17 Hawaii baseball players reflect on year during senior night
In the end, the Hawaii baseball team’s undoing was neither the day-long rain nor the the lightning storm that caused a 30-minute delay. It was an unheralded Cal State Northridge right-hander who baffled the Rainbow Warriors on senior night at Les Murakami Stadium. An announced sellout of 4,354 — there were 2,431 through the gates — saw Adam Christopher pitch a six-hit complete game in the Matadors’ 8-1 victory.
Christopher had never pitched past the sixth inning or thrown more than 67 pitches in his previous three starts. But Christopher struck out 12 while hitting the zone on 84 of 118 pitches. It was the Matadors’ first complete game of the season.
Christopher said the game plan was to pitch into the fifth inning. “We’re on that last game, and Coach (Eddie Cornejo) said, ‘you got it, let’s ride,’” Christopher recalled. “Once I came in the eighth, I said, ‘let’s go.
’ I can’t thank my boys enough. They were making plays all day. It was a grind.
I’m really appreciative. Once we were cruising, they were like, ‘go and enjoy it. ’ It’s my last game in college.