Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Just as was the case a year ago, the University of Hawaii at Hilo baseball team recently opened the 2017 season in a fashion that gave its players, coaches and fans a celebratory moment of heightened interest.
Some may have hyperventilated last year when fifth-year senior Jordan Kurokawa opened the new season with a complete game shutout of the University of Hawaii at Wong Stadium.
Something roughly similar happened this season when the Vulcans played well in a couple of exhibition games, executing bunts, moving players on the bases, making all the routine plays in the field and then did the same in the first Pacific West Conference game with a 5-2 win for starting pitcher Eric Vega against Hawaii Pacific.