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See dealer for qualifi cations and complete details. 2017 EXPLORER 2017 MUSTANG 0 % APR FOR 60 MONTHS 2017 F-150 KEIZERTIMES.COM Volcanoes bullpen blows up on Independence Day By HERB SWETT Of the Keizertimes The Volcanoes lost a lead in the opening game of a Fourth of July home series with the Hillsboro Hops, who won 6-3. A crowd of 5,223, after watching pregame ceremo- nies that included cadets from the McNary High School Junior ROTC, saw Salem- Keizer take a 2-1 lead in the second inning and a 3-2 lead in the third before giving up four runs to the visitors in the eighth. Hillsboro scored the fi rst run of the game in the fi rst. Bryan Araiza, who had bunted a single and gone to third base on a single by Eudy Ramos, crossed the plate as Tim Sus- nara hit into a force out. The Volcanoes answered with two runs in the second. After Ryan Kirby walked and Manuel Geraldo singled down the left fi eld line, both advanced as Dalton Combs grounded out. Kirby scored as Shane Matheny struck out but reached fi rst base on a passed ball by Susnara. Orlando Gar- cia drove Geraldo home with a sacrifi ce fi elder’s choice. The Hops tied the score in the third. Camden Duzenack was hit by a pitch from start- er Julio Benitez and went to third on a double to right by Araiza. Ramos’s sacrifi ce fl y to right in foul territory drove in Duzenack. Salem-Keizer went ahead by a run in the third. Rob Ca- labrese singled to center and went to third on Kirby’s single to center. Geraldo, who was to have a 4-for-4 night, scored Calabrese with a single to left. In the Volcano fi fth, after Geraldo bunted a single with two out, Hops starter Tyler Keele was relieved by Junior Garcia. Geraldo then was caught stealing. KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley ABOVE: Volcanoes fi rst baseman Ryan Kirby was 1-for-4 with a run in a 6-3 home loss on the Fourth of July. TOP RIGHT: Fireworks folllowed the baseball game. BOTTOM RIGHT: Willamette Valley Pipes and Drums played Amazing Grace during a pregame ceremony that honored fallen military veterans. Luis Pino replaced Benitez on the mound at the start of the sixth. Dalton Combs led off the Volcano sixth with a walk. Matheny then bunted for a hit but was called out for interfer- ence, umpire Pete Rivera rul- ing that he had run out of the path to fi rst base. Jolbert Ca- brera argued the call hotly and was ejected from the game. A fl y, a walk, and a force out followed, and the inning was over. Jason Bahr replaced Pino to start off the eighth. Araiza walked, and Ramos scored him with a double to center. Ramos doubled to left center following a pitch that many people in the crowd thought was a third strike, driving in Araiza. Ramos then tagged on a fl y to right and went to third. Ellis singled to left, batting in Ramos. Tra’mayne Holmes singled to right, sending Ellis home, and went to second on an outfi eld throw. Nick Deeg relieved Pino and allowed a single to left by Ryan Grotjohn, which scored Holmes. Deeg then hit a bat- ter and retired the next one for the third out. In the bottom of the eighth, Geraldo led off with an infi eld single, Combs and Matheny were then retired, and Erbert Gonzalez replaced Junior Gar- cia on the mound. Orlando Garcia singled to left, but the next two batters were retired. The Volcanoes could not mus- ter more than one walk in the ninth. “One bad call” was Ca- brera’s answer to the question of what went wrong with the game. Junior Garcia was the win- ning pitcher at 2-0, and Gon- zalez had his fourth save. Bahr took the loss for an 0-1 record. Benitez allowed two runs, both earned, and six hits in his fi ve innings but struck out three and walked none. A fi reworks display fol- lowed the game. Wednesday, June 28: Boise 8, Volcanoes 3 Walks and errors contribut- ed to three of the Hawks’ runs as Boise took the rubber game of this road series. A Salem-Keizer run in the top of the fi rst inning was followed by a four-run rally in the Boise half of the fi rst. Three walks, two errors, and a single produced the runs. The Volcanoes scored one run each in the second and fourth and were behind only 4-3 until the Hawks scored three times in the fi fth. Their fi nal run came in the seventh on a home run by Daniel Jip- ping. There were two errors as well as eight hits on each side. In the Volcano fi rst, Malique Ziegler reached fi rst base on an error and second on anoth- er error and scored as Kevin Rivera was thrown out on a steal attempt. Both starters were the pitchers of record. Jose Marte, who was pulled after