After giving up 22 runs in the first two games of the series, San Jose State finally found someone to cool off Hawai'i's bats.

Making his first start of the season, Ryan Shopshire pitched a four-hitter to hold off the Rainbows, 4-0, last night as the Spartans gained a split of the Western Athletic Conference doubleheader at Municipal Stadium in San Jose, Calif.

The Rainbows (12-20 overall, 4-7 WAC) won the opener, 12-5, less than 24 hours after their 10-8, 15-inning victory. Hawai'i totalled 38 hits in those two games before Shopshire silenced their bats.

"We had about as good an offensive game we've had all year," UH coach Mike Trapasso said of the opener. "It was so important to come out of the gate and score three runs in the first inning."

The Rainbows also got strong relief from Cory Kahn, who settled the game for starter Josh Slaats, who couldn't escape a fourth-inning jam when the Spartans scored four.

But the Spartans (15-12, 6-8) got the boost they needed from Shopshire (5-0), whose other wins came in relief appearances.

"He threw his breaking ball for strikes at will," Trapasso said.

The series concludes with a single game today at 10 a.m. HST. Trapasso said freshman Alex Capaul will start on the mound.

HAWAI'I 12, SJSU 5

The Rainbows picked up where they left off from Friday's 20-hit assault. They jumped on SJSU starter Max Peterson (2-3) for three runs in the first on a two-run single by Brandon Haislet, who then stole second and scored on Jeff Van Doornum's' double. Peterson gave up six runs, four earned, in three innings.

Hawai'i added three in the third and made it 7-0 in the top of the fourth on Van Doornum's sacrifice fly.

But the Spartans jumped on Slaats in fourth with two-run singles by Alex Sofranac and Matthew Ellis. After walking his fifth batter, Slaats was pulled when he fell behind 2-0 in the count to Craig Hertler. Hertler eventually walked, but Kahn got Kyle Bellows to line to shortstop for an inning-ending double play.

Kahn (1-0) pitched 4 1/3 innings, allowing a run, five hits and a walk. Cameron Wheeler pitched the final 1 1/3 innings, striking out two.

"Cory took control, got ahead in the count," Trapasso said. "He saved our bullpen."

The Rainbows were unable to use Jayson Kramer or Matt Daly because they pitched 4 1/3 and 4 innings, respectively, in Friday's game.

Van Doornum went 3 for 4 with three RBIs. Haislet went 2 for 5 and Greg Garcia 2 for 4, with each getting two RBIs. Jon Hee and Derek DuPree each had four hits and scored twice to lead UH's 18-hit barrage.

SJSU 4, HAWAI'I 0

It looked like the Rainbows' bats were still hot when Sean Montplaisir led off the game with a double and took third when DuPree grounded out to second. But Shopshire stranded him there.

The right-hander would only give up three more hits and a walk the rest of the way. No UH batter reached second base again until the ninth, when DuPree singled and advanced on a fielding error by left fielder Sofranac.

"I thought the first inning was big when we had a chance to score," Trapasso said. "After winning that first game 12-5, to jump out, even to score one and take the lead, that could've got momentum on our side. But I just have to give credit to Shopshire. He just did a great job."

Nick Rhodes (1-4), pitched well, retiring the first 13 batters of the game before Sonny Garza tripled and scored on Anthony Aguilera's single. Rhodes gave up three runs and seven hits with one strikeout after lasting just 2 1/3 innings in his last start at Sacramento State.