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HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i baseball team dropped its series opener to UC Davis, 5-3, on Thursday night at Les Murakami Stadium. The Rainbows suffered their fifth straight loss and fell to 14-12, while the Aggies improved to 11-10.

UC Davis scored three of its five runs in the first inning to set the tone for the evening. Matt Sisto (4-3) allowed three singles and hit two batters to open the game, forcing the 'Bows to play catch-up for the remainder of the game.  

Pi'ikea Kitamura led the 'Bows at the plate with a pair of hits along with one run and one RBI. Trevor Podratz hit his team-leading second homerun, a two-run opposite way shot to ignite the 'Bows and cut the UCD lead to 4-2.  

Dayne Quist (4-0) tossed seven complete innings for the Aggie win. He allowed two runs on four hits with nine strikeouts. Tino Lipson batted 3-5 with two runs to lead UC Davis at the plate.

Sisto was tagged with the loss, but delivered a solid outing following his early struggles. He pitched eight complete innings, allowing four earned runs on nine hits with three strikeouts. Jesse Moore came in to pitch a scoreless ninth inning.

UC Davis plated an unearned run in the fifth inning to push the lead to 5-2, but the Rainbows showed signs of a comeback in the eighth inning. Kitamura delivered an RBI base hit to right field to drive home Breland Almadova (1 R) and cut the Aggie lead to 5-3, but that was as close as UH would come.

2,503 tickets were issued for the game, with 1,208 fans coming through the turnstiles. The Rainbows and Aggies continue their four-game series on Friday at 6:35 p.m.





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