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Ben Zeigler-Namoa at UCLA
Alex Sammons
7
Hawaii UH 20-16
12
Winner UCLA UCLA 37-3
Hawaii UH
20-16
7
Final
12
UCLA UCLA
37-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hawaii UH 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 12 0
UCLA UCLA 5 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 X 12 11 2

W: Ian May (1-0) L: Martin-Grudzielanek, Brody (0-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Battles, But Falls at No. 1 UCLA

LOS ANGELES – The Hawai'i baseball team engaged in a back-and-forth slugfest with No. 1 UCLA, but ultimately fell to the top-ranked Bruins, 12-7, on Tuesday at Jackie Robinson Stadium.
 
The matchup marked the Rainbow Warriors' first contest against a No. 1 team since facing Arizona State in 2010.
 
After the 'Bows (20-16) scratched across an unearned run in the top of the first on a Ben Zeigler-Namoa sacrifice fly, UCLA (37-3) answered with a massive five-run bottom half. Will Gasparino provided the biggest blow with a grand slam to left field after a Dean West leadoff homer, establishing a 5-1 advantage.
 
Hawai'i battled back to narrow the deficit in the middle innings. Zeigler-Namoa crushed a two-run home run to right-center in the third inning, and Jake Redding added an RBI single through the left side to cut the UCLA lead to 5-4.
 
After the Bruins added a run in the bottom of the third, Kamana Nahaku launched a solo home run to left-center in the fourth, once again pulling the 'Bows within a single run at 6-5.
 
UCLA responded again, scoring two runs in the fifth to make it 9-6 before the Rainbow Warriors made one final offensive push in the sixth inning. Draven Nushida and Mana Lau Kong each delivered RBI singles to make it 9-7, however that was as close at UH would get for the remainder of the game.
 
The Bruins added two runs in the bottom half of the frame and added one more in the eighth,m while the 'Bows were held scoreless over the final three innings by the UCLA bullpen.
 
Hawai'i out-hit UCLA, tallying 12 hits on the day, with Tate Shimao, Nushida, and Lau Kong each recording multi-hit performances, but ultimately stranded 11 runners on base. Zeigler-Namoa and Nahaku paced the offense at the top of the lineup; Zeigler-Namoa finished with three RBIs and two runs scored, while Nahaku went 2-for-5 with three runs scored and a stolen base from the leadoff spot.
 
The Rainbow Warriors will look to bounce back as they continue their road trip, heading to Corvallis, Ore., for a three-game series against No. 6 Oregon State beginning Friday at 2:35 p.m. HT.
 
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