HONOLULU – Heading into the final month of the regular season, the Hawai'i baseball team looks to continue its push for the postseason when it hosts UC Riverside Friday through Sunday at Les Murakami Stadium.
 
The Rainbow Warriors come into the weekend in fifth in the Big West standings at 10-11 in league play. The top five teams at the end of the regular season qualify for the Big West postseason tournament. UH has swept the Highlanders each of the last two times the series has been played in Honolulu.
 

HAWAI'I (21-19, 10-11 Big West) vs. UC RIVERSIDE (14-29, 9-12 Big West)
Dates & Times				Fri., May 1 -- 6:35 p.m. Sat., May 2 -- 6:35 p.m. Sun., May 3 -- 1:05 p.m.
Location				Honolulu, O'ahu -- Les Murakami Stadium
Radio				ESPN Honolulu (Fri., Sun.) | The New 1420 (Sat.)
TV/Live Stream				Spectrum Sports/ESPN+
Live Stats				Friday | Saturday | Sunday
PDF Notes				Hawai'i | UC Riverside
Tickets				HERE
Marketing Promotions				Join us for MAHALO KAKOU WEEKEND sponsored by First Hawaiian Bank as we recognize alumni of the program, members of our armed forces and our first responders. Friday - Alumni Appreciation Night A celebration of Rainbow Warriors of the past who have helped turn the program into what it is today A special recognition of members of the 1975 and 1976 Rainbow Warrior baseball teams - the first two teams in program history to play an all-collegiate schedule A brand new wall highlighting logos from throughout the history of Hawai'i baseball will be completed prior to the start of the series Saturday - Military Night We honor all the brave men and women in our Armed Services who fight for our freedom The University of Hawai'i ROTC Color Guard will present the colors during the National Anthem and Hawai'i Pono'i All military service members will be able to get 50 percent off tickets throughout the weekend Sunday - First Responder Appeciation We say MAHALO to all of our brave first responders who do their part to keep us safe every day All of our Hawai'i Heroes will be able to get 50 percent off of tickets throughout the weekend The Honolulu Fire Department and Honolulu Police Department will be on-site pregame with emergency vehicles on display outside the stadium gates
Social Media				@HawaiiBaseball  | @Hawaiibsb
Projected Starting Pitchers				Hawai'i Friday -- RHP Isaiah Magdaleno (4-4, 3.14) Saturday -- RHP Hekili Robello (7-3, 3.30) Sunday -- TBD	UC Riverside Friday -- RHP Joshua Torres (1-2, 6.54) Saturday -- LHP Matthew O'Brien (3-4, 4.02) Sunday -- TBD

HEAD COACH RICH HILL
At Hawai'i: 150-100, 5th season
Collegiate Record: 1,229-838-4, 39th season

SERIES VS. UC RIVERSIDE
UH leads, 24-15
Last Meeting: Mar. 7-9, 2025 in Riverside (UCR won series, 2-1)

1,000 WINS AT THE LES
The Rainbow Warriors are two wins away from reaching 1,000 all-time wins at Les Murakami Stadium. Hawai'i heads into Wednesday's game with an all-time record of 998-611-1 at the venue that opened in 1984. UH has won 20 or more games in a season at home 27 times in the 43 seasons that the 'Bows have been playing in Les Murakami Stadium. Since 2023, UH owns an 85-36 record at home winning 51 games between the 2024 and 2025 seasons.
 
POSTSEASON PUSH
Hawai'i heads into the stretch run of the season having won four of its last five Big West series. UH has taken two games out of three against UC Santa Barbara, Cal State Fullerton, UC Irvine and CSU Bakersfield in recent weeks. The Rainbow Warriors currently sit in fifth in the Big West standings - the top five teams at the end of the regular season qualify for the Big West postseason tournament.

» Series wins over UC Santa Barbara and Cal State Fullerton, the two teams currently tied for third.
» UH has played five of the top seven teams in the conference, going a combined 7-8 against them.
» All three of UH's final three conference series are against teams below them in the standings.
 
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 .272 over the last 16 games with double-digit hits in nine of those games and six or more runs scored eight times in that stretch. Prior to this recent stretch, the Rainbow Warriors were hitting .227 as a team and averaging just 4.5 runs and 7.3 hits per game.
 
» Batting .302 with runners in scoring position in conference games, 34 points higher than the team's average with RISP in all games of .268.
» Tate Shimao is hitting .385 over the last 19 games with seven doubles.
» Shimao also leads the team in hitting in conference games with a .333 batting average and nine doubles with 15 RBIs.
» Ben Zeigler-Namoa has hit safely in 15 of the last 19 games, batting .351 over that stretch.
 
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 11th nationally with a 3.77 ERA. The 'Bows also rank in the top 25 nationally in WHIP (22nd), hits allowed per nine innings (19th) and opponent batting average (19th). Additionally, Hawai'i has held opponents to three or fewer runs in 21 of the 40 games and limited them to six or fewer hits 15 times.