{"id":233547,"date":"2026-05-04T15:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=233547"},"modified":"2026-05-04T15:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:42:11","slug":"hilo-saucedo-pacwest-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/04\/hilo-saucedo-pacwest-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s Saucedo named PacWest Pitcher of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"Blake<\/p>\n

University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo baseball\u2019s Blake Saucedo was selected as the Pacific West Conference Pitcher of the Week after tossing a nine-inning complete-game shutout against Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Pacific University (HPU<\/abbr>) in the Vulcans’ regular-season series finale.<\/p>\n

Saucedo made his second consecutive start in his 10th<\/abbr> appearance on the mound this season going the entire nine innings with no runs allowed in a 3-0 victory to open the four-game series. Saucedo surrendered just six hits, two walks and four hit batsmen while tallying up seven strikeouts along with two putouts and one assist.<\/p>\n

This marked the third shutout of the season by the Vulcans—and the only one to go nine innings—as well as the fourth time this season that HPU<\/abbr> had been kept off the scoreboard.<\/p>\n

The Vulcans also claimed victory in game two for the doubleheader sweep to help eliminate HPU<\/abbr> from qualifying for the four-team PacWest Championships postseason tournament.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> Hilo ended its season at 18-29 overall with a 17-25 record in PacWest play to finish No.<\/abbr> 9 in the conference.<\/p>\n

Read more at Hiloathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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