Oakland, CA (April 23, 2012) – The Hawai'i Pacific (23-16, 15-14) baseball team split today's PacWest road doubleheader with Academy of Art (4-36, 4-26). HPU exploded in the first game with a 10-0 win, but Academy of Art won game two by a 5-2 score.

Everything was working for the Sea Warriors in game one. Ace Michael Murray and the bullpen dealt a three-hit shutout and the offense slugged out 10 runs on 12 hits.

HPU wasted little time and jumped in front 1-0 in the first inning on a Troy Ajer RBI single. Max Newman and Blake Amaral each picked up RBI in the second inning to give HPU a 3-0 lead.

Amaral drove in another run in his next at bat in the fourth, driving in Derek Nakasato. The fifth inning was a repeat of the second; Newman was walked with the bases loaded for the second time in the game. Amaral reached on a fielder choice that scored another run. Leading 6-0, HPU added four more runs in the sixth on four hits. Wade Tamaru drove in the first run with a single to right center field. Amazingly, HPU was dealt another bases loaded walk for the next run, Nakasato was the beneficiary. Amaral then capped his big day with a two RBI single.

Murray pitched seven innings and gave up just two hits; he walked one and struck out four. Sam Cooke and Shannon White each threw scoreless innings of relief. Amaral had four hits to lead the offense, Tamaru and Jordan Inamasu each had two.

Game two was scoreless until Art U struck for two runs against starter John Albert in the fourth. HPU jumped right back and tied the game in the fifth with a pair of sacrifice flies from Ajer and Keanu Kapana. However, three runs in the sixth by the Urban Knights would prove to be too much.

Tamaru again had a two hit game.

The two teams will play another doubleheader tomorrow at 4 PM in Oakland.