GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii Rainbow Warriors batter Hunter Faildo connected for a hit against the Long Beach State Dirtbags during a Big West baseball game at Les Murakami Stadium on Friday.
1 /4 GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii Rainbow Warriors batter Hunter Faildo connected for a hit against the Long Beach State Dirtbags during a Big West baseball game at Les Murakami Stadium on Friday.
GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii Rainbow Warriors batter Jared Quandt connected for a hit against the Long Beach State Dirtbags during a Big West baseball game at Les Murakami Stadium on Friday.
2 /4 GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii Rainbow Warriors batter Jared Quandt connected for a hit against the Long Beach State Dirtbags during a Big West baseball game at Les Murakami Stadium on Friday.
GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baserunner Kamana Nahaku was trying to avoid the tag Long Beach State Dirtbags Armando Briseno on a run down play during an Big West baseball game at Les Murakami Stadium on Friday.
3 /4 GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baserunner Kamana Nahaku was trying to avoid the tag Long Beach State Dirtbags Armando Briseno on a run down play during an Big West baseball game at Les Murakami Stadium on Friday.
GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii Rainbow Warriors pitcher Sebastian Gonzalez came in on relief against the Long Beach State Dirtbags during a Big West baseball game at Les Murakami Stadium on Friday..
4 /4 GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii Rainbow Warriors pitcher Sebastian Gonzalez came in on relief against the Long Beach State Dirtbags during a Big West baseball game at Les Murakami Stadium on Friday..
GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii Rainbow Warriors batter Hunter Faildo connected for a hit against the Long Beach State Dirtbags during a Big West baseball game at Les Murakami Stadium on Friday.
GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii Rainbow Warriors batter Jared Quandt connected for a hit against the Long Beach State Dirtbags during a Big West baseball game at Les Murakami Stadium on Friday.
GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baserunner Kamana Nahaku was trying to avoid the tag Long Beach State Dirtbags Armando Briseno on a run down play during an Big West baseball game at Les Murakami Stadium on Friday.
GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii Rainbow Warriors pitcher Sebastian Gonzalez came in on relief against the Long Beach State Dirtbags during a Big West baseball game at Les Murakami Stadium on Friday..
It was billed as “Country Weekend.”
But the Hawaii baseball team rocked and rolled to a 10-5 victory over Long Beach State in Friday’s opener of a three-game series at Les Murakami Stadium.
Before 3, 238—all 4, 465 tickets were issued for UH’s fifth sellout of the season—the Rainbow Warriors won their eighth in a row at home to improve to 22-6 overall and 9-4 in the Big West. The Dirtbags fell to 10-17 and 4-9.
The’Bows amassed 17 hits, including five singles in a row to start a four-run eighth inning.
Jared Quandt, Draven Nushida and Kedren Kinzie each had three hits for the’Bows. Kamana Nahaku, who hit five home runs in three games last weekend, went 2-for-3 and scored two runs. Every player in the UH starting lineup had a hit or scored a run.
“There are a couple big hits in there, ” UH coach Rich Hill said. “Nahaku just continues to impress. I think every hit he got tonight was with two strikes. Draven Nushida had a big hit late in the game against that left-handed pitcher (Jakob Russell ). Jared Quandt led off that (second ) inning with a double, and we execute. Offensively, just a great ...
