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HONOLULU - The University of Hawai`i Rainbow baseball team (12-8) completed a three-game sweep of the No. 3 Florida State Seminoles (21-4) with a 9-6 victory in front of a crowd of 2,341 at the Les Murakami Stadium Sunday. Guy McDowell (2-0) pitched 1.1 innings, giving up just one hit with two strikeouts for the win while Brian Schultz (0-1) took the loss for the Seminoles. Darrell Fisherbaugh pitched 3.0 hitless innings with two strikeouts to earn his first save. The game was delayed one hour and 19 minutes due to rain.

Jose Castaneda provided the big hit for UH again, blasting a grand slam to right field in the fourth, capping a seven-run inning that put the 'Bows ahead. Luis Avila led the way, going 3-for-4 with one run and one RBI. Matthew Inouye had a 2-for-4 game with two RBI and a run while Isaac Omura was also 2-for-4 with two runs and a double. Joseph Spiers finished a great weekend with a 2-for-4 game with a run.

The 'Noles jumped out early again, scoring two runs in the first and second innings to go up 4-0. But Hawai`i made their move in the fourth. Omura led off with a double that started a string of eight-straight Rainbows that reached base in the inning, including seven hits. Avila, Inouye and Rocky Russo all drove in a run each before Castaneda hit his grand slam, the 24th in UH history.

Florida State added two runs in the fifth to cut the deficit to just one run. But Fisherbaugh made the difference, entering in the seventh with two runners on, forcing a ground out and a double play to end the rally. He allowed just one other baserunner in the eighth before closing the door on the Seminoles with six-straight outs.

Hawai`i was able to add two insurance runs in the seventh, scored by Spiers and Omura, who was driven in by Inouye, making the final 9-6.

UH completed its first sweep of the season and handed the Seminoles their first non-conference sweep since Feb. 6-8, 2004, at Arizona State.

Hawai`i will have a quick turnaround before hosting No. 30 Winthrop for two games, on Tuesday, March 15, and Wednesday, March 16, with both games starting at 6:35 p.m.

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