Jorge Reyes struck out 11 in seven innings and Oregon State stopped Hawai'i, 8-4, yesterday at Goss Stadium in Corvallis, Ore.

The Rainbows (13-8) finished their Oregon road trip 3-2. They return home today and open a four-game series against No. 18 Coastal Carolina starting Thursday.

The start of yesterday's game was delayed about 90 minutes because of rain.

Reyes (3-1) gave up three runs, four hits and three walks for the Beavers (13-5).

"He threw well," UH coach Mike Trapasso said. "He was firm and made good pitches."

Three other relief pitchers combined for the final two innings.

"Frankly, I was disappointed with the way we played defense tonight," Trapasso said. "The reality is we made four errors. The hometown scoring called most of them hits."

The only error UH was officially charged with was a dropped fly by right fielder Christian Johnson that led to a run in the eighth inning.

Harrison Kuroda (3-1) made his first start of the season in a game UH planned to staff. He lasted two-plus innings, allowing four runs, five hits and a walk with one strikeout.

Ryan Davis followed and allowed three runs, three hits and two walks with two strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings. Sam Spangler pitched the final 1 2/3 innings, allowing a run and three hits with two strikeouts.

"It was probably his best outing he's had so far," Trapasso said of Davis. "He threw pretty well, but at times, here and there didn't make good pitches. I saw some positives out of him. He was at least able to find it after initially struggling to find the strike zone."

The Rainbows struck first on a one-out, solo home run to left-center by Landon Hernandez in the top of the second, only to see the Beavers tie it in the bottom of the frame on a sacrifice fly by Logan Lotti.

The Beavers batted around in a three-run third that was highlighted by a two-run bases-loaded single by Adalberto Santos off Kuroda, who was then pulled for Davis. But Davis walked two batters, one of them with the bases loaded, to bring in the third run that made it 4-1.

Hawai'i sent seven batters to the plate in the top of the fourth for two runs to pull within one on a Hernandez RBI single and bases-loaded walk by Sean Montplaisir against Reyes. With the bases loaded and two outs, Hernandez tried to score from third on a pitch that got away from catcher Ryan Ortiz, but his throw to Reyes covering home nailed Hernandez for the third out.

The Beavers cushioned their lead in the sixth when Lotti doubled with one out and one out later, scored on John Tommasini's single that made it 5-3.

Oregon State added two in the seventh when John Wallace led off with a single and Davis hit Joey Wong with a pitch. After both runners advanced on Santos' sacrifice, Davis was replaced by Spangler, who gave up a flare RBI single to pinch hitter Blake Gibbs and sacrifice fly to Ortiz that made it 7-3.

Hawai'i pulled to 7-4 in the top of the eighth when Vinnie Catricala hit a two-out, solo home run to left off reliever Kraig Sitton.

But the Beavers negated the run with one in the bottom of the eighth. Lotti reached on a two-base error when right fielder Johnson dropped a fly. Pinch runner Kyle Beverley took third on a passed ball and scored on Tommasini's single to center to make it 8-4.

The Rainbows' next opponent, Coastal Carolina, is the preseason favorite to win the Big South Conference. Since 2001, the Chanticleers have won six league tournament titles and made six regional appearances.

The Chanticleers (18-4 overall, 3-2 Big South) are coming off losing 2 of 3 at Winthrop in a conference series over the weekend. They last played here in 2003 and split a two-game series with the Rainbows.

Coastal Carolina is averaging nine runs per game this season. They have nine players with at least one home run and each having double-digit RBI. Outfielder Chance Gilmore leads the team with five homers and 18 RBI. His father is Chanticleers' coach Gary Gilmore.

Moreover, the pitching staff has a team earned run average of 2.78.