Twelfth-ranked Wichita State schooled less fundamentally sound Hawai'i, 10-4 and 5-4, yesterday to complete a doubleheader and series sweep.

"You make fundamental mistakes like we did this weekend, it's nobody's fault but the head coach, not the assistant coaches, not the players," said UH coach Mike Trapasso, whose team fell to 9-5 with its third straight loss. "We'll be better for it over the next couple of weeks."

The doubleheader, watched by 1,808 at Les Murakami Stadium, was needed because of Saturday night's rainout.

It was UH's first series loss since April 7 to 9 against Fresno State, which took 2 of 3, and the first time UH was swept in a three-game series since the 2004 season-opening series against then No. 8 Texas. It also is UH's longest losing streak since April 20, 2005, when it lost at San Francisco after losing the last two games of a series at Rice.

"Any time a team comes in and gives you a sweep, it's kind of a hard pill to swallow," said UH senior first baseman Kris Sanchez, who saw his 16-game hitting streak snapped in the series opener. "We didn't play too well all weekend. We battled there towards the end, but it was too late. We didn't get enough timely hits."

After starting the season by dropping the first two games at Pepperdine, the Shockers (8-2) have won eight in a row, including a four-game sweep at UH-Hilo earlier in the week.

"I was pleased with our overall play. We still made some silly mistakes ... but it's early in the season and I'm very proud of our guys," WSU coach Gene Stephenson said. "They competed well against a very competitive team in their home territory, so that's always pleasing to see. I don't know if there's anybody that's going to come in here and sweep Hawai'i. You don't do that."

After blowouts in the first two games, the Rainbows finally made it a contest in the third. Trailing 5-1, they pulled to 5-3 on Evan Zimny's two-run double off closer Noah Krol. In the ninth, an RBI single by Sanchez made it 5-4. But with the tying and winning runners on first and second, Brandon Haislet popped out to second and Kevin Macdonald got a good piece of aluminum on the ball, but center fielder Blake Hurlbutt made the catch in right-center to end the game.

Macdonald particularly impressed Trapasso. The freshman infielder drew a walk as a pinch hitter in the opener and was 0 for 2 in the second game, when he pinch-hit for second baseman Jon Hee. Hee might have aggravated his previously subluxed left shoulder while reaching high for a chopper in the eighth inning that scored what turned out to be the winning run for the Shockers. Trapasso felt Macdonald had three good plate appearances.

"He's going to start to get more involved," Trapasso said. "He's going to be a star for us throughout his career here. Great swing (on the last at-bat). He couldn't do anything more to end the game."

Travis Banwart (2-1) was solid in the second game, allowing a run, seven hits and a walk with four strikeouts in five innings. Noah Booth gave up two runs in two-plus innings before Krol bailed him out of a jam in the eighth. Krol gave up a run in two innings for his third save.

The Shockers jumped on UH starter Joshua Schneider (1-1) for five runs, seven hits and a walk in seven-plus innings. He gave up two runs in the second and two more in the third as the Shockers pulled ahead early. But after giving up an RBI single to Tyler Hill that made it 4-1, Schneider retired the next 13 Shockers.

Batterymate Landon Hernandez said Schneider was leaving his pitches high early in the game.

"Towards the end, he worked down (in the zone), throwing all of his pitches for strikes," said Hernandez, who caught both games.

After giving up a leadoff double in the eighth to Derek Schermerhorn, Schneider was pulled for Tyler Davis, who retired all six batters he faced. Schermerhorn eventually scored after two ground outs to second, the second against a drawn-in infield that Hee had to leap for and consequently tweaked his shoulder.

The Rainbows out-hit the Shockers, 13-7, in the second game, but stranded 11 runners, seven in scoring position.

The opener was a disaster for the Rainbows. Starter Mark Rodrigues (4-1), coming off his first career complete game at UC Santa Barbara two weekends ago, lasted just 2 1/3 innings, giving up five runs and seven hits with one strikeout.

Matt Daly didn't fare any better in relief, giving up five runs, seven hits and four walks in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out six.

Conor Gillaspie was 3 for 5 with four RBIs in the opener, including a three-run homer that gave WSU a 5-1 lead. Hurlbutt had three RBIs, and Damon Sublett and Matt Brown also had three hits apiece for the Shockers.

Justin Frash hit his first home run of the season off WSU starter Aaron Shafer (2-1) to lead off the bottom of the fourth. Shafer gave up four runs, five hits and three walks with three strikeouts. Anthony Capra finished with 3 1/3 scoreless innings of one-hit relief for his first save.

Trapasso says he hopes to have the problems with fundamentals resolved soon. Among the areas he thought needed addressing were the pitchers controlling the running game and keeping their pitches down in the zone; outfielders hitting their cut-off men; hitters showing better two-strike approaches and hitting to all fields.

"If we commit to working on this together in the next couple of weeks, we'll be a better club," Trapasso said. "But this was 100 percent 'my bad' this weekend."

Hawai'i has three nonconference series before beginning Western Athletic Conference play March 23 against Nevada. Next up is Chicago State for a five-game series starting Thursday.

Reach Stacy Kaneshiro at skaneshiro@honoluluadvertiser.com.