HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i Rainbow baseball team fell to  the No. 10 Oregon State Beavers 10-6 in front of a crowd of 4,109 in the season-opener at Les Murakami Stadium Friday. #Blair Walters$ took the loss for UH in relief, allowing two unearned runs. Kraig Sitton got the win for the Beavers.

 

Kevin Macdonald had a big game for UH, hitting a grand slam, finishing the game with five total RBI. Greg Garcia added two runs while Collin Bennett went 2-for-3.

 

The Rainbows got it going early in the first inning, scoring two runs, driven in by Kolten Wong and Macdonald, giving UH the 2-0 edge. Nate Klein kept that Hawai'i lead until the third inning, allowing three unearned runs to allow OSU to take a 3-2 lead.

 

Then Macdonald answered with the big blast in the bottom of the fourth, hitting a grand slam to straight-away centerfield, putting the 'Bows ahead 6-3.

 

Oregon State whittled away at the deficit, scoring a run in the fifth and two in the sixth, tying the score at 6-6. The Beavers then went ahead in the eighth, benefiting from a big UH error to score two more unearned runs to put OSU ahead 8-6.

 

OSU then put it away in the top of the ninth as Stefan Romero hit a two run blast to left, extending the lead to 10-6.

 

The two teams continue the series tomorrow, playing at 1:05 p.m. They will again play at 1:05 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 21, before closing out the series with a 5:05 p.m. game on Monday, Feb. 22.

 

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