Cal Poly Evens Big West Series at Hawaii With 5-4 Victory

Saturday, April 16

Manoa, HI

6:35 pm

20-13, 3-2

Hawai'i

17-16, 6-2

Cal Poly

Hawaii

Cal Poly Evens Big West Series at Hawaii With 5-4 Victory

4/16/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

HONOLULU, Hawaii – Freshman shortstop Kyle Marinconz produced his first four-hit game as a Mustang, driving in a pair of runs, as Cal Poly evened its Big West Conference baseball series at a game apiece with a 5-4 victory over Hawaii on Saturday night before 3,881 in Les Murakami Stadium.

Coach Larry Lee's Mustangs squandered a 4-1 lead but tallied the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and held on for the series-evening victory, improving to 20-13 for the year and 3-2 in Big West games.

Hawaii, which had won 11 of its last 14 games after a 6-12 start, falls to 17-16 for the year and 6-2 in the Big West.

Hawaii scored an unearned run in the second inning on a dropped fly ball in left-center field.

Cal Poly answered with a pair of runs in both the third and fourth frames. Michael Sanderson singled to drive home both runs in the third and Marinconz (pictured above) doubled and Brett Barbier singled to knock in the runs in the fourth.

Hawaii tallied two in the fourth and one in the fifth to tie the game at 4-4 and it remained that way until the eighth when, with two outs, Brett Binning walked, Alex McKenna was hit by a pitch and Marinconz's fourth hit, a single to left-center field, scored Binning with the go-ahead run.

Mustang sophomore right-hander Erich Uelmen remained 4-0 on the year with his third consecutive no-decision, walking two and striking out three over 6 2/3 innings. Three of the four runs he gave up were earned.

Justin Bruihl (1-2) secured five outs for his first collegiate win and redshirt freshman Spencer Howard earned his first collegiate save by retiring two of the three batters he faced in the ninth.

Marinconz went 4-for-5 with two runs scored while designated hitter Kevin Morgan added two singles as Cal Poly won despite being outhit 12-10 by Hawaii.

Jonathan Weeks had three hits and Matt LoCoco, Eric Ramirez and Alex Fitchett each had two hits for the Rainbow Warriors, who left runners at first and second in the ninth inning. Both teams stranded 10 runners on the basepaths.

Barbier and Sanderson both extended their streak of reaching base safely to 33 games.

Final game of the series will be played Sunday afternoon at 4:05 p.m. PDT with sophomore right-hander Jarred Zill (2-1, 2.74 ERA) on the mound for Cal Poly.