Posted on: Saturday, March 5, 2005
No. 15 Wichita St. turns back Hawai'i, 3-2
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By Stacy Kaneshiro
Advertiser Staff Writer
Wichita State was out-hit and out-pitched but came out in front with a 3-2 win over Hawai'i last night at the First Hawaii Title Rainbow Baseball Tournament.
Andrew Shimabuku • The Honolulu Advertiser A crowd of 1,669 attended the three tournament games at Les Murakami Stadium.
It was a tough loss for the Rainbows (8-8, 1-3), but it wasn't for lack of effort, UH coach Mike Trapasso said.
"At least we came away with an approach that was consistent to what we had the night before, where it was good. It's the first time we've done that this year. It's been awhile since we put together two real good offensive approaches where we were aggressive and went after it. We just didn't get it done."
The Rainbows out-hit the Shockers, 11-7, led by Isaac Omura's 3 for 5 performance that included two doubles.
UH starter Colby Summer and reliever Steven Wright combined to allow three runs, two unearned, on seven hits with five walks and eight strikeouts. Summer carried UH to one out in the seventh before being pulled after walking successive batters. Wright came in and got an inning-ending double play. Wright (1-2) allowed an unearned run on two hits and a walk with four strikeouts.
"We pitched well enough to win," Trapasso said. "Steven Wright did a good job. But we've got to get it done offensively."
Jared Simon (1-0) pitched three scoreless innings of relief, scattering five hits. Noah Booth pitched the final 1° innings, allowing a hit with two strikeouts for his third save.
Wichita State scored an unearned run in the second inning when right fielder Jose Castaneda lost a fly in the lights off the bat of Joe Muich and dropped the ball. Muich took third on a hit-and-run single to left by Brandon Hall. A sacrifice fly to center by Kenny Waddell put WSU ahead, 1-0.
The Shockers made it 2-0 in the third when Damon Sublett tripled to right-center with two outs and scored on Blake Hurlbutt's single to shortstop.
The Rainbows tied it with two in the fifth against Brandon Ast. Erik Ammon walked with one out and took third on Joe Spiers' double to right-center. After Schafer Magana struck out, Ammon scored on a wild pitch that moved Spiers to third. He scored on Isaac Omura's double to right. Luis Avila's line single to left forced Omura to stop at third. Jared Simon came in to face Matt Inouye and retired him on a fly to right.
Wichita State starter Travis Banwart threw four scoreless innings of two-hit ball with two walks and six strikeouts. He was replaced by Ast in the fifth, when UH scored its only runs.
It doesn't get easier for the Rainbows, who play unbeaten Louisiana Lafayette 14-0, 4-0) in the tournament finale tonight. The Rajin' Cajuns, ranked 21st by Baseball America and 22nd by Collegiate Baseball, have already clinched the tournament championship by virtue of their head-to-head win against Wichita State on Tuesday.
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Buddy Glass and Thad Montgomery combined on a six-hitter, allowing no earned runs, to lead Louisiana Lafayette over UC Davis yesterday to clinch the championship of the First Hawai'i Title Rainbow Baseball Tournament. The Rajin' Cajuns (14-0 overall, 4-0 in the tournament) are off to the program's best start. In 1994, they started the season 13-0.
Glass allowed three hits and three walks with five strikeouts in eight innings, giving up an unearned run. Montgomery allowed three hits and an unearned run in the ninth.
Louisiana scored on a wild pitch and RBI double by John Coker to take a 2-0 lead in the second, and added four in the fifth on one of two errors in the inning, a sacrifice fly by Dallas Morris and two wild pitches.
Buddy Glass, Thad Montogmery (9) and Jonathan Lucroy. Michael Potter, Nik Aurora (5) and Tyler LaTorre, Dave Treat (6).
WP—Glass (1-0). LP—Potter (2-1).
Leading hitters—Louisiana Lafayette: John Coker double; Jonathan Lucroy 1-2, 2 runs). UC Davis: Tyler LaTorre 1-2, double.
Brett Flowers' two-run single in the top of the seventh broke 4-all game to rally the Hornets (7-8, 2-2).
Sacramento State trailed 4-3 entering the top of the seventh before 'Aiea graduate Taylor Watanabe's RBI single tied the game at 4 against Yuri Higgis (0-1).
Warren Rosebrock (2-0) pitched eight scoreless innings of relief, allowing three hits and two walks with seven strikeouts for the Hornets.
The Bulls (9-8, 1-3) scored four the in the second to take a 4-2 lead. Brian Baisley had a two-run home run to left, Jeremy Brand added an RBI double to left and Brad Karns had an RBI single.
Hornets' right fielder Jim Strombach, a Moanalua graduate, was 4 for 5 with an RBI triple in the eighth.
Kyle Christensen, Warren Rosebrock (2) and Matt Wilson. Nick Manganaro, Tim Mattison (2), Yuri Higgins (7), Davis Bilardello (8) and Brad Karns, Brian Baisley (7).
WP—Rosebrock (2-0). LP—Higgins (0-1).
Leading hitters—Sacramento State: Jim Strombach 4-5, triple, RBI; Pat Keiper 2-3. South Florida: Dexter Butler 2-4, double, Jeremy Brand 2-4, RBI, double.
The Shockers (14-1 overall, 3-1 in the tournament) broke a 2-all game with an unearned run in the top of the eighth. It was the second unearned run of the game for the Shockers, who are ranked 15th by Collegiate Baseball and 24th by Sports Weekly/ESPN.
UH center fielder Matt Inouye raced to the warning track to haul in a drive in the third inning of last night's game against Wichita State.
Louisiana Lafayette 6, UC Davis 2
Sacramento State 7, South Florida 4
