You win a few, you lose a few, and along the way, if you learn what the game teaches you, there’s always a chance to improve.
That’s baseball at most any level and it was evident at Wong Stadium Saturday.
Essentially, that was the message UH-Hilo baseball coach Kallen Miyataki gave to his team after the Vulcans split a season-opening doubleheader with Hawaii Pacific, winning the first game 5-2, while being no-hit in a 7-0, seven-inning defeat in the second game.
“That kid did a good job,” Miyataki said of HPU’s Matthew Gunter, a soft-tossing left-hander who handcuffed the Vulcans in second game.