Posted at 4:26 p.m., Saturday, May 6, 2006
UH sweeps baseball doubleheader at Louisiana Tech
Advertiser Staff
Eli Christensen doubled home Matt Inouye from second with one out in the top of the ninth inning to break a 6-all game and lead Hawai'i over Louisiana Tech, 7-6, Saturday night to complete a doubleheader and four-game series sweep at J.C. Love Field in Ruston, La.The Rainbows (37-12 overall, 14-6 WAC) won the opener, 5-3, in the three-hour rain-delayed first game. The Bulldogs (28-22, 9-12) squandered a 6-2 lead after five innings in losing for the ninth time in their last 10 games.
Matt Daly (6-0) pitched two scoreless innings of relief for UH. Starter Mark Rodrigues lasted just 3 1/3 innings, giving up five runs. Tyler Davis gave up a run in 3 2/3 innings of relief.
Andrew Alsup (3-1) was charged with two runs, four hits and a walk with one strikeout in 2 2/3 innings of relief for the Bulldogs.
Luis Avila smacked his seventh home run of the season, Robbie Wilder was 4 for 5 and Inouye was 3 for 5 with two doubles.
In the top of the ninth, Inouye legged out a double to left and took third when Esteban Lopez grounded out to second. With the infield drawn in, Christensen lofted a double to right near the foul line to score Inouye.
In the first game, Ian Harrington (6-3) allowed three runs, six hits with no walks and four strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings. Darrell Fisherbaugh allowed a single in 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief for his ninth save.
Jericho Jones' two-run home run in the first inning put the Bulldogs (28-21, 9-11) ahead early. But the Rainbows scored single runs in the second, third and fourth innings to take the lead, the go-ahead run coming a Derek DuPree sacrifice fly. Hawai'i added single runs in the sixth and ninth innings for insurance.
