HONOLULU – Winners of three of the last four weekend conference series, Hawai'i looks to continue its push up the Big West standings in a three-game series at Cal State Bakersfield.
The Friday through Sunday set against the Roadrunners opens a two-week, seven-game road trip for the Rainbow Warriors that also includes a midweek nonconference game at No. 1 UCLA and a three-game series at No. 6 Oregon State.
| HAWAI'I (18-14, 8-10 Big West) at CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD (15-22, 6-9 Big West) |
| Dates & Times |
Fri., Apr. 17 -- 3:30 p.m. HT
Sat., Apr. 18 -- 1:00 p.m. HT
Sun., Apr. 19 -- 10:00 a.m. HT |
| Location |
Bakersfield, Calif. -- Hardt Field |
| Radio |
ESPN Honolulu |
| TV/Live Stream |
ESPN+ |
| Live Stats |
Here |
| PDF Notes |
Hawai'i | Cal State Bakersfield |
| Social Media |
@HawaiiBaseball  | @Hawaiibsb  |
| Projected Starting Pitchers |
Hawai'i
Friday -- RHP Isaiah Magdaleno (4-2, 2.43)
Saturday -- RHP Hekili Robello (6-2, 2.94)
Sunday -- TBD |
Cal State Bakersfield
Friday -- RHP Ryan King (2-3, 6.03)
Saturday -- LHP Ethan Minkaer (0-1, 4.74)
Sunday -- RHP Shane McAlinden (3-4, 7.71) |
HEAD COACH RICH HILL
At Hawai'i: 147-95, 5th season
Collegiate Record: 1,226-833-4, 39th season
SERIES VS. CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD
CSUB leads, 11-10
Last Meeting: Apr. 25-27, 2025 (UH won series, 2-1)
DID YOU KNOW?
Hawai'i is one of just four teams currently in the top 20 nationally in ERA to also have finished in the top 20 in both 2025 and 2024, joining a group that includes North Carolina, Oregon State and UC Santa Barbara. UH is currently fifth nationally with a 3.37 ERA.
TROPICAL SWARM
The Rainbow Warrior pitching staff remains among the national leaders in several statistical categories. UH is second in the Big West and ranks fourth nationally with a 3.37 ERA. The 'Bows also rank in the top 15 nationally in WHIP (15th), hits allowed per nine innings (9th) and opponent batting average (8th). Additionally, Hawai'i has held opponents to three or fewer runs in 17 of the 32 games and limited them to six or fewer hits 13 times.
STACKING SERIES WINS
Hawai'i heads into its series at Cal State Bakersfield having won three of its last four series. UH has taken two games out of three against UC Santa Barbara, Cal State Fullerton and UC Irvine in the last four weeks - all three teams are currently in the top half of the Big West standings. Last weekend, the Rainbow Warriors snapped a streak of nine consecutive losses and six straight series losses to UC Irvine when they took two out of three games from the Anteaters.
» Series wins over UC Santa Barbara and Cal State Fullerton, the teams currently second and fourth in the Big West standings.
» UH has already played five of the top six teams in the conference, going a combined 7-8 against them.
» Three of UH's final four conference series are against teams below them in the standings.
» Hawai'i comes into the weekend in seventh place in the Big West, but just one game behind fifth place. The top five teams at the end of the regular season qualify for the Big West postseason.
STARTING TO SWING IT
Hawai'i has started to heat up offensively in recent games after struggling to find a rhythm throughout the season. UH is hitting .285 over the last eight games with double-digit hits in six of those games and six or more runs scored five times in that stretch. Prior to this recent eight-game stretch, the Rainbow Warriors were hitting .227 as a team and averaging just 4.5 runs and 7.3 hits per game.
» Batting .293 with runners in scoring position in conference games, 30 points higher than the team's average with RISP in all games of .263.
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Tate Shimao is hitting .415 over the last 11 games with five doubles.
» Shimao also leads the team in hitting in conference games with a .317 batting average and seven doubles with 10 RBIs.
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Ben Zeigler-Namoa has hit safely in 10 of the last 11 games, batting .369 over that stretch.
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Josh Martin has started seven of the last eight games and is 9-for-23 (.391) during that span.
