With its No. 3 pitcher throwing a shutout and the offense hitting two home runs in the same game, there might be something different about this Hawaii baseball team.

Right-hander Neil Uskali threw a five-hit shutout in his third collegiate start and Alex Fitchett homered for the second straight game to lead Hawaii to a 4-0 win over Minnesota in the Dairy Queen Classic on Saturday in Minneapolis.

Freshman Jacob Sniffin added his first career home run for the Rainbow Warriors (5-5), who defeated the defending Big Ten champion Gophers (5-4) for the second time in three days.

“Really played well,” Hawaii coach Mike Trapasso said in a phone call after the game. “It starts with pitching and defense and Neil was outstanding. We’ve really been swinging the bats well this whole trip and have been very aggressive.”

Uskali (1-1) walked one and struck out two to earn Hawaii’s first nine-inning complete game shutout since Kyle Von Ruden against UC Davis last April. He lowered his season ERA to 1.29 and hasn’t allowed more than two earned runs in any start.

“The funny thing is I thought (Uskali) might not be a good matchup with these guys because (Minnesota has) a really interesting and potent lineup with eight left-handed hitters,” Trapasso said. “I don’t think I have ever seen that. They hit some balls hard but right at guys and we played really good defense.”

All three regular UH starters have an ERA of 2.57 or better, with Uskali and left-hander Dominic DeMiero (1.57 ERA) allowing only seven earned runs in 44 innings.

Hawaii, which scored more than three runs only once in its first seven home games of the season, has scored 21 runs in three games at U.S. Bank Stadium, which is home to the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings.

Fitchett, UH’s leading hitter, launched his second homer in as many days to left-center in the sixth inning to give Hawaii a 3-0 lead.

Sniffin, making his third start of the season, sent his home run over the fence in right-center in the eighth inning to put UH ahead 4-0.

Hawaii hadn’t hit multiple home runs in a game since Jordan Richartz hit two of UH’s three against Pepperdine on Feb. 26, 2015.

UH has hit four homers in three games on the road.

“We started five freshmen today after starting four the last two days and they all played really well,” Trapasso said. “Going into the season we knew we had depth for the first time in a while and we really liked this (recruiting) class and they are getting their opportunity.”

Sniffin and Fogel finished with two hits apiece and Josh Rojas added a two-out RBI single in the fifth inning to put UH ahead 2-0.

Catcher Kekai Rios reached on an error and scored on a wild pitch for UH’s first run in the second inning off Minnesota starter Brett Schulze (1-1), who gave up five hits and one earned run in five innings with three strikeouts.

“I was really impressed with their freshman starter,” Trapasso said. “He had good stuff and a really good breaking ball and our hitters did a great job of laying off of it. In years past we would have been swinging at that thing in the dirt.”

Minnesota’s best scoring chance came in the sixth inning. Back-to-back hits with two outs put runners on the corners for third baseman Micah Coffey, who hit a sinking line drive to center that was caught by a sliding Dylan Vchulek to end the frame.

Uskali retired the last seven batters he faced.

UH will finish the tournament, and its four-game road trip, with a game against Oral Roberts (7-3) this morning starting at 7:15 Hawaii time.