HONOLULU – The University of Hawai`i Rainbow baseball team (23-13, 6-4 WAC) split a doubleheader against Sacramento State Hornets (21-16, 2-5) 1-2 and 7-2 in front of a crowd of 3,978 at Les Murakami Stadium Saturday.

 

In the first game, the Rainbows fell 2-1. Matt Sisto (4-3) took the complete-game loss, allowing just two runs while striking out seven. Jesse Darrah (7-2) got the win for the Hornets while Jeff Roth picked up the save.

 

Kevin Macdonald homered for the second-straight game, going 2-for-3, adding a double. Landon Hernandez and Vinnie Catricala added 1-for-3 games while #Matt Roquemore, Kolten Wong and Sean Montplaisir had 1-for-4 games.

 

Macdonald got the Rainbows going again, hitting a solo home run in the bottom of the second to give UH the 1-0 edge.

 

The Hornets came back to tie it with a run in the fourth, then took the lead after scoring a run in the top of the fifth, at 2-1.

 

In the second game, Hawai`i won 7-2. Nate Klein (1-2) got the win, allowing just one run in 5.0 innings, striking out five. Brandon Sandoval (4-4) took the loss for the Hornets.

 

Catricala led the way for UH, going 3-for-3 with a home run, three RBI and two runs. Wong added a 2-for-2 game with one RBI and a double while Christian Johnson had two RBI. Both Greg Garcia and Shane Hoey had two runs each.

 

Catricala opened the scoring, hitting a two-run homer to centerfield in the bottom of first.

 

After allowing a run in the top of the second, UH added to the lead as Wong and Johnson both drove in runs, getting it to 4-1.

 

Hawai`i extended the lead to 5-1 on an RBI-single by Catricala in the bottom of the fourth. Sacramento State got back a run in the top of the sixth before Kevin Macdonald and Johnson added two insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth, making the final 7-2.

 

The two teams close out the series tomorrow at 1:05 p.m. at Les Murakami Stadium.

 

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