Jesse Darrah pitched 7 2/3 strong innings to lead Sacramento State over Hawai'i, 2-1, today in the first game of a Western Athletic Conference doubleheader at Les Murakami Stadium.

Darrah (7-2) allowed a run, five hits and a walk with two strikeout for the Hornets (21-15 overall, 2-4 WAC). Jeff Roth came in from right field, batting theats in the eighth and ninth innings, but added 1 1/3 scoreless innings for his fourth save.

Matt Sisto (4-3) tossed his second complete game in losing causes. He allowed two runs and eight hits with seven strikeouts, while walking none for the Rainbows (22-13, 5-4).

Hawai'i jumped out to a 1-0 lead on Kevin Macdonald's home run to lead off the bottom of the second inning.

Sacramento State tied it in the top of the third. Tim Wheeler singled to right with two outs and took second on Blake Crosby's single to center. Jeff Roth's line single to left scored Wheeler to tie the game at 1 and sent Crosby to second. But Josh Powers grounded to third for a force at second to end the inning.

The Hornets took the lead in the fourth. Aaron Crouch led off with a single to right, took second on Justin Lamb's sacrifice, remained there when Brent Hottman struck out and scored on Hunter Martinez's single to right to give the Hornets a 2-1 lead. Martinez took second on the throw home.