After his season-opening gem against UH-Manoa in mid-February, UH-Hilo senior Jordan Kurokawa credited his defense, using the word “clutch.”
He appears to have spoken too soon.
The Vulcans failed to back up their ace again in another error-filled performance during a soggy Wednesday night at Wong Stadium. Cal Baptist, which doesn’t need any help to begin with, took full use of five errors for a 9-4 victory in the opener of a four-game series.
Originally scheduled to go off at 6 p.m., rain pushed the start back another 2 hours, 10 minutes. Kurokawa (1-3) allowed two base runners through two scoreless innings, but even as the rain subsided a barrage of errors by UH-Hilo (3-10, 2-9 PacWest) began in the third as the Lancers (18-5, 8-1) pushed across four unearned runs.