No. 19 San Diego tops Hawaii in baseball, 6-1
Advertiser Staff
Josh Romanski pitched seven strong innings and made a six-run first inning stand up to lead No. 19 San Diego over Hawai'i, 6-1, tonight in non-conference collegiate baseball at Les Murakami Stadium.
Romanski (3-0) allowed a run, four hits and two walks with six strikeouts for the Toreros (14-7). Darrin Campbell gave up a hit and a walk in the eighth, but was bailed out by A.J. Griffin, who allowed a hit in two scoreless innings.
Josh Schneider (2-1)went two-thirds of an inning, allowing six runs (three earned), four hits and a walk for UH (7-13). Josh Slaats (2 1/3 innings), Alex Capaul (2), Cory Kahn (2), Jayson Kramer (1), Cameron Wheeler (two-thirds) and Sam Spangler (one-third) blanked the Toreros the rest of the way.
The Toreros sent 10 batters to the plate in a six-run first. Kevin Muno led off with a walk, Sean Nicol was hit by a pitch and Victor Sanchez singled to load the bases. Josh Romanski reached first safely when first baseman Kevin Macdonald couldn't field a chopper, apparently losing the ball in the lights, allowing Muno to score and reload the bases.
Anthony Strazzara followed with a two-run single and Romanski stopped at second. Both advanced on James Meador's sacrifice. Romanski scored on Kevin Hansen's single that moved Strazzara to third. Logan Gelbrich's sacrifice fly made it 5-0 and Zach Walter's RBI single made it 6-0. After going 1-0 on Muno, the 10th batter of the inning, Schneider was lifted for Josh Slaats, who retired Muno on a grounder to end the inning.
The Rainbows pulled to 6-1 in the sixth. Montplaisir led off with a walk and took third when Jon Hee chopped a single to left. Nate Young walked to load the bases, but Brandon Haislet popped out to second. Vinnie Catricala grounded to short for a force at second to score Montplaisir and put runners at the corners. But Jeff Van Doornum grounded out to short on a nice play by Sean Nicol to end the inning.