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Randy Abshier vs. NC State
5
NC State ST 3-2
7
Winner Hawaii UH 3-3
NC State ST
3-2
5
Final
7
Hawaii UH
3-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NC State ST 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 5 10 2
Hawaii UH 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 X 7 6 2

W: Tenn, Zacary (2-0) L: Cooper Consiglio (0-1) S: Takemoto, Itsuki (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Eighth-Inning Rally Fuels Comeback Win Over NC State

HONOLULU – The Hawai'i baseball team came storming back in the late innings to even up the series against No. 13 NC State with a 7-5 win before a sold-out crowd Saturday night at Les Murakami Stadium.
 
Ben Zeigler-Namoa delivered the game-winning hit in the bottom of the eighth inning, lacing a two-out, two-RBI single up the middle to cap off a four-run inning. Earlier in the frame, the 'Bows tied things up at five when Jordan Donahue came in to score via a passed ball on a strikeout with two outs. Donahue drove in the inning's first run on an RBI single to cut the deficit to one.
 
Randy Abshier turned in a strong start in his second outing of the year, striking out a career-high 11 batters over five innings while not allowing a walk. Zacary Tenn picked up his second win of the year after getting a ground-ball double play to end the eighth inning while Itsuki Takemoto earned his second save of the year with a three-up, three down ninth inning on just six pitches.
 
The Rainbow Warriors got on the board first thanks to a few Wolfpack miscues. After an error and hit by pitch put two runners on with one out, the 'Bows pushed across their first run on a throwing error by the NC State pitcher to make it 1-0. A Jordan Donahue bases-loaded walk two batters later doubled the lead.
 
The Wolfpack cut the UH lead in half with a solo homer in the fifth, but the 'Bows answered right back when Sean Rimmer blasted a two-out solo shot out to left to make it 3-1 after five.
 
NC State would vault in front by scoring the next four runs of the game, getting two in the sixth and single runs in the seventh and eighth to go up 5-3 before the UH comeback.
 
Abshier's 11 strikeouts were the most by a UH pitcher since 2022 as he fanned 11 of the 20 batters he faced. UH pitchers combined for 12 strikeouts and no walks, marking the first time since Apr. 10, 2022 that the 'Bows did not issue a walk and the first time since May 1, 2021 that they struck out 10 or more batters with no free passes.
 
The two teams wrap-up their series Sunday at 1:05 p.m. at Les Murakami Stadium. A pair of freshmen will get the ball for the two teams as Isaiah Magdaleno (1-0, 2.25) will start for Hawai'i and Ryan Marohn (1-0, 0.00) gets the call for NC State.
 
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