HONOLULU – Randy Vollmer singled home Todd Takayoshi with the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning as Hawaii edged Maine, 8-7, in a non-conference baseball game Saturday night.

Takayoshi opened the inning with a walk, took second on Tyler Cheff’s sacrifice bunt and stole third prior to Vollmer’s hit.

The victory was the ninth consecutive win for Hawaii, 10-7. The Maine Black Bears dropped to 5-7.

Hawaii rallied for a 10-8 victory over the Black Bears on Fr Hawaii rallied for a 10-8 victory over the Black Bears on Friday night, and Maine was beagen 7-0 in a Sunday exhibition against the South Korean national team, prior to facing U-Hawaii in a night game Sunday.

Hawaii had taken a 5-2 lead into the top of the ninth inning only to have the Black Bears rally for five runs and a 7-5 lead.

Five consecutive hits by Maine, two sacrifice bunts and a sacrifice fly by Chad White accounted for the runs. A two-run double by Craig Ender pulled Maine into a 5-5 tie. Mike DeLucia’s single brought in the go-ahead run.

The Rainbows came back with two runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the score at 7-7.

Derron Moreland’s single scored Vollmer with the first run and Bill Blanchette crossed the plate when Chard Uyehara drew a bases-loaded walk.

Mark Sweeney and Andy Hartung had four hits apiece to lead the Black Bears’ 19-hit attack.

Vollmer and Moreland each had three hits for Hawaii.

Brady Perriera, 1-2, earned the win while Rob Higgins, 1-1, took the loss.

In Friday night’s action, Hawaii defeated Maine 10-8, thanks to a 7-run rally by the Rainbows in the last of the eighth.

Takayoshi doubled home Vollmer with the tie-breaking run.

The visiting Black Bears took a 4-2 lead in the fourth inning on RBI singles by Andy Hartung and Chad White. In the sixth, Maine made the score, 7-2 when two runs scored on a error by UH right fielder Dwayne Daughtry and another came home on a single by Shanan Knox.

An RBI double by Knox in the top of the eighth gave Maine an 8-3 advantage.

Two walks and three consecutive pinch hit singles pulled Hawaii to within one in the bottom of the eighth. A throwing error by White, Maine’s left fielder, on Vollmer’s single allowed Harold Cabbab to score, making the score 8-8.

Rainbows 10, Black Bears 8 (Friday Night’s Game)

Maine men Hawaii

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

Knox, 3b 5 0 2 2 Uyehara,lf-2b 4 1

3 1

Seguin, ss 5 1 1 0 Vollmer, ss

5 1 2 1

Sweeney, cf 5 1 1 0 Takyshi,dh-c 5 2 2 2

Hartung, dh 5 1 2 1 Viela, 1b

3 1 0 0

Ender, c 3 2 1 0 Moreland, cf 3 1 0 0

Taylor, rf 4 0 0 1 Wasikwski,3b

3 1 2 0

DeLucia, 1b 4 0 1 0 Daughtry, rf

3 0 0 0

Scott, 2b 2 1 0 1 Blanchette,1b

1 1 1 1

White, lf 4 2 1 3 Otani, 2b

3 0 1 1

Harrison, lf 1 1 1 1

Nuha, c

3 0 1 1

Aganos, ph

1 0 1 0

Cabbab, rf 0 1 0 0

Totals 37 8 9 8 Totals 35 10 14 8

Maine 000 403 010 – 8

Hawaii 200 001 07x – 10

E – White, Wasikowski, Vollmer, Daughtry, Uyehara

2B – Hartung, Knox, Takayoshi

LOB – Maine 7, Hawaii 7

SB – Uyehara, Takayoshi 3, White, Cabbab

SF – Scott, Viela, Uyehara

Pitching Summary

PITCHER IP H R BB SO

Thomas 7 9 4 3 9

Nadeau (L, 0-1) 1 5 6 1

0

Largusa 5 5 4 1

5

Ball 2 2 3 0

1

Currah (L, 1-0) 1 2 1 0

0

Souza (S, 3) 1 0 0 1

1

HBP – Taylor by Largusa, DeLucia by Ball

BK – Thomas

TIME -2:57; Att. 2,134

Rainbows 8, Black Bears 7 (Saturday Night’s Game)

Maine men Hawaii

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

Knox, 3b 5 0 2 0 Uyehara, lf 3 0

0 1

Seguin, ss 5 1 1 1 Burigsay, dh

4 0 0 0

Sweeney, cf 6 1 4 0 Harrison, dh

1 0 0 0

Hartung, dh 6 1 4 1 Takayoshi, c 5 2 1 0

Ender, c 5 1 2 2 Viela, 1b-3b

4 1 2 0

DeLucia, 1b 6 2 2 1 Fujitant, pr

0 0 0 0

Kelliher, rf 3 0 0 0 Cheff, 3b

0 0 0 0

Scott, 2b 3 1 1 0 Vollmer, ss

6 2 3 2

White, lf 4 0 3 2 Wasik’wski,3b 3 0 0 0

Blanch’tte,1b 2 1 1 0

Moreland, cf 5 1 3 3

Otani, 2b

3 1 2 1

Cabbab, rf

2 0 0 0

Daughtry, rf 1 0 0 0

Largusa, rf 1 0 0 0

Totals 43 7 19 7 Totals 40 8 12 7

Maine 010 001

005 0 – 7

Hawaii 030 011 002

1 – 8

E – Knox 2, Ender, Seguin, Scott, Sweeney; Wasikowski, Souza

2B – White, Ender; Moreland

LOB – Maine 14; Hawaii 14

SB – Sweeney; Moreland, Takayoshi

S – Scott; Kelliher 2, Cheff

SF – Seguin; White

Pitching Summary

PITCHER IP H R BB

SO

Therrien 4 5 3 1

2

Dillon 5 6 4 5

4

Higgins (L, 1-1) 1/3 1 1 1

0

Karl 5 1/3 12 2 2 3

Ball 2 2/3 3 2 0 2

Souza 1 3 3 0 0

Perreira (W, 1-2) 1 1 0 1 1

HBP – Cabbab, Uyehara by Dillon

PB – Ender

TIME -3:37