Sacramento State’s bats continued to sizzle as the Hornets (28-18) stung the visiting Hawaii-Hilo Vulcans (9-38) by winning four of their five-game series over the weekend. The Hornets then dropped a 33-run slugfest to Arizona on Monday .

Outfielder Jesse Schmidt’s school record 24-game hitting streak ended in the first game of Thursday’s Hawaii-Hilo doubleheader with an 0-for-3 performance.

Thursday’s opener marked the first time that Schmidt, who was named National Collegiate Player of the Week by College Baseball News last week, failed to record a hit since March 2. Schmidt hit .443 (39-for-88) with nine home runs and 22 RBI during his month-and-a-half-long streak.

However, the Hornets only mustered three hits off of Vulcan hurler James Onaga (2-0) in the rain-delayed first half of Thursday’s doubleheader, while Sac State starter Steve Cuckovich (6-3) couldn’t last past the third inning in the Hornets’ 5-0 loss.

Schmidt hit safely in the second game Thursday, but it was Hornet center fielder Tim Reimer who played the hero, knocking in two runs on a second-inning triple en route to a 7-2 Hornet victory.

Junior Mikela Olsen added a solo home run to lead off the fifth inning in Thursday’s second game that effectively put away the Vulcans, while Andy Mohr (1-1) pitched three innings of relief to earn the win.

Sac State’s offense exploded in Saturday’s doubleheader, as the Hornets hung 22 runs on the scoreboard on their way to beating Hawaii-Hilo twice in the same afternoon.

The Hornets rallied back from a 7-2 deficit in Saturday’s first game by scoring nine runs in the bottom of the seventh. Mikela Olsen’s 2-RBI single sparked the Sac State rally, and freshman Jim Strombach plated the winning run by smashing a bases-clearing double with two outs.

Hornet freshman James Wheeler pitched effectively in his first start of the season after making 10 appearances out of the bullpen, allowing three hits and three earned runs in five innings of work. Dan Smith (3-1) earned the decision by throwing 3 2-3 hitless innings of relief for Sac State.

Schmidt struck early and often in Saturday’s second game, going 4-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI, including a fourth inning grand slam that was Schmidt’s first as a Hornet.

Senior Steve Correa (2-0) gave the Hornets bullpen a rest by pitching a seven-inning complete game in the shortened second half of Saturday’s doubleheader.

Tim Reimer scored twice and stole his team-high 20th base as the Hornets came from behind to grit out a 6-4 win in Sunday’s series finale.

Freshman Mel Cuckovich also made his first start this weekend after coming out of the bullpen all season, but the Vulcans tagged him for four runs in 4 2-3 innings. Sophomore Warren Rosebrock (2-1) pitched 3 1-3 hitless innings of relief to record the win.

Strong winds inspired a virtual home run derby in Sac State’s 21-12 loss to Arizona. Starter Chris Kinsey was tagged for 15 runs in 7 1-3 innings as the two teams combined for nine home runs.The Hornets led 12-9 after six innings, but Arizona’s Brian Anderson hit a three-run homer in the seventh, and Moises Duran added a grand slam off of Hornet reliever Andy Mohr in the eighth to put the game away.

Junior Mikela Olsen smashed two home runs for the Hornets, including a first-inning blast that hit off the top of the six-floor parking garage behind the wall in left field.

“When you see the wind blowing out like today, you know you have to capitalize on mistakes,” Olsen said. “I was looking for that fastball, and he left it up.”

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