ALAMEDA, California – The Hawai'i Hilo baseball team surrendered walk-off losses in both games of Saturday's doubleheader to Holy Names, 7-6 and 5-4, in Pacific West Conference action at the College of Alameda.

The two losses completed a four-game sweep by the Hawks in which all but one ended in walk-off fashion.

With the Vulcans trailing by one run heading into the ninth, pinch hitter Cody was hit by pitch to lead the inning off. After a sacrifice bunt moved him over to second, Casey Yamauchi drove him in with an RBI single to tie the score at 6-6.

The bottom frame started in similar fashion with Holy Names drawing a lead-off walk followed by a sac bunt to move the runner over. The next batter hit a grounder to short but Yamauchi's throw over to first base sailed high and out of play, bringing home the game-winning run.

In the second game, HNU again led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a walk before being moved over on a sacrifice bunt as Jaime Garcia nabbed the walk-off hit with an RBI single to left field.

Hawai'i Hilo fell under .500 in conference play and now sits at No. 7 in the regular season standings.

WHAT'S NEXT

Hawai'i Hilo moved to 8-9 in the PacWest (17-11 overall) as Holy Names improved to a 9-7 record (19-12 overall).

The Vulcans will continue on in northern California to play Academy of Art and Fresno Pacific through April 11.

Hawai'i Hilo will return to Francis Wong Stadium to host HPU for their final home games April 21–23 before traveling back to O'ahu to close out the regular season with four more games against the Sharks April 28–30.

The four-team PacWest Championships postseason tournament will be held May 10–12 in Fresno, California.

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The previously 22nd-ranked Vulcans dropped out of the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association NCAA Division II poll released this past Wednesday.

Hawai'i Hilo also fell a spot back to No. 4 in the latest West Region rankings released last Monday.