HONOLULU - The University of Hawai'i Rainbow baseball team returns home to face Sacramento State in a four-game Western Athletic Conference series at Les Murakami Stadium from Friday, Apr. 17, to Sunday, Apr. 19.

 

The series opens with a 6:35 p.m. game on Friday. That will be followed by the doubleheader at 3:05 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday's finale at 1:05 p.m.

 

Hawai'i (21-12, 4-3 WAC) is coming off a 2-2 road trip, beating Santa Clara in a mid-week game before losing two of three at Nevada. Sacramento State (20-14, 1-3) won three of four games out of conference against Utah Valley this past weekend before dropping a 12-7 game to San Francisco Tuesday.

 

KFVE the home team (Channel 5) will do Sunday's game this week live with Jim Leahey handling the play-by-play and Pal Eldredge providing color commentary. Games are also available via the Internet through http://uhstreaming.oceanic.com.

 

ESPN Radio (1420 AM) will broadcast all games live with Don Robbs calling the action. The broadcast can also be heard on the Internet at http://espn1420am.com.

 

All the games this week will have live stats links available on the Internet at HawaiiAthletics.com.

 

Tickets for this week's home games will be $8 for seats in the lower and mid sections, and $6 for adults, $5 for seniors and $3 for UH students and students ages 4-18 in the upper section. Tickets can be purchased at the Les Murakami Stadium (on gamedays only), the Stan Sheriff Center, through HawaiiAthletics.com or by calling (808) 944-BOWS.

Promotional Information

Season-ticket holders in all UH sports will receive 50% off adult tickets (maximum of eight) to the baseball team's series against Sacramento State Apr. 17-19 at Les Murakami Stadium. UH season-ticket holders must purchase their discounted tickets in advance at the Stan Sheriff Center Box Office (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) or by calling 944-2697. Tickets are in special sections and supplies are limited. Other restrictions may apply. Pepsi is the series sponsor. Beginning with the fifth inning of Saturday's second game, a 32 oz. Pepsi will be sold for the price of 20 oz. Pepsi.