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HONOLULU -- The University of Hawai`i Rainbow baseball team (12-20, 4-2 Easter) beat the Lewis-Clark State Warriors (20-10, 2-4 Easter) 14-3 in the final game of the Ohana Hotels & Resorts Rainbow Easter Tournament Sunday at the Les Murakami Stadium. Freshman
Ricky Bauer (1-3) picked up the win while Collin Perschon (3-2) got the loss for the Warriors.
The Rainbows got all the runs they needed in the second inning as they got eight runs off five hits to take a commanding 8-0 lead. From there Hawai`i continued to pour it on, adding three in the fifth and three in the seventh en route to the 14 inning game.
Leading the 'Bows tonight were the duo of Brent Cook and Gregg Omori. Cook ended the night with a 2-for-5 performance with three RBI and three runs scored. Omori also went 2-for-5 but had five RBI and two runs. Kevin Gilbride added a 2-for-3 performance with a run and an RBI. All nine starters scored for Hawai`i with six of the nine driving at least one run in.
That was more than enough run support for Ricky Bauer, who ended the night with an eight inning, two earned runs performance with three strikeouts and no walks.
In earlier action, UC Riverside beat Hawai`i Pacific 6-3 and Birmingham-Southern defeated UH-Hilo 10-7. The Highlanders and Birmingham Southern finished the tournament with 4-2 records. San Jose State won the tournament with a 6-0 record. UH-Hilo ended with a 1-5 record while Hawai`i Pacific finished with an 0-6 record.
The Rainbows will next host a three-game WAC series with the Nevada Wolfpack starting Thursday, April 4, at 6:35 p.m.
Ohana Hotels & Resorts Rainbow Easter Tournament All-Tournament Team
Bryan Baker, San Jose State, 1B
Micah Furtado, Lewis-Clark State, 2B
Tony Festa, UC Riverside, 3B
Ryan Adams, San Jose State, SS
Brian Wahlbrink, UC Riverside, OF
Matt Bogue, Birmingham-Southern, OF
Travis Becktel, San Jose State, OF
Jimmy Anderson, UC Riverside, C
Mac Godwin, Birmingham-Southern, DH
Sean Yamashita, Hawai`i, P
Tyler Sullivan, Birmingham-Southern, P
Gabe Lopez, San Jose State, Most Outstanding Player
Michael Malott, San Jose State, Most Outstanding Pitcher
