HONOLULU – The University of Hawaiʻi baseball team capped a four-game set versus CSU Bakersfield with a 2-0 loss on Sunday afternoon at Les Murakami Stadium.
Hawaiʻi (9-11) ran into a strong pitching performance by CSU Bakersfield's Edgar Barclay, who tossed a complete game one-hit shutout for the Roadrunners (12-10).
For the Rainbow Warriors, starting pitcher
Aaron Davenport was impressive in his first start since March 3. The freshman gave up just one hit through 6.0 innings with no walks in the longest outing of his collegiate career.
In the bottom of the sixth, UH got its first two runners on when
Tyler Best and
Scotty Scott were hit with consecutive pitches. Barclay was able to get out of the inning unscathed, however.
A seventh-inning single up the middle from
Alex Baeza broke up Barclay's no-hitter. With two outs later in the inning, the Rainbow Warriors put runners on the corners before Barclay got out of the jam.
With
Dylan Thomas in the game in relief, CSU Bakersfield managed two runs in the top of the eighth on RBIs from Daniel Carrizosa and Noah Barba. Thomas finished with 3.0 inning pitched, allowing two runs on three hits to take the loss.
The 'Bows will head to Ohio State for a four-game set March 21-24. All games will air on Big Ten Network Plus.
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