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JULY 28, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A15 Volcanoes go 2-3 against Vancouver By HERB SWETT Of the Keizertimes The Volcanoes ended their home series with Vancouver with a 4-3 victory Monday, July 24. Although outhit 10-6 by the Canadians, Salem-Keiz- er had the edge in fi elding and baserunning to win two games out of the fi ve. The scoring started early, with the Volcanoes ahead 2-0 after one inning. In the bot- tom of the fi rst, Logan Bald- win walked with one out. Bryce Johnson singled to right fi eld, moving Baldwin to third base and taking second on the outfi eld throw. Ryan Kirby scored Baldwin with a sacrifi ce fl y to center, Johnson taking third. Orlando Garcia doubled to left, driving John- son home. Vancouver tied the score in the second. Kacy Clemens walked on a 3-and-2 count and went to second on a sin- gle to right by David Jacob. Bryan Lizardo advanced both runners with a sacrifi ce bunt. Norberto Obeso reached fi rst on an error by second base- men Orlando Garcia, driving in Clemens, and Jacob scored on the error. The Volcanoes went back ahead in the third. Baldwin led off with a single to left and went to second as Johnson grounded out. Baldwin then stole third and came home on catcher Matt Morgan’s errant throw. In the top of the fourth, Ja- cob walked and went to third on Lizardo’s single to right. Obeso singled to left, scoring Jacob, and the score was tied at 3-3. Salem-Keizer went back ahead in the bottom of the fourth. Manuel Geraldo led off with a single to right and reached second on a passed ball. Rob Calabrese obtained his fi rst professional run batted in by scoring Geraldo with a single to left. With two out in the top of the fi fth and two runners on base, Volcano starter Jose Marte was relieved by Aaron Phillips, who became the win- ning pitcher with a 2-0 record. Yonardo Herdenez re- placed Vancouver starter Wili- fri Aleton to start the fi fth and set down the Volcanoes in or- der, but there were no more runs in the game. The Cana- dians threatened in the eighth, but with the bases loaded and two out, Phillips struck out the next batter. Bobby Eveld pitched the bottom of the eighth for Van- couver and set the Volcanoes down in order. Andy Rohlhoff pitched the ninth for Salem- Keizer and got his fi rst save. “We haven’t changed any- thing,” Volcanoes manager Jol- bert Cabrera said. “We’re go- ing to stay aggressive.” Cabrera recently started a practice of holding brief club meetings after each game. Phillips, who pitched 3-1/3 innings, his longest outing since joining the Volcanoes, throws primarily breaking pitches, was asked if he had a regular out pitch. “With two strikes I like to go to my slider,” he said, “but it depends.” The attendance was 1,340. Wednesday, July 19: Volcanoes 3, Spokane 2 Salem-Keizer won a cliff- hanger, holding the host Indi- ans to a 3-2 series win. Each club scored once in the fi rst inning, and then there were goose eggs on both sides until the bottom of the ninth. Volcano closer Garrett Cave did not have his usual control but obtained his third save, with starter Jose Marte getting his fi rst win against his fi rst loss. Spokane starter Alex Spease had his fi fth loss with no wins. Two of the Volcanoes’ runs came in the second inning. Michael Sexton walked, went to second base on a wild pitch, and scored on a single by Kevin Rivera. Rivera reached third as a pickoff attempt went wild, and a sacrifi ce fl y by Malique Ziegler brought him home. A walk and three wild pitches scored Melvin Novia in the Spokane ninth. Thursday, July 20: Vancouver 8, Volcanoes 3 Their third home win of the season still eluded the Vol- canoes. The Canadians held only a one-run lead through fi ve in- nings but scored a run in the sixth, three runs in the sev- enth, two in the eighth, and one in the ninth. Salem-Keiz- er fought back in the ninth but had to settle for three runs. Vancouver had 12 hits, the Volcanoes six. The Canadians’ biggest blow was a solo home run by Matt Morgan in the eighth. In the Volcano ninth, Bryce Johnson singled, Orlando Garcia walked, Robinson Me- drano singled Johnson home, Garcia and Medrano advanced on a wild pitch, and a single by Gustavo Cabrera scored both runners. Zach Logue was the win- ning pitcher in relief with a 1-0 record. Starter Julio Benitez was the loser at 0-2. Friday, July 21: Volcanoes 12, Vancouver 6 The Volcanoes had enough of this business of losing at home. After Vancouver scored the fi rst run of the game in the fi rst inning, Salem-Keizer came back with three runs in the fi rst and led the rest of the way. Even though the Canadi- ans outhit the Volcanoes 11- 10, they made three errors and could not come close to KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley Volcanoes center fi elder Malique Ziegler hit a triple and scored two runs in a 12-6 win over Van- couver on Friday, July 21. matching their hosts’ six-run rally in the fi fth. In their big inning, the Volcanoes used two singles, two doubles, three walks, a sacrifi ce fl y, two wild pitches, and an error to cross the plate six times. Ryan Kirby had three hits in the game, drove in four runs, and scored three. Bryce Johnson also scored three times. Both starters were the pitchers of record. Alejandro De