Baseball 2019

Portland scored six runs in the 10th inning for a 10-4 victory over Hawaii in a season-opening game that was peppered with intermittent rain and controversy at Les Murakami Stadium

A Friday night crowd of 2,549 saw the Pilots fill the bases in the 10th, then unfilled them with a hit batsman and three doubles.

The Rainbow Warriors had rallied from a 4-1 deficit to tie it at 4 in the seventh. But they missed an opportunity to win it after loading the bases in the ninth. Jack Kennelly tapped a grounder back to the mound. Connor Knutson fired to home to catcher Dutton Elske, who then threw out Kennelly at first. But UH coach Mike Trapasso asked for a review on whether Elske touched the plate as pinch runner Daylen Calicdan raced home. The umpires upheld the double play.

The ’Bows scored a run in the seventh to tie it at 4. Adam Fogel reached when he was struck by a pitch. Logan Pouelsen followed with a ground single to center. Ethan Lopez then hit a towering fly near the left-field line. The ball fell among a triangle of Portland fielders as Fogel scooted home with the tying run.

In the sixth inning, the ’Bows closed to 4-3 when first baseman Alex Baeza blasted a two-run drive over the wall in right field.

Kennelly then drew a walk and Dallas Duarte was hit with a pitch, leading to Portland starter Eli Morse’s ouster. Left-handed Cole Wilkinson walked Scotty Scott to fill the bases for UH. Wilkinson exited, and Christian Peters, a right-hander with a submarine delivery, was summoned.

Maaki Yamazaki grounded back to Peters, who threw home to get Kennelly for the second out.

Elske’s throw to first struck Yamazaki and rolled into right field, with Duarte racing home for the apparent tying run.

But the umpires ruled that Yamazaki interfered with the throw to first. Yamazaki was ruled out, ending the ’Bows’ threat.

Left-hander Jeremy Wu-Yelland earned the ’Bows’ first start in place of Dylan Thomas, who is being held out of the four-game series because of a blister problem on the middle finger of his right (pitching) hand.

Wu-Yelland was splendid early. He struck out two in the first inning, another two in the second, and had seven strikeouts after five scoreless innings.

But after two successful tours through the Pilots’ lineup, Wu-Yelland struggled in the third go-around. Chad Stevens tripled on a drive that just eluded center fielder Adam Fogel to open the sixth inning.

Coden Hawken followed with a line single to left to score Stevens and tie it at 1.

Hawken then went to second on Hunter Montgomery’s bloop single to left. Both runners advanced on Daniel Lopez’s sacrifice. That led to Trapasso pulling Wu-Yelland.

But the replacement, Pouelsen, had difficulty finding the strike zone. Pouelsen walked Henry Cheney to load the bases. After striking out Tracye Tammaro on a 3-2 pitch, Pouelsen walked Elske on four pitches to bring home Hawken with the go-ahead run.

The Pilots added two more runs when Jace McKinney reached on an infield single to deep short, and Matt Kelly was hit by a Pouelsen pitch with the bases loaded.

SouthCarolinaPilot wrote:The WCC schedule should be interesting. We will really see if there is large improvement in the program.

Stonehouse wrote:Early season RPI's should be taken with a big grain of salt, but as of right now we are second in the WCC with a 54 RPI. But this conference projections predicts a 13-14 WCC record and 6th place finish: http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2019/conf-prediction?conference=West-Coast

Would be really great to finish in the top four and make it to the conference tournament.

DoubleDipper wrote:

Stonehouse wrote:Early season RPI's should be taken with a big grain of salt, but as of right now we are second in the WCC with a 54 RPI. But this conference projections predicts a 13-14 WCC record and 6th place finish: http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2019/conf-prediction?conference=West-Coast

Would be really great to finish in the top four and make it to the conference tournament.

Looks like the rankings and predictions have been updated a bit...

Using the link provided, UP dropped to a #57 RPI, but they are predicted to have an 18-9 WCC record, finishing 2nd behind USD.

Stonehouse wrote:

Well hey, would you look at that! Amazing what one day of not playing anyone can do for your projected record!  

First we'll use Spahn
then we'll use Sain
Then an off day
followed by rain
Back will come Spahn
followed by Sain
And followed
we hope
by two days of rain.

SouthCarolinaPilot wrote:What I will say is that I received a letter that said the stadium renovation will break ground this summer with some fancy new pictures! Good news.

DoubleDipper wrote:

SouthCarolinaPilot wrote:What I will say is that I received a letter that said the stadium renovation will break ground this summer with some fancy new pictures! Good news.

A letter?  Like an in the mail, USPS letter?  Do you have pictures?  

DoubleDipper wrote:

SouthCarolinaPilot wrote:What I will say is that I received a letter that said the stadium renovation will break ground this summer with some fancy new pictures! Good news.

A letter?  Like an in the mail, USPS letter?  Do you have pictures?  

SouthCarolinaPilot wrote:

DoubleDipper wrote:

SouthCarolinaPilot wrote:What I will say is that I received a letter that said the stadium renovation will break ground this summer with some fancy new pictures! Good news.

A letter?  Like an in the mail, USPS letter?  Do you have pictures?  

Yes. My apologies on taking so long... You all already know why.

Potato quality is due to the fact that I had to scan the letter and then zoom in on the pictures. I am guessing that if they sent me a letter, that they do not care about these being shared.

In hindsight, they are not terribly different images than the previous renderings. I do want to correct my previous statement to say that they are only "on track to break ground this summer." This new phase will include: new stadium seating, new concessions, installing restrooms at the stadium (no more porta-johns or Chiles bathrooms), and expanded dugout and press box spaces.

up7587 wrote:I am not seeing the spuds? Are they russets or Yukon golds?