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Posted at 9:58 p.m., Monday, March 13, 2006

UH tops W. Illinois in baseball, 3-0

Stacy Kaneshiro
Advertiser Staff Writer

In an even shorter game, Hawai'i beat Western Illinois, 3-0, to complete a five-game sweep in a game after 4 1/2 innings because of rain Monday night.

A Les Murakami Stadium crowd of 486 watched Justin Costi (2-0) throw UH's first shutout of the season, scattering two hits and a hit batsman with six strikeouts in five innings for the Rainbows (18-6).

It was the 14th consecutive loss for the Leathernecks (2-14), who travel to UH-Hilo for another five-game series starting tomorrow.

Sunday's 11-1 win by UH was called in the bottom of the seventh because of a mutually agreed upon 10-run rule.