HONOLULU, Hawai'i --- UC Irvine baseball finished off a massive sweep on the road this week at Hawai'i taking the finale, 12-5, in Les Murakami Stadium.

• UCI bats wasted no time getting the first four hitters on base and in to score in the first going up 5-0.
• After adding a sixth run in the second, Hawai'i got the bats going with a run in their second followed by a four-spot in the third inning capped by a three-run home run by Kyson Donahue to bring it back to a one-run game, 6-5.
• UCI keep on the offensive slowly growing their lead back starting with a three-run fourth inning capped by Abraham Garcia Pacheco's two-run single.
• Single runs in the fifth off Caden Kendle's fourth hit of the day, the sixth on a Jacob Stinson double, and a Frankie Carney grounder in the eighth made it a 12-5 lead
• The Anteater bullpen picked up starter Brandon Luu after he allowed the five runs in 2.2 innings.
  • Ricky Ojeda allowed his share of baserunners, but finished with 2.1 scoreless innings to earn the win
  • Ryder Brooks tossed one-hit, shutout baseball for three innings on his birthday
  • Nick Rincover finished with a scoreless ninth to close things out.
• UCI connected for 17 hits for their 12 runs on Saturday with every Anteater that had a plate appearance getting a hit, eight different 'Eaters scoring a run, and eight more with an RBI
  • Caden Kendle registered his second straight four-hit game where he doubled, drove in a run, and scored three times from the leadoff spot
  • Four other 'Eaters had two-hit games including Chase Call and Abraham Garcia-Pacheco who also scored and drove in two
  • James Castagnola made the starting lineup for the first time in his collegiate career reaching twice including a double and a run scored
  • Luke Spillane left after the top of the first inning landed awkwardly on first base as he beat out an RBI single

The win puts UCI to 22-3 on the season and an 8-1 mark in Big West play heading into a three-game home series against UC Santa Barbara next weekend.

Postgame Thoughts
Head Coach Ben Orloff - "You know me enough to know how hard I think it is to win here, and to sweep is really impressive. The amount of different guys we played this weekend, different guys contributing."

"I thought today was going to be all about competition, and that's what we got. It started in that first inning, we get those three at-bats to start the game that kind of takes a little bit of the edge off, but yearh a complete nine-inning game with six-plus scoreless out of the bullpen, a lot of them two or three times in the game this weekend. We have depth on this team, and we've been forced to use maybe more than I would like to, but today was about competition and we did good at that."

Ryder Brooks - "I came out like I always try to do with first-pitch strike and get the leadoff hitter. I was able to do that with some help on the defense as well, and everything fell in place."

"That means everything, having a lot of guys injured and everybody being able to do their part including myself, it's why we've been so successful this season and we just need to keep doing that."