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Posted on: Friday, February 25, 2005

Washington St. hammers 21 hits in 14 -3 victory

By Stacy Kaneshiro
Advertiser Staff Writer

The University of Hawai'i baseball team got a lesson from Washington State last night.

The Cougars drilled the Rainbows for 21 hits in a 14-3 romp before 953 at Les Murakami Stadium. It was the most runs UH allowed at home since a 14-1 loss to San Francisco Feb. 28 last season.

Washington State (6-5) vs. Hawai'i (5-4)

WHERE: Les Murakami Stadium

TICKETS: $6 adults in blue and orange sections; $5 adults, $4 for 65-older and $3 for UH students and students ages 4-18 in red sections.

PARKING: $3

RADIO: KKEA (1420 AM)

TV: KFVE (channel 5) will telecast today's and Sunday's games live

PROMOTION: Family Weekend allows up to two children (through high-school age) to be admitted free with each purchase of an adult ticket.

PROBABLE STARTERS:

WSU vs. UH

Today, 6:35 p.m.

LH Jayson Miller (0-1, 4.61) vs. RH Stephen Bryant (1-0, 3.48)

Tomorrow, 6:35 p.m.

RH Travis Webb (0-1, 7.50) vs. RH Colby Summer (1-0, 3.18)

Sunday, 1:05 p.m.

TBA vs. RH Justin Costi

(0-2, 2.57)

The Rainbows (5-4) took a 1-0 lead in the first on a two-out, run-scoring single by Isaac Omura before the Cougars (6-5) erupted for five in the third off UH starter Ricky Bauer (1-1), who lasted just 2á innings. Bauer gave up five runs, three earned, on seven hits and two walks with one strikeout. It was the shortest outing by a UH starter this season.

"We just got it handed to us," UH coach Mike Trapasso said. "They put on an absolute clinic on keeping the ball on the ground, putting the ball in play and making things happen. The inning they got the thing going (the five-run third), it's not like they crushed the ball, but they did it exactly the way you're supposed to do it."

Meanwhile, WSU starter James Freeman (3-0) contained UH to three runs on six hits and three walks with two strikeouts in six innings.

The UH batters aided him by hitting too many fly balls, Trapasso said.

"We're doing that way too much," Trapasso said. "We have to get the ball on the ground, (hit) line drives, ground balls.

"Outside of that we just have to forget about it. It will be a good test for us tomorrow, see how we compete."

Another blow for the Rainbows was when starting left fielder Greg Kish injured his right throwing arm after fielding Brady Everett's two-run double in the fifth.

His throw skipped back to the infield. He left and was replaced by Jeff Piaskowski. Neither Kish nor Trapasso would speculate what the injury was, but the coach said Kish will get his arm examined today.

Steve Kost (two innings) and Eric Dingwall combined on three hitless innings to finish the game for Freeman.

Meanwhile, the Rainbows used four relievers. Myles Ioane allowed three runs in one inning; Dean Turner four in two-thirds of an inning; Larry Ellenbrook two in 3á, and Kyle Thomas, a scoreless frame.

Every Cougar starter had at least one hit. Kaeo Rubin and Jay Miller each had three hits. Everett had four RBIs and Nick Hall had three.

Zach McAngus, a 2002 Kamehameha graduate, batted 2 for 6 with two RBIs.

Matt Inouye was the only Rainbow with multiple hits (2 for 3). Joe Spiers extended his hitting streak to nine games with a fifth-inning single.

Every UH starter, except Inouye, was eventually replaced after the game got out of hand. Inouye, who started in center before replacing Esteban Lopez at catcher in the sixth, remained because he is the only available catcher with Erik Ammon still healing a shoulder injury.

In WSU's five-run third, it sent 11 batters to the plate. The Cougars had three ground singles in the inning, as well as run-scoring ground outs. A fielding error by first baseman Luis Avila was followed by Hall's two-run double off Bauer.

Bauer was replaced after he gave up a single to Jeff Miller and a walk to Matthew Thomas. Ioane came in and retired Rubin on a lineout to left to leave the bases loaded.

The Cougars add three in the fourth and four in the fifth, as well as single runs in the sixth and eighth.

The Rainbows got two runs in the fifth to pull to 12-3 on RBI singles by Inouye and Avila.

Reach Stacy Kaneshiro at skaneshiro@honoluluadvertiser.com or 525-8042.

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