WSU baseball splits opening series with Hawaii

The Washington State Cougars split the opening baseball series of the season with the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, with each taking two games a piece.

WSU (2-2) opened up the season by grabbing the first two games 5-4 and 4-2. Hawaii (2-2) grabbed the final two games, 6-3 and 7-4. Defensive miscues did the Cougars in for the final two games with a total of six errors on Sunday and Monday.

Game 1: WSU 5, Hawaii 4

The Cougars got into some early trouble to start the year. Friday starter Grant Taylor walked four of the first six batters he faced and only lasted 1.2 innings, walking six and allowing three runs while throwing 69 pitches. All three of the runs came when Hawaii had the bases loaded, but…