WAIPAHU, Hawai'i -- Hawai'i Pacific University allowed four-run first innings in both games as Fresno Pacific swept a doubleheader from the Sharks on Saturday at Hans L'Orange Park
 
The Sharks (16-26, 6-24) fell to the Sunbirds (15-18, 12-12) 13-6 in the first game and 8-0 in the seven-inning second game.
 
Junior third baseman Ryan Torres-Torioka of Holualoa, Hawai'i/Konawaena went 2-for-4 with a double and his second home run of the season in the first game to total four RBI. Junior first baseman Wyatt Hoppie of Orange, Calif./Villa Park went 2-for-4 for both games with doubles in each contest and was walked four times on the day.
 
FPU centerfielder Baron Bower was 4-for-8 on the day, with four RBI and four runs scored, including his second home run of the season.
 
The teams split the four-game PacWest series as HPU had won the single games on Thursday and Friday nights.
 
HPU is back in action next Friday when it hosts the first of two doubleheaders with Dixie State, ranked 13th by Collegiate Baseball and 23rd by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, at 4 p.m. at Hans L'Orange Park.
 
Game One
 
The Sunbirds scored four runs in both the first and second innings, all off of HPU starter Blake Flint, as they cruised to a 13-6 win over the Sharks.
 
FPU scored all of their runs in the first inning with two out, as the Sunbirds picked up a walk and single sandwiched between two outs, and added another walk to load the bases. Joey Gallegos followed with a 2-RBI single and moved up to second on the throw home. McKay France smacked a 2-RBI single to center to up the score to 4-0, but was pegged at second trying to advance to second following a throw to the plate.
 
In the second, FPU got a leadoff single, then a one-out double to put runners at second and third. Eddie Sievers picked up an RBI on a fielder's choice as a throw to the plate was not in time to get Derek Arkelian. Flint then hit Bower to load the bases. Flint was forced from the game. Braden Frankfort collected a sacrifice fly and Hunter Villanueva slapped a 2-RBI single for the second four-run frame.
 
HPU answered with a pair of runs in the third and sixth innings.
 
Austin Inabata and Trey Yukumoto singled with one out in the third, and moved up on a fly out. Inabata scored on Fresno Pacific pitcher Nic Boatman's wild pitch. Torres-Torioka doubled to left to plate Yukumoto for HPU's second run.
 
In the sixth, Tokunaga reached on a Sunbird fielding error and went to second when Boatman's throwing error on a failed pickoff attempt that sent Tokunaga to third. Then Torres-Torioka grounded to short to drive in Tokunaga, but reached on an errant throw. Hoppie doubled down the line and Jordan Mopas drove in Torres-Torioka with a sacrifice fly.
 
But Fresno responded to having their lead cut to 8-4 with a five-run seventh.
 
Gallegos led off with a double and France followed with an RBI double and advanced to third on the Sharks throw to the plate. Connor Wendorff pinch hit with an RBI single. After a sacrifice bunt and another single, Sievers smacked an RBI single to right, Bower followed with an RBI single to left and Bryan Bucher singled down the line for an RBI to go up 13-4.
 
The Sharks got their final two runs in the eight when Tokunaga singled and Torres-Torioka homered to left.
 
Flint (3-6) took the loss, going an inning and a third allowing eight earned runs on five hits.
 
Boatman (3-2) picked up the win going eight innings, allowing six hits.
 
Game Two
 
The Sharks were shutout in the seven inning second game 8-0 as Sunbird lefthander Tyler Rumbaugh allowed HPU just four hits and struck out seven.
 
Once again, FPU scored four runs in the first, thanks to a single and an error to put two on for Bower to get an RBI single. Frankfort followed with a RBI double to right for a 2-0 lead, and Villanueva went to center for an RBI single to make it 3-0. France closed the scoring with a sacrifice fly to score Frankfort for a 4-0 lead.
 
The fourth saw three more Sunbirds score as Tristen Alvarez picked up an RBI double. After Sievers reached on a fielder's choice, Bower smashed a 2-run homer to left for a 7-0 lead.
 
The Sunbirds added a final run in the sixth on a throwing error that allowed Alvarez to score.
 
Kyle Detwiler (1-5) got the loss after allowing seven runs (five earned) on eight hits in 3.2 innings. Reliever Ryan Sanchez allowed one unearned run on three hits while striking out six.