AUGUST 5, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A13
Volcanoes catcher not fazed by change
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Dylan Manwaring was signed as a free agent by the San Francisco Giants in 2015 and moved
from third base to catcher.
DROP,
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Volcano manager Kyle
Haines argued the call so
heatedly that umpire Darius
Ghani ejected him, with fi rst
base coach Ricky Ward taking
over managerial duties. Low-
ery scored Wilson with an in-
fi eld single.
The Hops added three runs
in the fi fth. Anderson led off
with a single and went to third
on a double to deep center by
Lowery. Vizcaino, who be-
came the losing pitcher with
a 4-0 record, left the game
with Nolan Riggs taking the
mound. Luis Silverio ground-
ed out with Anderson scor-
ing on the play. Riggs made
a throwing error trying to
pick Silverio off fi rst, Lowery
scored, and Silverio reached
third. A wild pitch by Riggs
scored Silverio.
In the Hillsboro sixth,
Karaviotis hit the ball over the
left fi eld fence with the bases
empty for his fi rst home run
of the season.
Mark, the winning pitcher,
left the game after six innings.
Curtis Taylor pitched the sev-
enth and retired the Volcanoes
in order.
John Timmins pitched the
seventh and allowed no runs
despite a single, an error, and
a double steal.
In the Salem-Keizer eighth,
with Colin Poche pitching,
Quinn hit his fourth homer, a
bases-empty shot over the left
center fi eld fence.
The Hops answered with
three runs in the eighth. In
the ninth, with Jake Winston
pitching for Hillsboro, Ashford
Fulmer walked on a 3-and-2
count. He reached second
base on defensive indifference
and third as an error put Ryan
Howard on fi rst. Kevin Rivera
scored Fulmer with an infi eld
single.
“We
did
everything
wrong,” Haines said. He added
that while his job was to in-
struct the players, it was their
job to motivate themselves.
Quinn, whose overall play
was not typical of the team’s
performance, said: “We just
need to execute things, not let
things get us down.”
The Volcanoes, apart from
Friday’s loss to Hillsboro, had
a 2-2 record in their last four
games before press time.
July 27: Eugene 4,
Volcanoes 1
The Emeralds evened the
series in Eugene even though
Salem-Keizer outhit them 7-6
and the hosts made the only
error of the game.
The Volcanoes’ only run
came in the sixth inning.
Heath Quinn singled, Gio
Brusa walked, and Ashford
Fulmer hit into a double play
with Quinn reaching third
base. Ryan Howard singled
Quinn home.
Eugene scored three of its
runs in the fi rst. Three singles,
a stolen base, a hit batsman,
and a triple by Jose Paniagua
did the job. The triple was
the only extra-base hit of the
game, and the Emeralds made
two double plays to none for
the Volcanoes and stole two
bases to none for the visitors.
Emerald starter Manuel
Rondon was the winning
pitcher with a 4-0 record, and
Wyatt Short had his second
save. Conner Mendez, a new-
comer, took the loss.
July 28: Volcanoes 5,
Eugene 4
This game meant a road se-
ries victory for Salem-Keizer
over an arch-rival club that has
the best overall record in the
Northwest League so far this
By TIM HAYS
Of the Keizertimes
Dylan Manwaring has been
through his fair share of mov-
ing around.
Originally born in Scott-
sdale, Ariz., Manwaring has
lived in every part of the
country. From Arizona, Man-
waring moved to West Palm
Beach, Fla.
After a short stint in Flori-
da, the Manwaring household
would settle up north in New
York, where his Dylan’s father,
former San Francisco Giant,
Kirk Manwaring, was born.
In New York, Dylan would
develop into one of the best
east coast high school players
of his class.
Now in Oregon, Manwar-
i ng has solidifi ed himself on
the Volcanoes roster.
Out of high school, Man-
waring was drafted in the 9th
round by the Atlanta Braves in
2013. It was a day he would
never forget.
“I was given a great oppor-
tunity,” Manwaring said. “The
Braves agreed to pay for my
college if I decided to go back.
It was always my dream to
play professional baseball, and
I didn’t know if I was going
to get that opportunity again.”
Unfortunately for Man-
waring, his experience in the
minors didn’t come as easy as
he thought it would.
“When I was 18-years-old
I had never truly failed, and
it wore me down,” he said. “I
came from upstate New York
where I was facing 80-85 mph
and then I got to rookie ball
and I saw 90-95 on a consis-
tent basis. It was defi nitely a
big jump, and I struggled to
start. It was and still remains a
daily grind.”
Manwaring could not fi nd
success in his two and half
seasons with the Braves. For-
tunately, his story wasn’t over.
In the winter of 2015 the
San Francisco Giants signed
Manwaring as a free agent.
“I got through it, and I am
thankful that the Giants have
given me this opportunity and
the fresh start,” he said.
More moving would soon
come as Manwaring switched
to an unfamiliar position.
Manwaring, who began his
career as a third baseman,
would now be converted to
play catcher in the Giants
organization. Accustomed to
change, Manwaring has no
problem.
“It’s pretty crazy to get
behind the dish,” he said. “I
haven’t ever done it before,
and these last two months
have seen a lot of fi rsts for me.
It’s cool to be back there. I get
to see different guys and it is
interesting to see what they
do. It even helps in the batter’s
box, too. I kind of have an idea
of what pitchers are going to
throw me. I am the quarter-
back on the baseball fi eld, and
I have to know what to do at
each position. It is defi nitely a
process, and I’ll keep learning
every day for as long as I am
back there.”