two in- nings, took the loss at 0-1. Breiling Eusebio, who had seven strikeouts in his fi ve in- nings, was the winner at 3-0. Thursday, June 29: Volcanoes 2, Tri-City 0 (12 innings) Pitchers kept bats on both sides quiet until the 12th in- ning of this fi rst of a fi ve-game series in Pasco, Washington. In the top of the 12th, Kev- in Rivera led off with a single and Manuel Geraldo singled him to third base. Ryan Kir- by singled Rivera home, and Geraldo went to third on an outfi eld error. A single by Juan Rodriguez scored Geraldo. The Volcanoes ended up outhitting the Dust Devils 8-6. Please see BLOWN, Page 11 Checking walleye off the old bucket list by G.I. Wilson We arrive at the boat launch at 6:30 a.m. Strong west winds come roaring through the elm trees. The Columbia looks more like the Pacifi c than a river. Wind waves of two to four feet are tipped with white. “Could be an interesting ride out there,” Tom mutters. “Hey, that 28-foot Alu- maweld is built to handle the ocean,” Devon responds. “This will be nothing.” Devon Pearsall put this trip together. He had heard about the successes’ Donald Koskela of Pastime Fishing Adventures, had been having on recent walleye trips. He needs four anglers for a trip. Pearsall, formally of Keiz- er, has fi shed salmon, steel- head and sturgeon all his life. He was a professional fi shing guide for a number of years. Pearsall calls longtime friend Tom Gerold, of Keizer, and sets things in motion. Ger- old is a serious bass fi sherman. He has his own bass boat, has fi shed tournaments, has fi shed salmon and sturgeon for years. Next call was to me. I had fi shed with both of them mul- tiple times. When I tell my friend Jon Moberg about the trip, he is eager to join us. Jon grew up in a commercial fi shing fam- ily. He commercial fi shed for salmon in Alaska for 39 years and has always wanted to fi sh walleye. So, here we are, on the Co- lumbia River, hoping to check walleye off the old bucket list. Koskela gives us a brief in- troduction to our gear, how to hook up night crawlers, keep your sinker 4-6 oz (bottom walkers) tapping the bottom, don’t set the hook, swing the rod up, and out, and reel. He has each of us set up with a different color spin- ner and beads looking for the hot color of the day. Trailing the spinner we have a three- hook worm rig. Worms are to be hooked so they remain straight. We feel the power of the 200 hp Merc as we head up- river with strong winds to our back. Koskela assures us that as soon as we round the fi rst big curve the mountains will block much of the wind. In a matter of minutes, Submitted Jon Moberg caught a walleye on a recent fi shing trip to the Columbia River. we’re fi shing for walleye. “Tom, that’s a bite,” Koskela almost whispers. Tom slowly eases the rod out of the holder. “Remem- ber, don’t set the hook,” Ko- skela cautions. “Slowly swing up and reel. That’s it. You got him.” Our fi rst walleye of the day. In fact, the four of us have never landed a walleye. A guide friend of Koskela’s, Charlie, is fi shing the same area. Fishing is slow. We man- age two more fi sh and see Charlie land a couple, then later head upriver. Koskela keeps assuring us, “We’ll fi nd em.” Text from Charlie, “found fi sh.” We catch up with Charlie in time to see them land two fi sh. We drop in and I immedi- ately have my fi rst walleye. In a matter of minutes, we land three more. We continue to hook fi sh each pass through the area. If you have caught other species of fi sh, you will prob- ably be disappointed in the “bite and fi ght” of walleye. The bite is usually pretty sub- tle. You lift up and reel them in. Some anglers call it “catch and eat” based on the fi ne quality of the meat. Reading the bite can be the most diffi cult part. You are trolling along on bounc- ing water trying to keep your sinker doing a “tic, tic, tic” along the bottom. Usually, the bite will just slightly change the tic. “You’ve got a hitch hiker, G.I.,” Koskela calls out. “Reel him in.” I couldn’t believe it. I was watching my rod tip and never realized I had a fi sh on. It was simply following along. This happened to us several times during the day. Bite slows, Charlie heads back downriver, we head up- river. Another hot spot with bigger fi sh. Jon hooks a heavy fi sh. He slowly brings an 8-9 pounder to the net. Large females like this are the broodstock of the species. After photo ops she is released to lay more eggs. Pressure is off. With good numbers of fi ne eating fi sh in the cooler, the wind calming down, we take more notice of our surroundings. Please see WILSON, Page 11
