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Baseball Completes Three-Game Sweep Of Hawaii
February 05, 2000 | Baseball
Feb. 5, 2000
Honolulu, Hawai'i - The UCLA baseball team completed a three-game sweep of Hawaii by defeating the Rainbows 9-3 Saturday afternoon before a crowd of 2,340 at Rainbow Stadium.
The Bruins improve their overall record to 3-0 while Hawaii falls to 2-7. The UCLA sweep avenged six straight losses to Hawaii in Honolulu over the past two seasons. In the three-game sweep this year, the Bruins scored 34 runs on 43 hits including 10 doubles, two triples and four home runs, and hit .361 as a team. In turn, UCLA held Hawaii to just nine runs on 21 hits in three games.
Sophomore pitcher Josh Karp pitched four innings for his first victory of the season and his sixth straight decision dating back to April 3 at Cal last season. The right-hander allowed three runs, two earned, on four hits and struck out five. Hawaii starter Chad Giannetti suffered the loss, only lasting two innings and giving up six earned runs on six hits.
Junior second baseman Chase Utley hit his first home run of the season, a two-run shot to right field, to lead the Bruins. Utley was 2-4 with two runs and two RBI, extending his hitting streak to 12 games. Junior Bill Scott was 3-5 with a double and and two runs scored. Saturday marked the first time in 11 game-days in which Scott did not hit a home run. The left fielder still has a 15-game hitting streak and leads the team with a 643 batting average.
Junior Eric Reece continues to swing a hot bat as well, going 2-5 with one run and two RBI. Senior Aldo Pinto started at short, and drove in two runs on a single in the second inning. Junior third baseman Garrett Atkins went hitless in three at bats Saturday, snapping a 14 game hitting streak dating back to last season.
The Bruins return home to the mainland for their season home opener at Jackie Robinson Stadium Wednesday, Feb. 9 when the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos come to town for a 3 p.m. game.
UCLA 123 102 000 - 9 10 0 Hawaii 011 100 000 - 3 7 1
WP - Karp (1-0), LP - Giannetti (0-2) HR - Utley, 2B - Scott, Reece, Merricks
