RIVERSIDE, CALIF. – The University of Hawai'i baseball team dropped their final road game of the year to Cal Baptist University Monday night at Totman Stadium.
The Rainbow Warriors (27-22, 18-9) snap a five-game win streak and finish the season (7-11) to non-conference opponents. The Lancers (33-20, 18-12) will complete their season against another Big West opponent and crosstown rival UC Riverside.
Cal Baptist jumped on the 'Bows early as the first three batters of the game recorded hits that resulted in a two-run first inning.
The Lancers came back in the second inning and mirrored the first inning with two more runs on three hits. They would pick up one more run in the third and extend the lead to 5-0 before things cooled off.
The Rainbow Warriors found a spark in the fourth as sophomore
Stone Miyao reached base to get the inning started. Sophomore
Kyson Donahue, junior
Matt Wong, and freshman
Bronson Rivera hit consecutive doubles driving in three runs and closing the gap 5-3.
The 'Bows closed tightened the margin in the sixth as
Kyson Donahue cranked his second solo home run in as many days to dead center field, but it was not enough as they would not score the rest of the way.
Cal Baptist added one more in the bottom of the sixth, and the pitching staff led the rest of the game as they shut down the Rainbow Warriors.
Junior pitcher
Cameron Hagan (1-2) gave up five earned runs in two innings while also picking up four strikeouts.
Kyson Donahue paced the 'Bows with two hits, including a home run and a double. UH collected five extra-base hits from four players, where Wong's two-RBI double helped him lead the team in RBIs.
The Rainbow Warriors return for their final series of the season, where they will face off against Cal Poly. The first pitch is set for Thursday at 6:35 p.m. HT.
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