Rainbow baseball team shuts down the Matadors again
On another magical night in Manoa, the Hawaii baseball team mystified Cal State Northridge 7-0 at Les Murakami Stadium. A crowd of 2,094 watched Hekili Robello pitch five scoreless innings to improve to 9-4, and shortstop Elijah Ickes make a triumphant return to the Rainbow Warriors’ lineup. A night after Isaiah Magdaleno’s one-hit, 14-strikeout shutout, Robello followed with a four-hitter ...
On another magical night in Manoa, the Hawaii baseball team mystified Cal State Northridge 7-0 at Les Murakami Stadium. A crowd of 2,094 watched Hekili Robello pitch five scoreless innings to improve to 9-4, and shortstop Elijah Ickes make a triumphant return to the Rainbow Warriors’ lineup. A night after Isaiah Magdaleno’s one-hit, 14-strikeout shutout, Robello followed with a four-hitter over five innings before being pulled with a 4-0 lead.
John Alkire II surrendered one hit in three innings. Tsubasa Tomii pitched a scoreless ninth inning. Ickes had missed 20 games after suffering a hairline fracture in his left wrist.
He was added to the 30-player active roster this week. After receiving full medical clearance on Thursday, he was inserted into the night’s batting order. Ickes had an RBI triple, run-scoring single and double in his first three plate appearances.
He finished 3-for-4. Those three hits were placed into right-center. “Back to that same approach,” the right-handed Ickes said of his opposite-field attack.
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