Waipahu, HI (May 5, 2012) – The Hawai'i Pacific baseball team (30-19, 22-17) took both ends of today's doubleheader against Academy of Art (6-44, 6-34). Game one again saw HPU blow out Art U by a 17-0 score, in game two HPU got the game winning hit from Raymond Salazar in the final at bat to win 5-4.

With the score tied at four in game two, Kale Sumner led off the bottom the sixth with a single to left field. A single from Troy Ajer moved Sumner into scoring position. With two outs, Salazar singled to center to score Sumner, who just got his hand on the plate before the tag to give HPU the lead.

Nolan Hoppie recorded the save in the seventh; he gave up a leadoff single but was able to work around it to preserve the Sea Warrior win.

Earlier in the game, HPU took a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Easton Torigoe's sacrifice fly scored Rylan Morihara who walked to lead off the game. Academy of Art took a three run lead after scoring three runs in the fourth and another in the fifth.

The Sea Warriors would come right back in the bottom of the fifth with three runs to tie the game. With the bases loaded, Justin Winters scored on a wild pitch, the throw to the plate was wide allowing Troy Ajer to score. Morihara then hit a sacrifice fly to plate Jordan Rego.

Ed Trovato got the win in relief going two and two-third innings allowing one run.

In game one, HPU pounded out 23 hits in the 17-0 win. HPU had ten extra base hits, including five triples, a new school record. The previous record of four was set in 1988 vs. Concordia.

HPU put together several big innings, scoring four runs in the third, two in the fourth, three in the sixth, three in the seventh, and four in the eighth.

Kale Sumner had a monster game, going 5-6 with two doubles, a triple, four runs and four RBI. Winters had another huge game, hitting 4-4 with two runs and three RBI. Blake Amaral also had three RBI on two hits, including a long home run to right center field. Wade Tamaru went 3-4 with a run scored and Max Newman was 2-3 with two runs and a RBI.

Cory Yuh was dominant on the mound, pitching eight shutout innings and giving up only four hits. Yuh struck out eight hitters and walked three. Bryson Gauthe pitched a perfect ninth inning.

Eight seniors: Salazar, Rego, Torigoe, Newman, Ajer, Morihara, Amaral and Micah Takahashi were honored after the game for their contributions to Sea Warrior baseball. Amaral leaves HPU with 11 hitting records including longest hitting streak, most RBI in a game, most doubles in a season, most RBI in a season, most career games played, most career at-bats, most career runs, most career hits, most career doubles, most career triples and most career RBI.