Hawaii’s two starting four-year seniors look ready to lead the way.

Second baseman Stephen Ventimilia finished a home run shy of the cycle with five hits and three runs scored and Kaeo Aliviado went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer in the Rainbow Warriors’ 10-0 win over the alumni on Saturday afternoon at Les Murakami Stadium.

UH’s lone tuneup for the opener in five days against nationally ranked Oregon was highlighted by its two most experienced players.

Ventimilia, who showed some pop from the leadoff spot, doubled and scored in the first inning and tripled and scored in the fourth.

Aliviado, batting in the third spot for the second straight year, delivered the big hit of the game with a home run over the right-field fence in the fourth as UH scored in four of the first five innings.

The 10 runs scored were the most in an alumni game since 2012.

"I thought it was a clean game overall for our guys," Hawaii coach Mike Trapasso said. "I’m straight up with these guys. I told them I don’t like playing the alumni game because it’s not the intensity level that you’re used to, but you approach it like one of those Sunday games in the middle of May when you’re in those dog days and you play like a professional and that’s what they did."

Hawaii will start as many as six new position players against the Ducks when the season begins Friday.

Especially in the early going, UH will need to rely on the experience provided by Ventimilia and Aliviado, who have combined to play in 293 career games, to help nurture the new guys along.

"We know that this is our year to step up and be leaders," Ventimilia said.

"We’re trying to step up our game and lead by example with our younger guys, who have been amazing so far and are really pushing us."

One of those newcomers is junior Tyler Brashears, who will be UH’s first pitcher to make his debut as the opening-night starter since 2001.

The 6-foot-1 right-hander sat at 90 to 91 mph with his fastball and pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and five strikeouts with one walk.

"Tyler threw strikes in seven innings — one walk — and was for the most part ahead in the count and pounding the zone and it’s not easy to pitch in an alumni game," Trapasso said. "You have some really long innings when you’re sitting in the dugout and it’s easy to lose your focus, but he never did that, so I was happy with him."

Junior Jacob Sheldon-Collins started at shortstop and had two hits and scored twice.

UH went with Alan Baldwin in left field and Matt LoCoco in right to start and third baseman Alex Sawelson hit cleanup, with first baseman Eric Ramirez, a freshman, batting sixth in the order.

Catcher Chayce Ka‘aua, who redshirted last year, started at catcher, with Jordan Richartz as the designated hitter.

Marcus Doi was held out of the game for precautionary reasons but is expected to be ready to at least DH by the season opener.

Austin Wobrock and Kevin Fujii singled for the alumni team’s two hits.

Current St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Kolten Wong made an appearance prior to the game and threw out the first pitch.