The baseball game between No. 24 Arizona and Hawai'i last night at Les Murakami Stadium was suspended in the bottom of the ninth inning because of rain.

The game will resume where it left off with Kris Sanchez in the batter's box with no outs and a full count and the Rainbows (14-6) trailing 2-0 to the Wildcats (13-5). Starting time is 5:30 p.m. The regularly scheduled game, scheduled for 6:35 p.m., will follow.

It is the first suspended game since 2002 when the Rainbows lost at UH-Hilo, 10-9, in 12 innings.

According to the umpires, determining suspensions, as opposed to making it an official game with the last completed inning, is agreed upon by the coaches during lineup exchanges during the first game of the series. Hawai'i coach Mike Trapasso said for every series the agreement is to suspend games, rather than have them made official. Any game after five innings is considered official.

"The umpires made the right call," Trapasso said of the decision to call the game.

Trapasso said the only situation in which a game cannot be suspended is if it is a getaway game for the visitor.

The suspension was made at 9:45 p.m. The game had already been delayed 30 minutes in the top of the ninth inning because of a downpour. Action resumed at 9:35 p.m.

Arizona starter Preston Guilmet had pitched eight scoreless innings of five-hit ball with four walks and 12 strikeouts. Daniel Schlereth came in the top of the ninth, throwing seven pitches, running a full count before the rains came.

Hawai'i starter Ian Harrington went 7 1/3 innings, allowing two runs, eight hits with two walks and seven strikeouts. Matt Daly pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings, having thrown 32 pitches. Should the game go extra innings, Trapasso said it will be determined then if Daly can continue pitching.

The Wildcats broke a scoreless deadlock in the fifth. With one out, Robert Abel singled and took second on a wild pitch before T.J. Steele struck out. Colt Sedbrook was hit by a pitch, bringing Bill Rhinehart to the plate. Abel stole third on a 1-0 count. On a 2-2 pitch, Sedbrook broke for second, drawing a throw from catcher Landon Hernandez, who had checked the runner at third. Shortstop Eli Christensen took the throw, checked home, then chased Sedbrook, but had to throw to first baseman Sanchez to tag out the runner, who stayed in the rundown long enough to enable Abel score before the third out was recorded.

The Wildcats added a run in the eighth with one out when Sedbrook doubled and scored on Rhinehart's single to center, ending Harrington's night.

The Rainbows had opportunities early. They left the bases loaded in the second when Guilmet walked three consecutive batters with two outs. The Rainbows also left runners at second and third in the third and left runners at first and second in the fifth.

The crowd of 1,630 at the game last night was the fourth-highest total of the season.

GRAND CANYON ROLLS OVER HPU, 14-2

Cody Johns went 3 for 4 with six RBIs as Grand Canyon University rolled over Hawai'i Pacific University, 14-2, last night in a baseball game at Central O'ahu Regional Park.

The Antelopes (10-10) banged out 14 hits. Grand Canyon broke open a 5-2 game by scoring nine runs in the top of the eighth inning.

Colton Silvia led the Sea Warriors (7-7), going 2 for 3 with one run scored and an RBI.

The second game of last night's scheduled doubleheader was rained out.

Reach Stacy Kaneshiro at skaneshiro@honoluluadvertiser.com.