BASEBALL NOTEBOOK: Ka’aua out 4-6 weeks
By Billy Hull on February 21, 2016UH’s depth at catcher will be tested early after sophomore Chayce Ka’aua breaks his finger in the home opener.
UH’s depth at catcher will be tested early after sophomore Chayce Ka’aua breaks his finger in the home opener.
UH sophomore Eric Ramirez is considered the Big West’s top first baseman by D1Baseball.com.
Hawaii Hilo coach Kallen Miyataki was clearly excited with the way his Vulcans battled Hawaii over the weekend. Despite its Division II status and a lack of success in recent years, the Vulcans gave Hawaii everything it wanted and then some at Francis Wong Stadium, splitting two games to open the 2016 season. For a UH program that took a small step forward last season with its 12-12 mark in the Big West, the two games provided more questions than […]
Hawaii and UH-Hilo meet for the first time since 2008 to start the 2016 season.
Hawaii opens the season on the road for the first time since 1994, renewing a rivalry with UH-Hilo.
The Hawaii baseball team opens the season at Hawaii Hilo this weekend.
Hawaii junior outfielder Alex Fitchett will miss at least the first three weeks of the season with a dislocated shoulder suffered Monday night. Fitchett, a 6-foot-4, 225-pound junior from Cosumnes River College, was slotted to start opening day on Saturday at UH-Hilo in right field while batting cleanup. Fitchett said he hurt it diving for a ball in the outfield. He was at practice on Tuesday with his right shoulder in a sling. He throws left-handed but bats righty. “It […]
For the second consecutive year, Hawaii will start a newcomer on opening night. Rainbow Warriors baseball coach Mike Trapasso said Thursday that RHP Brendan Hornung, a transfer from Chaffey Community College in California, will start next Saturday’s season opener at UH-Hilo. Hornung went 5-2 with a 2.66 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 64 1/3 innings last season. Last season, Hawaii started Tyler Brashears on opening night against Oregon. Brashears, who went on to become UH’s first player selected to the […]