Wednesday,
March 17, 2004
HAWAI‘I
PACIFIC & PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE SPLIT
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ON ST. PATTY’S DAY
HONOLULU,
HI —
The Hawai‘i Pacific University baseball team wrapped up a
six-games series by splitting a pair of games with
Presbyterian College, losing 7-1 and winning 13-8, at the
Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawai‘i Wednesday evening.
In
the first game, PC’s junior lefthander Zach
Matthews (Batesburg, S.C.) threw a complete game
six-hitter, allowing one earned run and striking out five
batters. Matthews pitched seven solid innings and allowed only
one extra base hit in his outing.
The
Blue Hose scored four runs in the first three innings on a
pair of wild pitches, a Sea Warrior error, and a balk to go
ahead 4-0. Hawaii cut the lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the
third, but PC closed the game with a three-run seventh inning
highlighted by a two-run homer from junior first baseman Jake
Lunnen (Sylva, N.C.) and an RBI-single from freshman
catcher Kemper
Booth (Hendersonville, N.C.) to win 7-1.
PC’s
senior outfielder Kevin White
(Spartanburg, S.C.) went three-for-three at the plate with
a double and a triple to go along with three runs scored.
Lunnen was one-for-two at the plate with a homer and two RBI. HPU’s Geoffrey
Say went three-for-four with a double and scored the teams
only run. Mike
Pelsnik pitched five innings and gave up four runs while
picking up the loss. He
threw three wild pitches and tied Sean
Joines for most wild pitches in a season at 11.
In
the second game, all nine of HPU’s batters recorded a hit,
with Say and sophomore Grandon Costa leading the way.
The sophomore sensations each went two-for-five. Say
had a triple, two RBI’s, scored two runs, and stole a base;
while Costa had a triple, a double, two RBI’s, and scored
two runs. Southpaw Kai
Austin was credited with the win, having left the game
with a one run lead in the sixth inning. Sean
Paiva closed the game and picked up his first save.
PC’s
senior pitcher Charles
Assey (W. Columbia, S.C.) picked up the loss after
going four and two-third innings allowing eight runs, six
earned on six hits and five walks. Lunnen led the way at the
plate going two-for-five with four RBI and a double while
White hit his team-best seventh homerun of the season.
Freshmen catcher Robert
Rodebaugh (Marietta, Ga.) and third baseman Davan Abney (Taylors, S.C.)
each collected a pair of hits in the second game including
Abney hitting his first collegiate homerun to lead off sixth
inning.
Hawai‘i
Pacific University stands at 8-14 on the season while
Presbyterian College is 13-13 on the year. The Blue Hose
return to action this weekend as they host the Indians of
Catawba College in a three-game series starting on Saturday,
March 20 with a 12 noon doubleheader.