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HONOLULU – Tyler Brashears went seven complete innings to earn his first win in a UH uniform and the University of Hawai'i Rainbow Warrior baseball team beat Hofstra 7-4 on Thursday night at Les Murakami Stadium.
 
Brashears (1-1) tossed just one pitch shy of 100 for the night, giving up two runs on six hits with five strikeouts. Brian MacDonald (0-1) was the pitcher of record for Hoftstra (1-4), giving up four runs in five innings of work. Cody Culp recorded the final out of the game for Hawai'i to collect his second save.
 
The 'Bows plated four runs in the first inning in what looked to be a cake walk for Hawai'i. Eric Ramirez's two-run double got the 'Bows on the board early, then infield hits by Jordan Richartz (1 H, 1 R, 1 RBI) and Alan Baldwin drove in another pair of runs. Ramirez had a monster game, batting 3-4 with two runs and two RBI.
 
Four scoreless innings later and the Pride finally got on the board. Brad Witkowski's run-scoring double helped Hofstra put two runs on the board and slice the lead in half.
 
The 'Bows would add a run in the bottom of the sixth and two more in the seventh, the last off a Chayce Ka'aua RBI double, to give them more than enough insurance.
 
Ryan Donovan and David Leiderman both had a pair of hits for Hofstra with Leiderman adding a run.
 
UH and Hofstra return to the field on Friday for game three of the series. First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m.