Box Score

HONOLULU - The University of Hawai`i Rainbow baseball team (4-2) dropped the second-half of the doubleheader with the San Francisco Dons (1-2) 6-5 in front of a crowd of 2,447 at Les Murakami Stadium Saturday. Sam Spangler took the loss while Matt Baugh picked up the win for USF. Joe Oropeza came on in relief to get the save for the Dons.

Jeffrey Van Doornum continued his hot hitting, going 2-for-4 with two runs and tow doubles. Landon Hernandez went 1-for-3 with two RBI while Kevin Macdonald was 1-for-3 with two runs scored.

The Dons got on the scoreboard first, posting two runs on errors by the Rainbows. They added a run in the fourth and two in the fifth to get their lead to 5-0.

USF put up another run in the seventh before the Rainbows started to mount a comeback. Ryan Morford drove in UH's first run before Landon Hernandez drove in another to make it 6-2.

The 'Bows then made it really exciting in the bottom of the ninth. Evan Zimny and Hernandez both drove in runs early in the inning to cut it to a two-run deficit. Jonathan Hee hit an RBI-single with two outs. But it was too little, too late as Oropeza closed out the game with a strikeout, giving USF the 6-5 victory.

The two teams will close out their four-game series tomorrow at 1:05 p.m. at Les Murakami Stadium.

-UH-