The brooms will have to wait for another day.

Down to its final out, Pacific collected four straight hits, capped by Erik Lockwood’s two-run single as the Tigers rallied for four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to stun Hawaii 6-5 on Sunday afternoon at Klein Family Field in Stockton, Calif.

Lockwood singled to center off Lawrence Chew (2-2), who pitched for the third straight game, to pull the Tigers (11-31, 4-14 Big West) out of last place in the conference standings.

Hawaii (11-30, 6-12) came within an out of earning its first road series sweep since 2007, and instead settled for its second series win in conference play.

"It’s just a shame," Hawaii coach Mike Trapasso said. "You feel good that you won the series, but the reality is, for the rest of the year when we think about the UOP series, there will be a bitter taste in our mouth because of one inning."

UH won’t get a chance at redemption next season, as the Tigers are leaving the Big West for the West Coast Conference, lowering the number of league games to 24.

With 10 games remaining this season, UH needs to go 5-5 to avoid its lowest win total since 1974, when it only played 17 times.

The Rainbows play a nonconference game against longtime WAC nemesis Fresno State on Tuesday before closing the road trip with three games at Long Beach State starting Friday.

"The guys are livid — they are so pissed — and I’m proud of them for that because it means they care," Trapasso said. "I told them to stay angry because you just might finish the year 9-1 if you play angry."

Austin Wobrock and Trevor Podratz drove in two runs apiece, and Kalei Hanawahine and Marc Flores each scored twice for UH.

Flores singled, walked and was hit by a pitch to finish 6-for-9 in the series with a home run and three walks.

Matt Cooper failed to make it through the sixth inning for the fourth time in his last five starts, scattering nine hits over 52⁄3 innings.

Scott Kuzminsky pitched 12⁄3 scoreless innings of relief, and Jon Flinn came in to record the inning-ending double play in the eighth with the tying run at the plate.

Hawaii took a 5-2 lead to the bottom of the ninth, and the Tigers were down to their last out with the potential winning run still sitting in the dugout.

Connor Blitzer and Robby Mansfield singled to force Trapasso to go to Chew, who had retired 18 of the previous 19 batters he faced before the two Pacific hits ended it.

"We knew it was going to be down to the wire when Cooper couldn’t get us into the seventh inning," Trapasso said. "It’s asking way too much out of Lawrence to go out there three days in a row like that.

"We’ve got to find a way for these guys who haven’t pitched a lot to execute their pitches, because they are going to pitch a lot this final month of the season."

Hawaii took nine pitchers on the road and Trapasso expects every reliever except Chew to throw against Fresno State on Tuesday.

Seniors Patrick O’Rourke, Jim MacWilliam and Max Duval didn’t pitch against the Tigers and have combined for only 132⁄3 innings this season.

Flinn and Kuzminsky will also likely get work on Tuesday.

Pacific snapped an eight-game losing streak to move in front of UC Davis, which sits in last place in the conference with three weeks to go.

Hawaii’s final three home games are against the Aggies on May 17-19.

UH missed an opportunity to move into a seventh-place tie with UC Riverside, which is UH’s opponent to end the season.

The Rainbows will play next weekend at Long Beach State, which got swept by Cal State Fullerton to drop to 9-9 in conference.