Nevada makes clean sweep of UH baseball

Advertiser Staff

A road trip that had a promising start ended with Nevada completing a three-game sweep of Hawai'i, 8-5, yesterday in Western Athletic Conference baseball at Peccole Park in Reno, Nev.

The Rainbows (23-27, 10-20 WAC), who opened the trip with a 9-7 come-from-behind win at Sacramento State on Tuesday, must win their remaining six games against UH-Hilo for a winning season.

The Wolf Pack (29-23, 17-16) trailed 2-1 before scoring three runs in the bottom of the third against UH starter Sean Yamashita (2-9) to take a lead they would never relinquish.

Yamashita pitched 5Á innings, allowing seven runs (five earned), 11 hits and two walks. He struck out three. Bryan Lee pitched the final 1‡ innings, allowing an unearned run.

"Sean pitched good, made some great pitches," UH acting coach Carl Furutani said. "But for me, I believe the altitude hurt his breaking ball at times."

That and five errors, three by shortstop Cortland Wilson.

Clint Kofmehl (3-1) pitched 8‡ innings, allowing four runs (one earned), five hits and one walk. He struck out seven before giving way to Jason Mackintosh, who snared a line drive off the bat of Gregg Omori to end the game.