Cal Poly baseball team takes series in Hawaii

The Cal Poly baseball team won two of three games over Hawaii this weekend, clinching the series win with a 5-2 victory on Sunday in Honolulu.

Hawaii had entered the series in first place in the Big West Conference.

Jarred Zill (3-1) allowed two runs on five hits and a walk over 6 2/3 innings. He struck out four.

Justin Calomeni earned his fifth save, striking out four of the five batters he faced.

Josh George was 2 for 4 with a run, and Brett Barbier was 1 for 4 with an RBI and two runs for Cal Poly (21-13, 4-2 Big West). Alex McKenna, Kyle Marinconz, John Schuknecht and Michael Sanderson each had an RBI for the Mustangs.

Kekai Rios had two hits for Hawaii (17-17, 6-3 Big West).

Saturday’s game

The Mustangs recovered after blowing a 4-1 lead to earn a 5-4 win over Hawaii on Saturday night in Honolulu.

Marinconz had four hits and two RBI to lead Cal Poly. He drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth inning to break a 4-4 tie with a single to left-center field that scored Brett Binning, who had walked with two outs.

Binning was 1 for 2 with two walks and scored three runs.

Justin Bruihl (1-2) earned the win in relief, and Spencer Howard earned his first collegiate save.

Erich Uelmen allowed four runs — three earned — in 6 2/3 innings. He allowed nine hits, walked two and struck out three.

Kevin Morgan had two hits for Cal Poly.

Jonathan Weeks had three hits for Hawaii.

This story was originally published April 17, 2016 at 1:44 PM with the headline "Cal Poly baseball team takes series in Hawaii."