Anteaters prevail over Rainbows

HONOLULU - The UC Irvine baseball team capitalized on six errors to

beat Hawaii, 12-5, in nonconference action at Les Murakami Stadium

Saturday night.

UCI (11-9) began the game with a flurry, scoring five unearned runs in

the first inning. In the second inning, Chris Miller hit a two-run homer

for the only earned runs given up by Rainbow pitchers. The Anteaters got

two more unearned runs in the second to take a 9-0 advantage.

Hawaii (6-9) started to chip away slightly, scoring a run in the

third, fourth and fifth innings. But UCI put the game away with three

more unearned runs in the sixth.

Brett Smith (2-0) got the win for the Anteaters, while Aaron Pribble

(2-1) picked up his first loss of the year in front of a crowd of 2,623.

Smith pitched seven innings, giving up four runs with six strikeouts.

Miller led the way for the Anteaters offensively, going 2 for 6 with

three RBIs and two runs scored. Jon Horwitz added a hit and two RBIs in

the win, while Jamie Martinez scored twice and recorded an RBI and a hit.

Nonconference

UC Irvine 12, Hawaii 5

UC Irvine 540 003 000 - 12 13 1

Hawaii 001 110 011 - 5 10 6 Smith, Raulinaitis (8) and Miller; Pribble, Bauer (2), Piepmeier (8),

Yamamote (9) and Symonds. W - Smith, 2-0; L - Pribble, 2-1. 2B - Wallis

(UCI), Nogawa (H) 2, Guillen (H), Magana (H), Symonds (H), Russell (H).

HR - Miller (UCI).