Waipahu, Hawaii – The University of Hawaii at Hilo split today's twinbill with Hawaii Pacific University at Hans L'Orange Park winning the first game 4-2 in 10-innings while dropping the second game 9-8.
In game one, the Vulcans (12-16) trailed 2-1 in the seventh when
T.J. Brown's RBI double sent the scheduled seven-inning game in extra innings. There were two outs on the board when
Shane Kessel singled to center. He then scored on Brown's double.
In the 10th frame,
Ronel Trias opened the inning with a triple and then scored on
Keoni Manago's grounder to second base. Three batters later,
Dayne Ogawa's single put the finishing touch on the game.
Kekoa Lee and
Christian Stephenson combined on the five hitter. Over 7.0 innings, Lee held the Sea Warriors to two runs on five hits while tallying five strikeouts and issuing just one walk. Stephenson (1-1) came in for the final three innings to pick up the victory with a two-hit performance.
Michael Higa and Ogawa paired hits for the Vulcans while Paul Nishimura led the Sea Warriors (25-13-1) with two hits.
Scoring the first run in game two, the momentum seemed to be in the Vulcans favor until the Sea Warriors jumped on
Brian Shannon for three runs on three hits in the bottom of the first.
A.J. Satele's two-run single and
Peter Rodger's sacrifice fly gave the Vulcans a slim 4-3 lead in the third.
But the seesaw scoring continued as the Sea Warriors came back with two runs in the third.
Manago's single in the fifth would tie the game while Rodgers would pick up another sacrifice fly to give the Vulcans the 6-5 lead. After posting two more runs in the sixth, the Vulcans hoped to put the game away.
But the Sea Warriors came back with a pair of runs in the sixth on Spencer Omalza's pinch-hit homerun.
The Sea Warriors then put together an inning starting double and a pair of singles to score the game winners.
Satele led the way for the Vulcans with three hits while
Matt Haasenritter added a pair.
Danny Lee, Cheynne Hirota, Johnny Hirota and Michael Kealoha each collected two hits.
