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For a few minutes near the end Saturday, it looked like the University of Hawaii baseball team’s Manoa Magic might have snuck its way onto the plane with the Rainbows on their trip to Long Beach State.
But the Dirtbags prevailed, barely.
Long Beach State took a four-run first-inning lead and held on to edge UH 7-6 at Blair Field in Long Beach, Calif. The teams are now even in their Big West series, with a final game today.
Hawaii is now 10-8 and 1-4 in Big West. LBSU is 5-13 and 1-4 after breaking a seven-game losing streak.
With UH trailing 7-5 in the top of the ninth, Gabe Wright hit a solo homer with one out and Ben Zeigler-Namoa followed with a single for the potential game-tying run. But Dirtbags reliever Alex Ramos retired Elijah Ickes and Draven Nushida to end the game.
LBSU led 4-0 after a three-run homer in the first by Dylan Lina. The’Bows bounced back with three in the top of the second, with a rally featuring Tate Shimao’s RBI single and a two-run, two-out single by Jake Redding.
But the Dirtbags touched up UH starter Hekili Robello for another run in the second, and two more in the third after Jack Berg replaced Robello with the bases loaded and none out.
“Hekili just had an off night, ” Hawaii coach Rich Hill said. “He’ll bounce back. (Relievers Saul ) Soto and (Tsubasa ) Tomii were outstanding.”
After striking out Lina to end the fourth in relief of Berg, Soto faced the minimum nine batters from the fifth to seventh innings.
Hawaii briefly tied the game at 5-all on Nushida’s sacrifice fly and Kody Watanabe’s run-scoring double in the third.
“It was great to see our offense hit and generate runs early, ” Hill said. “I thought we battled back all night. Just kept getting punched in the mouth and came up a little short.”
LBSU freshman right hander Luke Howe settled down, and the’Bows did not get the first batter on base in the middle and late innings.
“He settled down and was good, ” Hill said of Howe.
Tyler Gebb pitched a scoreless eighth in relief of Howe before Ramos came in for the save in the ninth that came close to a’Bows comeback.
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But the Dirtbags prevailed, barely.
Long Beach State took a four-run first-inning lead and held on to edge UH 7-6 at Blair Field in Long Beach, Calif. The teams are now even in their Big West series, with a final game today.
Hawaii is now 10-8 and 1-4 in Big West. LBSU is 5-13 and 1-4 after breaking a seven-game losing streak.
With UH trailing 7-5 in the top of the ninth, Gabe Wright hit a solo homer with one out and Ben Zeigler-Namoa followed with a single for the potential game-tying run. But Dirtbags reliever Alex Ramos retired Elijah Ickes and Draven Nushida to end the game.
LBSU led 4-0 after a three-run homer in the first by Dylan Lina. The’Bows bounced back with three in the top of the second, with a rally featuring Tate Shimao’s RBI single and a two-run, two-out single by Jake Redding.
But the Dirtbags touched up UH starter Hekili Robello for another run in the second, and two more in the third after Jack Berg replaced Robello with the bases loaded and none out.
“Hekili just had an off night, ” Hawaii coach Rich Hill said. “He’ll bounce back. (Relievers Saul ) Soto and (Tsubasa ) Tomii were outstanding.”
After striking out Lina to end the fourth in relief of Berg, Soto faced the minimum nine batters from the fifth to seventh innings.
Hawaii briefly tied the game at 5-all on Nushida’s sacrifice fly and Kody Watanabe’s run-scoring double in the third.
“It was great to see our offense hit and generate runs early, ” Hill said. “I thought we battled back all night. Just kept getting punched in the mouth and came up a little short.”
LBSU freshman right hander Luke Howe settled down, and the’Bows did not get the first batter on base in the middle and late innings.
“He settled down and was good, ” Hill said of Howe.
Tyler Gebb pitched a scoreless eighth in relief of Howe before Ramos came in for the save in the ninth that came close to a’Bows comeback.
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