HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i baseball team will embark on its first road trip of 2022 season for the Tony Gwynn Classic hosted by San Diego State at Tony Gwynn Stadium.
 

HAWAI'I (0-0,) AT THE TONY GWYNN CLASSIC | SAN DIEGO STATE (1-3), UNLV (1-3), FRESNO STATE (3-1) | VS. SAN DIEGO STATE (1-3)
Date | Time				Friday, Feb. 25, 6:00 p.m. HT | Saturday, Feb. 26, 1:00 p.m. PT | Sunday, Feb. 27, 10:00 a.m. PT | Monday, Feb. 28, 2:00 p.m. PT
Location				San Diego, California | Tony Gwynn Stadium
Television				None
Live Stream				Mountain West Network (Friday)
Radio				ESPN Honolulu | CBS Radio 1500
Live Stats				Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday
Game Notes				Hawai'i | SDSU | UNLV | Fresno State
Social Media				@HawaiiBaseball  | #HawaiiBSB | @HawaiiBSB  | Facebook
Promotions				None

   

PROBABLE ROTATION
HAWAI'I								WASHINGTON STATE
Name				Yr.		(Rec., ERA)	DAY	Name	Yr.		(Rec., ERA)
Cade Halemanu				Jr.	RHP	(0-0, 6.75)	Thur.	Tj Fondtain (SDSU)	So.	LHP	(0-1, 2.08)
Andy Archer				Gr.	RHP	(0-1, 3.86)	Fri.	Noah Beal (UNLV)	So.	RHP	(0-0, 6.23)
TBA							Sat.	Nikoh Mitchell (Fresno State)	R-Sr.	LHP	(0-0, 4.50)
TBA							Sun.	TBA

HEAD COACH RICH HILL
Overall record: 1,081-740-4 (35th season)
At Hawai'i: 2-2 (1st season)

SERIES VS SDSU | UNLV | FRESNO STATE
Overall record vs. SDSU: 78-67, UH
Streak: SDSU, 1 (UH won the series in 2006, 3-1)

Overall record vs. UNLV: 17-13, UH
Streak: UNLV, 2 (UNLV took back-to-back games in 2013)

Overall record vs. Fresno State: 82-53, Fresno State
Streak: Fresno State, 1 (UH won last series in 2018, 2-1)

FIRST PITCH

• The Rainbow Warriors are coming off an opening series where they split with visiting Washington State, dropping the first two games, but rallied to win the last two.
• The series split with WSU mirrored the success of the 2020 team when the 'Bows split with the Cougs and would go on to take a series from Oregon right before the season was canceled due to Covid-19. Before the 2020 season, the last time UH won a series over a power-five opponent was in 2010, also against Oregon. After the Tony Gwynn Classic, the 'Bows will host #5 Vanderbilt (SEC) and Rutgers (Big 10).
• Head coach Rich Hill returns to San Diego, California for the first time as the head coach of Hawai'i after spending 23 seasons at the helm of the University of San Diego baseball program, accumulating a 747-514 record.
• Senior outfielder Scotty Scott wreaked havoc against the Cougars as he accumulated an on-base percentage of .833 for No. 2 in the nation after the weekend.
• By default, Scott also leads the way in batting average at .625 for 20th in the country.
• Scott can offer up a few bruises to his high on-base percentage as he has been by a pitch in three out of four games. Sophomore catcher Dallas Duarte took the same beating as he was hit three times in the series. The duo ranks 15th in the country in the category.
• A notable contributor to the 'Bows splitting with the Cougs on Sunday and Monday was the production of their bullpen. Over 23.1 innings pitched in the series, the pen gave up only six earned, accumulating an ERA of 2.31.
• The top of the rotation has been solidified in the early going for the 'Bows with junior Cade Helemanu in game one, followed by graduate Andy Archer in game two. The one-two punch combined for 7.2 innings pitched to start the season, striking out 12 batters. Archer led the way with seven punchouts but did take the loss in his first outing.
  

EXCUSE ME; I'LL TAKE THAT!
In the opening series against Washington State, the' Bows proved they'll drive teams crazy on the base paths. UH was 8-for-13 in the stolen bases, with sophomore Naighel Ali'i Calderon going a perfect 3-for-3 and graduate Cole Cabrera swiping 2-of-2. In 2022 the 'Bows are averaging 3.25 stolen base attempts, to 1.02 a year ago. Compared to last year's 34-for-51 over a 50 game schedule. 
 
THEY'LL GET ON, BUT WHAT'S NEXT?
UH has no issues getting on base as the team tallied a .397 on-base percentage and is hitting .302 as a team when the bases are empty. The problem is capitalizing when runners are on base, as the team is hitting .129 with runners on and .143 when the bases are loaded. 
 
NO NEED FOR ROLAIDS
The 'Bows bullpen previewed its potential this season in the first series, accounting for a 2.31 ERA, but the leaders of the pen were senior Buddie Pindel and junior Dalton Renne. Pindel threw in two games against the Cougars totaling five innings to lead the pitching staff in innings pitched. In those two outings, he allowed one run, struck out seven, and picked up the win in game three. The following day Renne retired 10 consecutive batters in three and third innings, striking out three and claiming the victory. 



HOMEGROWN TALENT

NAME	HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL	YEAR	POS.
Matt Aribal	Pearl City, O'ahu	Jr.	INF
Tai Atkins	Kohala, Hawai'i (KS-Hawaii)	So.	LHP/OF
Cole Cabrera	Honolulu, O'ahu (Punahou)	Gr.	OF
Naighel Calderon	Lanai City, Lanai (Lanai)	So.	OF
Nainoa Cardinez	Kapa'a, Kaua'i (Kapa'a)	So.	C/UTL
Jordan Donahue	Mililani, O'ahu (Damien)	So.	INF
Kyson Donahue	Honolulu, O'ahu (Punahou)	R-So.	INF
Dallas Duarte	Ke'eu, Hawai'i (KS-Hawai'i)	Jr.	C
Tyler Dyball	Honolulu, O'ahu (Kaiser)	R-So.	RHP
Cade Halemanu	Pearl City, O'ahu (Pearl City)	Jr.	RHP
Blake Hiraki	Honolulu, O'ahu ('Iolani)	So.	C
Trevor Ichimura	Honolulu, O'ahu ('Iolani)	R-So.	RHP
Jacob Igawa	Hilo, Hawai'i (Waiakea)	Jr.	UTL
Stone Miyao	Hilo, Hawai'i (Waiakea)	So.	INF
Li'i Pontes	Honolulu, O'ahu (KS-Kapalama)	Jr.	RHP
Bronson Rivera	Holualoa, Hawai'i (Konawaena)	Fr.	INF
Austin Teixeira	Waimanalo, O'ahu (Saint Louis)	Fr.	LHP/OF
Aaron Ujimori	Honolulu, O'ahu ('Iolani)	Fr.	INF
Matt Wong	Honolulu, O'ahu (Saint Louis)	Jr.	OF
Kody Watanabe	Aiea, O'ahu ('Iolani)	Fr.	INF
Matt Wong	Mililani, O'ahu (Saint Louis)	R-Jr.	OF