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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