Posted at 10:53 p.m., Saturday, May 8, 2004
Rainbows walk past rice, 6-5
Advertiser Staff
Josh Green drew a one out, bases loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth to give Hawai'i a stunning 6-5 win against third-ranked Rice tonight in a Western Athletic Conference baseball game at Les Murakami Stadium.A turnstile count of 3,469 watched the Rainbows snap the Owls’ streak of 27 consecutive winning series and pull to 4 1/2 games of the defending WAC and national champions (16-3, 34-9).
Guy McDowell (3-1) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings of relief for the Rainbows (12-8 WAC, 29-16 overall).
Adam Hale (1-2) allowed a lead-off walk to Isaac Omura and to Greg Kish. Omura was lifted for pinch runner Andrew Castillo. Schafer Magana then reached on a sacrifice and throwing error by catcher Adam Rodgers to load the bases. But Nate Thurber flied out to shallow left before Green walked on a full count to end the game.
Matt Inouye hit a two-run homer in UH’s three-run fourth which put the Rainbows ahead 4-3.
The game was officially a sellout at 4,518 with 206 standing room tickets sold. The turnstile count was a season-high 3,469. The last sellout was in 1998.
The series ends tomorrow with a 1 p.m. game at Les Murakami Stadium.
