HONOLULU – The Hawai’i baseball staff got here up brief for the primary time in 2026, falling 7-2 in 12 innings Sunday at Les Murakami Stadium.
Locked in a 2-2 recreation heading into the twelfth inning, the Bulldogs broke out for 5 runs within the body to hand UH its first lack of the 12 months. A Noah Meffert RBI double gave the Zags the lead and a success by pitch and sacrifice fly stretched the lead to 5-2. Gonzaga plated two extra runs within the inning to break issues broad open and cap off the scoring.
The Bulldogs received the scoring began within the third inning with a pair of runs. After a one-out double, Bo Shinkle delivered an RBI single to make it 1-0 earlier than coming round to rating on a Tommy Eisenstat two-out base hit to double the Gonzaga lead.
The Rainbow Warriors bats lastly broke by way of within the sixth inning with two runs to tie it up. Elijah Ickes singled and Evan Rolbiecki doubled to lead off the body, and Ickes scored on a Tino Bethancourt groundout to make it 2-1. Jake Redding then got here up and continued his sizzling weekend when he laced a run-scoring double into the proper area nook to make it 2-2.
Redding continued his sizzling begin on the plate in his first weekend in a UH uniform, going 2-for-5 with the RBI double. He leads the staff batting .417 with three doubles and three RBIs.
True freshman Brody Martin-Grudzielanek made his first profession begin on the mound and went 4 innings with three strikeouts whereas permitting only one earned run on 4 hits. Jack Berg, Tsubasa Tomii and John Alkire II adopted out of the bullpen and mixed to shut out the Bulldogs over the following 5 innings whereas permitting simply three hits.
The loss was simply UH’s second in its final 16 Sunday residence video games relationship again to 2024. The solely different time the ‘Bows misplaced in Les Murakami Stadium on a Sunday in that span was to Long Beach State on Apr. 6, 2025. Hawai’i continues to be outscoring its opponents 131-43 in its final 16 Sunday residence video games.
The Rainbow Warriors can have an opportunity to go for the collection victory within the finale with Gonzaga on Monday at 1:05 p.m