Updated at 9:19 p.m., Saturday, February 10, 2007
Rainbows hold off Pacific in baseball, 4-3
Advertiser Staff
Kris Sanchez homered for the second consecutive game, and Tyler Davis pitched two scoreless innings of relief, to help Hawai'i beat Pacific, 4-3, today at Les Murakami Stadium.Mark Rodrigues (3-0) pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings of five-hit ball with three strikeouts for the Rainbows (6-2).
Davis inherited a bases-loaded, no-outs situation in the eighth when Matt Daly loaded the bases with three singles. After allowing a sacrifice fly, RBI single and RBI double, Davis struck out the last five consecutive batters for the save.
Joey Centanni (0-2) gave up four runs (three earned), seven hits and six walks in 5 1/3 innings for the Tigers (2-4).
The Rainbows took a 2-0 lead in the third. With one out, Brandon Haislet walked and Sanchez homered to right, his second in as many games.
An out later, Landon Hernandez doubled to right, but Ryan Asato flied out to deep center to end the inning.
Hawai'i added two in the sixth. Vinnie Catricala singled with one out and Jorge Franco walked. Nate Young then hit a grounder back to the pitcher Centanni, whose throw to second for the force sailed into center, allowing Catricala to score and Franco to take second.
Justin Frash walked to load the bases, and Haislet was hit by a pitch to force across a run to make it 4-0. Pacific coach Ed Sprague was ejected after arguing the call, and Centanni was pulled for Curtis Pasma, who struck out Sanchez and retired Eli Christensen on a fly to center.
The Tigers pulled to within one in the eighth. Matt Daly allowed three successive singles to start the inning to load the bases. Tyler Davis came in for Daly and gave up a sacrifice fly to Mike Walker, RBI single to Zach Chamberlain and RBI double to Brett Manning to make it 4-3. But Davis struck out the next two batters to end the inning.
