It turns out the Hawaii baseball team does have a closer.

Sophomore Juliene Jones took time out of his busy schedule rotating between second and third base to lock down Hawaii’s 6-3 win over Nevada on Sunday, working a perfect ninth inning to snap UH’s four-game losing streak.

Hawaii (8-11) blew a late lead for the third straight game but went back in front on Adam Hurley’s pinch-hit RBI single in the eighth that wound up scoring three runs after a Wolf Pack error.

Jones, who started the game at third, moved to the mound for the ninth and shut down the Wolf Pack handily, striking out two of the three batters he faced.

Nevada coach Jay Johnson wasn’t around for the end after getting ejected by home plate umpire Bill Barnes with two outs for arguing balls and strikes.

Once the 1,410 in attendance at Les Murakami Stadium said goodbye to Johnson, Jones bid aloha to the Wolf Pack (9-10), painting a 1-2 slider on the black to strike out Kyle Hunt to end it.

"I felt my team believed in me and my coaches wanted me out there and that’s always big to get that confidence," said Jones, who in three outings has given up two hits and one run with four strikeouts in 31⁄3 innings. "We’re better than we’ve been the last two games and we showed it today."

The UH bullpen had given up 14 runs on nine hits and nine walks in 51⁄3 innings in the series before Jones, who has started 16 games in the field, became the fifth UH reliever to earn a save this season.

"It’s on me because I’ve been hesitant to use him because of being afraid of overuse with him throwing the ball across the diamond and stuff," Hawaii coach Mike Trapasso said. "He wants to do it — he likes it — and he’s our best option right now."

That could change in a few weeks with the return of freshman left-hander Quintin Torres-Costa, who pitched for the first time since Feb. 25, 2013, against Rice.

The 2012 Hawaii high school state pitcher of the year was thrown right into the fire in his return from Tommy John surgery, inheriting a 3-2 lead from starter Jarrett Arakawa in the eighth.

Torres-Costa walked two before giving up a two-out, pinch-hit RBI single to Jeff Nellis to tie the game at 3-3, but was credited with his first collegiate win after UH scored three in the bottom of the inning.

"I tried to go out there and do my own thing and trust my defense," Torres-Costa said. "It was my first game back and I still got some bugs to fix, but I’ll be getting out there more and hopefully getting better."

While not quite as proficient as Nevada in late-game situations, the Rainbow Warriors have scored eight of their 14 runs in the series in the seventh inning or after.

UH trailed 2-1 on Sunday in the seventh when Kaeo Aliviado hit a two-out, two-run double off reliever Colby Blueberg to put UH in front.

Hawaii loaded the bases on two walks and a single in the eighth for Hurley, who went opposite field for a base hit off Nevada closer Adam Whitt to score Marc Flores.

Two more runners scored on the play when left fielder Kewby Meyer, who went 3-for-4, misplayed the ball, giving UH a three-run cushion.

"Boy, that swing today was beautiful, and then we got a break with the error on the left fielder to give us a bigger cushion," Trapasso said. "(Hurley) stayed on that with a left-center swing and that’s what we want to see with him."

Aliviado finished with a career-high three RBIs and Stephen Ventimilia, starting his second game in a row, went 3-for-5 with a run scored.

Ventimilia is now 7-for-15 in his last five games and is hitting .346 (9-for-26) this season.

"You’ve seen some maturity out of Stephen and the fact that he hasn’t been playing regularly, but when they time came, he’s been ready," Trapasso said. "He’s going to be important to us down the line and I think he embodies this attitude of guys staying engaged and being ready because they can be called upon at any time."

Kalei Hanawahine broke an 0-for-32 skid with a one-out double in the third and scored twice.

Arakawa threw 88 pitches in seven innings, allowing two runs on seven hits with one walk and two strikeouts.

"Lost in the excitement with the end of the game was the fact that Jarrett pitched really well," Trapasso said. "I’ve been really hesitant getting him over 90 pitches since we’re not in conference yet. Once we get to conference and if he’s feeling good, we’ll absolutely send him out there over 90."

HAWAII 6, NEVADA 3