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Updated at 6:03 p.m., Friday, April 10, 2009

UH-Nevada baseball game suspended by rain; WAC series shortened

Advertiser Staff

Today's Western Athletic Conference game between Hawai'i and Nevada was suspended after the top of the second inning with the Rainbows leading, 6-4.

The game will resume with the start of the bottom of the second inning at 10 a.m., HST, tomorrow at Peccole Park in Reno, Nev. The first game of the regularly scheduled doublheader tomorrow will be played after the suspended game is over. That game will be nine innings. But the fourth game of the series, or the seven-inning game, has been canceled. The Rainbows are scheduled to leave Nevada tomorrow.

The start of yesterday's game was delayed an hour by inclement weather. The second delay lasted about a half hour before the umpires decided to suspendthe game.

The Rainbows jumped on left-hander Chris Garcia by sending nine batters to the plate in a three-run first. The left-handed hitting Greg Garcia led off the game with a home run to right, his first of the season. Ryan Morford walked, took second on a wild pitch before Vinnie Catricala walked. Kevin Macdonald's single to right-center scored Morford and moved Catricala to third. Kolten Wong's single between the mound and first scored Catricala and sent Macdonald to second to give UH a 3-0 lead. Landon Hernandez popped out to short, Jeffey Van Doornum struck out, but Sean Montplaisir walked to load the bases. Matt Roquemore grounded out to second to end the inning.

The Wolf Pack wasted little time picking up where they left off, scoring four the bottom of the first off UH starter Jared Alexander. Matt Bowman ledoff with a single to left, took second on Westley Moss' single to center and went to third when Shaun Kort grounded to second for a double play. Tyson Jaquez's single to right scored Bowman to pull UN to 3-1. Nick Melino's RBI double made it 3-2. Brock Stassi homered to right to give the Wolf Pack a 4-3 lead before Travis Simas grounded out to second to end the inning.

HawaiOi sent eight batters up in a three-run second to retake the lead. Morford walked with one out and took third on Catricala's double to center.Macdonald struck out, but Wong's two-run double to left-center put UH ahead,5-4. Van Doornum's RBI single up the middle moved Hernandez to second. The runners advanced on a wild pitch, but Montplaisir grounded out to first.