March 28, 1999
Northwestern defeated Hawaii-Hilo for the second time during the Rainbow Easter Baseball Tournament, earning the right to go up against either Hawaii, Nittaidai or Fresno State in tomorrow's third-place game at 4 p.m. CST. Sophomore J.J. Standring (Chicago, Ill./St. Rita) threw six and one-third innings for the Wildcats, giving up two runs and improving his record to 3-1. He also hit safely in his 11th consecutive game, a Northwestern season high. Sophomore shortstop Jeremy Kurella (Dunedin, Fla./Dunedin) who led the Big Ten in batting entering this week, went 2-for-4 to improve his average to .400.
LINE SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Hawaii-Hilo (6-25) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 5 4 Northwestern (7-9) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 x 5 5 0LOB - NU 5, UHH 10 E - (UHH) Takahashi, Wallis, Yee, Chu 2B - (NU) P. Thompson (UHH) Wallis SB - (NU) Kurella, Dainton SH - (NU) Franzese (UHH) Chaves, Chu SF - (NU) Williamson, Musselman
Pitchers H-Hilo IP H R ER BB SO Siff (L, 0-3) 7 3 3 0 1 2 Tanaka 1 2 2 1 1 0
NU IP H R ER BB SO Standring 6.1 5 2 2 5 3 (W, 3-1) Padgett 1.2 0 1 1 1 2 Bos (S, 3) 1 0 0 0 3 1
COMING UP: Sunday, March 28 * NU (Phil Rosengren/0-3, 5.96) vs. Hawaii, Nittaidai or Fresno State, third-place game, 4 p.m. CST