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Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
‘Bows survive another elimination game, advances in Big West Tournament
For the third time in six days, the University of Hawai'i baseball team faced elimination and once again, the Rainbow Warriors rose to the occasion. UH staved off elimination on Day 3 of the Big West Championship with a convincing 16-4 win over host Cal State Fullerton on Friday, fueled by a steady start from Sebastian Gonzalez and a breakout performance at the plate. After falling behind 1-0 in the first inning, the Rainbow Warriors quickly responded with three runs on four hits in the top of the second and never looked back. Matt Miura and Hunter Faildo powered the offense, combining for 7 hits, Miura with four of his own with 3 RBI as Hawai'i pulled away. Gonzalez delivered a strong start, allowing just one run on four hits across four innings before handing the ball to the bullpen with a 5-1 lead. Reliever Isaiah Magdaleno closed the door with 3.2 innings of relief, three strikeouts, and two runs allowed. The Rainbow Warriors blew the game open in the seventh inning with back-to-back home runs by Jordan Donahue and Kamana Nahaku as part of a five-run frame. Hawai'i improved to 26-1 this season when leading after six innings. With the win, UH advances to face Cal Poly at noon HST on Saturday. The winner of that game will face UC Irvine at 4 p.m. HST later that day. If UC Irvine wins, the Anteaters will clinch the Big West title. A victory by either UH or Cal Poly would force a winner-take-all championship game on Sunday. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Hawaii scores 17 runs in Big West Opener
The Hawaii Baseball team traveled to California to take on UC Riverside in the 1st Big West Conference series of the season. Hawaii and UC Riverside started off red hot as both teams scored 2 runs in the first inning. The Highlanders would go on to score 1 run in the 2nd and 2 more in the 3rd, while UH would only score 2 more runs in the 1st 3 innings. But from the 4th inning on, it was all Rainbow Warriors. Hawaii scoring 9 total runs between the 4th and 5th innings. The 'Bows kept the hot start through the end of the game, as Hawaii scored 3 insurance runs in the 9th to take down UC Riverside 17-5. The 17 total runs is the season-high for Hawaii this year. Shunsuke Sakaino led the team with 4 hits. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
