Too many pitching breakdowns and too many fielding mistakes resulted in Hawaii losing two baseball games to Iowa at Les Murakami Stadium.

The Rainbow Warriors committed five errors in dropping the first game of the doubleheader, 10-8, and their rally fell short in the 6-4 nightcap.

“It was a complete embarrassment to go out there and walk five guys every game,” UH coach Mike Trapasso said. “To make five errors in the first game, to misplay two flyballs that cost us runs … it was ridiculous the way we pitched and played defense. You don’t deserve to win when you play that way.”

The sweep overshadowed pitcher Dylan Thomas’ 2019 debut and first baseman Alex Baeza’s gritty recovery. Thomas, who led the Big West with 14 saves last year, was scheduled to be the ’Bows’ opening-night starter a week earlier. But he missed last weekend’s series against Portland because of a recurring blister problem on the middle finger of his right (pitching) hand. Thomas entered in the ninth inning of Saturday’s second game, and struck out the side.

Baeza suffered a wrist injury while trying to reach for an errant pickoff throw in the first game. He departed to the training area, where he received ice and electrical stimulation treatments. Baeza returned in the second game to deliver a pinch-hit single.

But those efforts were not enough for the ’Bows, who wasted promising starts in each game. The ’Bows squandered a 7-3 lead in the first game. In the second game, freshman pitcher Li‘i Pontes’ early mastery disappeared in the Manoa twilight.

The ’Bows’ inability to locate pitches? “That’s on me,” Trapasso said. “That’s all on me. We weren’t ready to pitch. That’s 100 percent on me. I’m the pitching coach, and I’m doing a horrible job.”

In the first game, the Hawkeyes amassed 14 hits, drew five walks and stole five bases. They gained an extra base when right fielder Jacob Sniffin mishandled a ball. Later, the Hawkeyes scored a run when Sniffin’s replacement, Brennen Hancock, lost track of a flyball that dropped just fair of the right-field line.

The Hawkeyes scored four run in the fourth, ousting UH starter Aaron Davenport, and three more in the seventh to take a 10-7 lead they would not relinquish. It was catcher Austin Martin’s double that drove home pinch runner Matt Berst to break a 7-all tie.

Logan Pouelsen belted a solo homer for the ’Bows in the ninth. Pouelsen had entered in the fourth as a replacement for Baeza. Baeza said his wrist will not require X-rays. “I’ll be good,” Baeza said.

In the second game, the ’Bows took a 2-0 lead on Daylen Calicdan’s RBI groundout and Daniel Crasnick’s squeeze.

Pontes, who pitched five scoreless innings six days earlier, retired the first eight Hawkeyes before struggling with his aim. Justin Jenkins drew a two-out walk, Mitchell Boe singled, and Izaya Fullard reached on a four-pitch walk. Shortstop Tanner Wetrich then powered a towering drive over the wall in left field for a grand slam.

The ’Bows drew 10 walks in the second game, but managed to parlay only one into a run. Baeza’s RBI single and Scotty Scott’s run-scoring triple closed UH to 6-4 in the eighth. But after filling the bases with two outs, Grant Leonard — Iowa’s seventh pitcher and fifth of the inning — struck out Adam Fogel to end the threat.