MEDIA RELEASE

The University of Hawaii at Hill dropped a Pacific West Conference twinbill to Hawaii Pacific University at Hans L’Orange Park in Waipahu, HI.

With the 1-4 and 3-7 losses, the Vulcans fall to 15-24 overall and 10-18 in the PacWest while the Sea Warriors are 32-10 overall and 24-4 in the PacWest.

The Vulcan offense struggled in the first game as they collected six hits with Ronel Trias picking up a pair.

They scored their run after Shane Kessel’s lead-off triple in the fourth. He would score on a wild pitch.

Kekoa Lee took the loss giving up four runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out two.

Kessel picked up a pair of hits and 3 RBI in game two to pace the Vulcans. After Colin Zimmerman doubled with a man on first, Kessel singled through the left side to give the Vulcans a 2-0 lead in the first.

But the Sea Warriors answered with four in the bottom of the first and added two more in the fifth.

Kessel’s sixth-inning double got one run back.

John Holley took the loss giving up seven runs on 12 hits and a walk over 5.1 innings.

Hawaii Hilo at Hawai’i Pacific Univ (Game 1)
Apr 23, 2010 at Waipahu, HI (Hans L’Orange Park)

Hawaii Hilo 1                                 Hawai'i Pacific Univ 4 (29-10)

Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
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Trias, R. lf...............  2  0  2  0       Turner, Kenny ss...........  4  1  2  1
Hanna, J. dh...............  3  0  0  0       Winston, Sean 2b...........  3  0  1  0
Manago, K. cf..............  3  0  0  0       Amaral, Blake lf...........  3  0  2  1
Kessel, S. ss..............  2  1  1  0       Nooij, Bas dh..............  3  0  0  0
Barrett, C. 1b.............  3  0  1  0       Sumner, Kale 1b............  3  1  2  0
Wong, J. 3b................  3  0  0  0       Inamasu, Jordan rf.........  2  1  0  0
Pilla, TJ 2b...............  3  0  0  0       Tamaru, Wade 3b............  2  0  0  0
Moniz, K. rf...............  3  0  1  0       Agortsas, Alex c...........  2  1  0  0
Hoffman, J. c..............  2  0  1  0       Davis, Tyler cf............  3  0  2  2
Lee, K. p..................  0  0  0  0       Greene, Michael p..........  0  0  0  0
Totals..................... 24  1  6  0       Totals..................... 25  4  9  4

Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Hawaii Hilo......... 000 100 0 -  1  6  0
Hawai'i Pacific Univ 100 201 X -  4  9  0
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DP - HPU 1. LOB - Hawaii Hilo 5; HPU 7. 2B - Moniz, K.; Amaral, B.. 3B - Kessel, S..
HBP - Agortsas, A.. SH - Tamaru, W.. CS - Trias, R.; Kessel, S..

Hawaii Hilo                    IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
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Lee, K.  L.................   6.0  9  4  4  2  2   0  0  1  0   25 29   8  7

Hawai'i Pacific Univ           IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
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Greene, Michael  W,5-2.....   7.0  6  1  1  3  6   1  0  0  0   24 27   8  4

WP - Greene, M.. HB - Lee, K..

Strikeouts - Hanna, J. 2; Manago, K.; Barrett, C.; Wong, J.; Pilla, TJ; Tamaru, W.;
Davis, T.. Walks - Trias, R.; Kessel, S.; Hoffman, J.; Winston, S.; Inamasu, J..