The Hawaii baseball team’s ninth-inning rally fell short in Sunday’s 5-4 loss to Long Beach State at Les Murakami Stadium.
A crowd of 2,653 saw the Dirtbags score three unearned runs in the third and then add two insurance runs in the ninth for a 5-1 lead.
In his ninth UH at bat, pinch hitter Will Bowen pounded a solo homer over the fence in right field and onto Lower Campus Drive to cut the deficit to 5-2.
One out after Shunsuke Sakaino singled, Maui-reared Ka‘imi Kahalekai was summoned to replace reliever Tyler Gebb. Kahalekai walked Matthew Miura and gave up a single to Ben Zeigler-Namoa to load the bases.