“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”
A wise philosopher once said it, and UH-Hilo’s baseball team might as well adopt it as it motto.
The Vulcans once again picked themselves off the mat, combining the essentials Saturday — solid starting pitching, timely hitting and a reliable bullpen — to sweep a doubleheader against Academy of Art on Saturday at Wong Stadium.
Ryan Cho homered and Christian DeJesus scattered 11 hits over seven innings in the first game, a 6-4 victory. In the second game, Mason Campbell stroked two doubles among his three hits and drove in three runs as the Vulcans came back for a 7-5 victory. Campbell finished the day with five hits.
UHH (22-13, 11-11 PacWest) took three of four in the series, reducing Friday night’s error-filled 9-1 loss in a nightcap to a mere blip on the radar.
John Kea nailed down saves in both saves of Saturday’s doubleheader, giving him nine on the season. Waiakea alum Ty Honda got the win in relief in the second game.
Trailing 3-1 in the nightcap, UHH tied it in the fourth without the benefit of a hit, getting a hit by pitch, an error, Bradyn Yoshida’s sac fly and a wild pitch. In the fifth,Campbell hit a double to score Casey Yamauchi, who led the inning with a walk. Campbell camme home to score on an error.
In the sixth inning Lucas Sakay doubled, Yamauchi was hit by a pitch and each scored on Campbell’s double.