a fielding error by Matt Hart, Triggs was charged with a throwing error after his bad toss allowed David Freitas to reach first to load the bases.

Bennett fought back from an 0-2 hole to bring in a run on bases-loaded walk and Triggs walked Kevin Macdonald on eight pitches to tie the game.

After striking out Jeff Van Doornum, Triggs got Christian Johnson to bounce into what could have been a double-play ball, but Triggs' throw to home plate went over the catcher's head, allowing Freitas and Bennett to score to give UH the lead.

“;We had to stay patient with him,”; Bennett said. “;We started seeing some pitches (in the seventh), which allowed us to get to him.”;

It was far from a perfect night for the Rainbows, as starter Nate Klein left the game with an injury in the bottom of the second inning.

Klein, who missed two starts last season with arm trouble, flinched on his follow-through on an 0-2 pitch and was seen grabbing at his pitching shoulder.

After a quick visit from Hawaii coach Mike Trapasso, Klein was pulled for the game in favor of reliever Alex Capaul.

“;I didn't feel the pain on one pitch,”; Klein said. “;It was a gradual thing for a couple batters, and then I came out.”;

Capaul inherited a runner on second with two outs and surrendered an RBI single to Kevin Roundtree to give the Trojans the early advantage.

Roundtree compounded UH's problems with a leadoff single in the fifth. He looked to be out on a stolen-base attempt, but Freitas threw a one-hopper to second base that got past shortstop Greg Garcia, allowing Roundtree to advance to third.

Taylor Wrenn, batting ninth in the Trojans' lineup, then bounced a grounder up the middle for a base hit to bring Roundtree in and push the lead to two.

That was all the Trojans could muster against Capaul, who did a great job keeping Hawaii in the game. Capaul (3-1) allowed the one earned run in 5 1/3 innings on six hits with no walks and five strikeouts to earn the win.

Triggs (1-1), a top-30 pitching prospect according to Baseball America, took the loss for the Trojans (6-8), allowing four hits and four unearned runs in 6 1/3 innings.

The Rainbows piled on four more runs against three different USC relievers. Freitas hit an RBI single in the eighth and Bennett put the game out of reach with a two-run double.

The Rainbows will try for a 2-0 series lead tonight at 6:35. Sam Spangler (1-2, 2.93 ERA) will start for UH, opposing USC's Ben Mount (1-1, 3.32).