HONOLULU – Coming off of a seven-game, 13-day road trip, Hawai'i returns to Les Murakami Stadium to host a nonconference game against Chaminade Tuesday.
The Rainbow Warriors will take on the Silverswords, who are in the inaugural baseball season, in the third of four midweek games against the local Division II schools in the state. UH has one more game scheduled against Hawai'i Hilo on Apr. 30. Following Tuesday's game, the 'Bows will host Cal Poly for a weekend Big West series.
| HAWAI'I (19-14, 4-8 Big West) vs. CHAMINADE (15-28, 8-20 PacWest) |
| Dates & Times |
Tuesday, Apr. 16 -- 6:35 p.m. |
| Location |
Honolulu, O'ahu -- Les Murakami Stadium |
| Radio |
CBS 1500 |
| TV/Live Stream |
Spectrum Sports/ESPN+ |
| Live Stats |
Here |
| PDF Notes |
Hawai'i |
| Social Media |
@HawaiiBaseball  | @Hawaiibsb  |
| Projected Starting Pitchers |
Hawai'i
TBD |
Chaminade
TBD |
HEAD COACH RICH HILL
At Hawai'i: 76-58, 3rd season
Collegiate Record: 1,155-796-4, 37th season
SERIES VS. CHAMINADE
First Meeting
LEADING OFF
DID YOU KNOW?
shortstop is hitting .397 (27-for-68) with seven doubles in that stretch. It's the longest streak by a UH player since 2018 when Kekai Rios hit safely in 17 straight.
WALK IT OUT
The Rainbow Warriors have been one of the best teams in the country at drawing free passes over the first half of the season. UH is currently 16th in the country and first in the Big West with 216 walks while also getting hit by 50 pitches to amount to 266 free passes. The 'Bows are also second in the conference and 38th nationally with a .417 OBP while four Rainbow Warriors sit in the top five of the Big West in walks.
THE DONAHUE CONNECTION
Jordan Donahue and
Kyson Donahue have paced the UH offense over the last few weeks, with the pair combining to hit .432 with 21 RBIs and 11 doubles over the last 14 games. The cousins are the top two hitters on the team overall with Jordan hitting .395 on the season and Kyson batting .346. Jordan enters Tuesday's game on a 16-game hitting streak while Kyson has a hit in 12 of the last 14 games.
HEATING UP
Kyson Donahue has started to swing a hot bat over the last month of the season, taking his average all the way up to .346 to put him second on the team in hitting. In the last 14 games since the start of the San Diego State series on Mar. 22, Donahue is hitting .472 with five doubles and nine RBIs in addition to 12 runs scored. The senior has a hit in 12 of those 14 games including nine multi-hit performances highlighted by a pair of three-hit games and one four-hit game.
FILTHY FRESHMAN
One of UH's best arms out of the bullpen the last few weeks has been freshman
Sebastian Gonzalez. The lefty is coming off of a stellar outing on Sunday at UC Santa Barbara, working 6.1 shutout innings of relief with five strikeouts and no walks. On the season, Gonzalez owns a 2.65 ERA with 22 strikeouts to just four walks in 17.0 innings pitched over 10 appearances.
» One of just three pitchers nationally to work at least nine innings and give up no runs during the week of Apr. 8-14, and the only one to do so over two appearances.
» Earned first career save on Apr. 9 at Santa Clara, working 2.2 shutout frames with four strikeouts.
» Has 13 strikeouts and no walks in 11.0 innings pitched in his last three appearances.