Entering his third full sea-
son, Manwaring has a lot of
baseball experience to fall
back on. His dad, his former
teammates, and a ton of family
support.
“I am still young and still
progressing each day. This is
the best organization in base-
ball, and it doesn’t get much
better than this.”
season.
The Volcanoes scored two
runs each in the second and
third innings and one in the
sixth. The Emeralds tied the
score in the second but never
led.
Victor Concepcion was the
winning pitcher in relief and
Jeff Burke had his fi rst save.
Eugene starter Jesus Castillo
took the loss at 2-3.
The biggest Volcano hit was
Ryan Kirby’s third home run
of the season, which he hit in
the second inning with Heath
Quinn on base.
July 30: Hillsboro 6,
Volcanoes 3
The loss meant a Hillsboro
series win, but the Volcanoes
played more effectively overall
than they did in the fi rst game
of the series.
Two outstanding Salem-
Keizer performances were by
Bryan Reynolds, who had
three hits and two runs and
made an assist from center
fi eld, and Henberger Medina,
who pitched 3-1/3 innings of
relief, striking out fi ve and al-
lowing only one hit and one
walk.
The fi rst Salem-Keizer run
came in the fi rst inning, when
a double by Heath Quinn
drove in Reynolds, who had
singled. In the third, Manuel
Geraldo doubled, Reynolds
singled, and Quinn was hit
by a pitch. A sacrifi ce fl y by
Gio Brusa scored Geraldo, and
Reynolds scored on a ground
out.
The Hops scored once in
each of the fi rst four innings
and twice in the fi fth. Josh An-
derson hit a solo home run in
the fi rst.
Anfernee Benitez was the
winning pitcher in relief at
3-4, Riley Smith got his sec-
ond save, and starter Melvin
Adon took the loss for a 1-4
record.
July 31: Volcanoes 5,
Hillsboro 1
This decicive win saved Sa-
lem-Keizer from a sweep and
showed Matt Krook’s prowess
as a starting pitcher.
Krook, who went 5-2/3
innings for his longest start as
a professional so far, had fi ve
strikeouts to one walk and al-
lowed four hits. He was the
winning pitcher with a 1-1
record.
All fi ve Volcano runs came
in the second inning. Af-
ter Ryan Kirby doubled and
Ryan Howard singled, Kevin
Rivera singled Kirby How-
ard home. A double by Zack
Bowers drove in Howard and
Rivera. Ashford Fulmer sin-
gled, Bryan Reynolds’ double
drove in Bowers, and a single
by Heath Quinn scored Ful-
mer.
Salem Health offering sports physicals
Salem Health’s Medi-
cal Clinics and Community
Health Education Center will
offer complete sports physi-
cal exams to McNary High
School students Monday, Aug.
8 from 9 a.m. to noon.
During the exam, doctors
can identify old injuries and
give advice on how to prevent
them from happening again.
The exam also addresses
conditions like asthma or al-
lergies that could impact per-
formance.
Lastly, and most impor-
tantly, sports physicals can also
help spot rare conditions that
could be life-threatening.
The exams will cost $10
and registration is required.
Students must bring a par-
ent or guardian to their physi-
cal exam appointment along
with their school sports pre-
participation
examination
form.
To register, call 503-814-
2432 or go online to www.
salemhealth.org and click on
the orange box near the bot-
tom of the page.
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competed in each event in-
dividually. He placed third in
the javelin and fourth in the
discus.
“I’m a tweener,” Krause
said. “If you take my 200 time
[26.08] and compare it against
the guys my age that specialize
in the 200, they’ll smoke me.
The big guys that can throw
farther than me, can’t sprint.
The guys that can sprint faster
than me, can’t throw. That’s
why it [decathlon] suits me.”
Krause pulled a hamstring a
month before the competition
and decided to stop training.
“I said I may be in the
worst shape imaginable but
I’m going to be healthy so my
goal was to make it to the end
and be able to compete and
do respectable. I wanted to
score over 3,000 points and I
did that.”
His goal now is to break
the U.S. record in his age
group—3,639.
After college, Krause said
he’d been stationary for 25-30
years when his wife, Karma,
convinced him to try CrossFit
with her.
He now works out fi ve days
a week at Mahoney CrossFit
in Salem.
“I’m
probably
stron-
ger now than I’ve ever been
in my life,” he said. “I was
shocked by how weak I was
[before CrossFit]. When you
hit 40, you start losing muscle
mass. This is the heaviest I’ve
been in my life. Since joining
CrossFit, I’ve gained about 20
pounds. My issue was not be-
ing fat. It was getting weak. I
was withering. This will kick
your butt. Things that are easy
usually don’t make that much
of a difference. It works be-
cause it’s hard. This is a home
atmosphere. People rally and
take care of each other. When
people are sick, they get to-
gether and are cooking each
other meals. It’s very much
a community atmosphere.
That’s more important to me
than how diffi cult the work-
outs are.”
Krause also goes to the
track to work on his throws
and sprints two days a week,
which he considers his days
off.
He doesn’t have an offi -
cial track coach, but Karma,
who competed in high school,
helps.
Krause also studies the
game, watching professionals
and their technique.
“I’ve learned a tremendous
amount,” he said. “ When I
was in college, I was strong
enough that I could muscle
things and make it happen. I
can’t do that anymore. That’s
been very interesting. My dis-
cus has improved and my jav-
elin has fallen off the cliff. As
I’ve aged, I’m stronger but not
nearly as fl exible. You really
start getting an understanding
of what your body can do.”
While his throws of 152-
10 and 141-01 in the javelin
and discus, respectively, were
both better than any pentath-
lete age 30 to 83, Krause also
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