La Rosa was the winner at 2-2 and had eight strikeouts in fi ve innings. Juan Nunez took the loss for a 2-3 record. Saturday, July 22: Vancouver 7, Volcanoes 6 Salem-Keizer fought hard but could not quite catch up to the visitors. The Volcanoes had a 2-0 lead after one inning, but the Canadians tied the score in the second and went up by two in the fourth. Vancouver added a run in the seventh, but the Volcanoes tied the score with three in that inning. Vancouver scored twice in the eighth, but a Volcano rally in the ninth fell short by a run. The Canadians had 15 hits to nine for Salem-Keizer, the biggest Vancouver blow being a two-run triple by Kacy Cle- mens in the eighth. Malique Ziegler had the only Volcano extra-base hit, a double, and scored three runs. Orlando Pascual was the winning pitcher in relief at 2-0, and William Ouellette had his fourth save. John Rus- sell was the loser, also in relief, for a 1-1 record. Sunday, July 23: Vancouver 8, Volcanoes 3 The Canadians took com- mand of this one in the top of the ninth inning. It was a contest until then, with Vancouver leading 3-2 after eight. The Volcanoes’ Ryan Kirby even hit the only home run of the game, with Malique Ziegler on base. Then the Canadians scored fi ve runs in the ninth. Four singles, a walk, a hit batsman, a walk, and a sacrifi ce fl y put the Canadians ahead by six runs. Salem-Keizer fought back in the ninth as Junior Amion drove in Orlando Gar- cia with a bases-loaded sacri- fi ce fl y. A balk by pitcher Jake Fishman followed, but the next two batters struck out. Brody Rodning was the winning pitcher in relief with a 1-1 record. Volcano starter Stetson Woods pitched well in his six innings, allowing two runs and striking out three, but Connor Kaden, the fi rst of three relievers, took the loss, also at 1-1. Tuesday, July 25: Eugene 7, Volcanoes 6 This game was close all the way, tied 5-5 after fi ve innings, but Eugene scored twice in the sixth and the Volcanoes could get only one run after that. Pitches hit people all over the place in this one. Five pitches struck Volcanoes, three struck Emeralds, and two even hit umpires. Hits from the batters’ boxes totaled nine for Eugene and seven for Salem- Keizer. Eugene’s Michael Cruz hit two home runs, and the Volca- noes’ Robinson Medrano hit one. Elvis Diaz was the winning pitcher with a 3-0 record, and Luis Aquino had his fi fth save. John Timmins was the losing pitcher, also in relief, at 1-3. A boy’s fi rst time all alone in a tree stand by G.I. Wilson Six miles from any vestige of human activity, the 12-year- old boy hunkers down in his tree stand. A massive oak tree hovers above a salt lick fre- quented by nocturnal white- tail bucks. His father has taken the horses and settled into a tree stand a half mile away. A chill seems to creep in as the October sun slowly slides behind a distant hill. This fi rst hunt is an adven- ture he has fantasized over for what seems like an eternity. He has listened to countless deer stand stories for years. He has seen beautiful bucks brought home by his father and friends. Slowly, it begins to sink in; here he is, all alone, 20 feet in the air, clutching a 12 GA. shotgun, loaded with 00 Buckshot. This is his “rite of passage” into manhood. His senses are tuned to a level possibly far exceeding any military radar or sonar of the time. Fractured darkness slowly begins to creep in between oaks and pines. A slight breeze tickles hair on the back of his neck. He snuggles the wool collar down tight. A chorus of evening crea- tures tune up. Frogs, accompanied by an entourage of locusts, crickets, katydids and assorted beetles, seem to compete like high school cheer leaders. “We got spirit. How about you?” Suddenly, as if Mother Na- ture pulled the master switch, it comes to a stop. Silence reigns. From much too close, a shrill, horrendous scream, reaching the threshold of pain, shatters the silence. A sound right out of a horror movie. A witch being strangled by some hideous monster. A fl ash of movement brings the shotgun to alert. A fl utter of wings and a tiny screech owl settles on a branch 10 feet away. Two sets of eyes lock into an unblinking stare. Huge black eyes seem to burn into the boy’s soul as to say, “How dare you invade my realm.” The boy feels as if his heart is going to explode in his chest. With this brief encounter, the critter opens his tiny beak, emits another bone-chilling screech and sails into the shad- ows. Silence creeps back in like a skein of fog. One last oak leaf releases its fi nal grip on life and tumbles downward. Each branch it hits reso- nates in the stillness like the crash of a cymbal. Sound of hoof on rock brings the boy to full alert. Senses focus. A dry oak leaf crunches. Beads of sweat pin-ball down his spine. He tries to quietly wipe sweat from his hands to get a better grip on the gun. Finger prints are surely en- graved in the walnut stock. Will he get the much-dis- cussed buck fever? Sounds of leaves crunch- ing are ever so slowly coming closer. Dad has told him how big bucks are always alert to dan- ger. Light is fading rapidly. Eyes are desperately searching for a form, color, glint of an antler. Silence. Slowly, the air turns black. STATE, continued from Page 14 graduated 10 seniors. Several players stood out this summer—David Allen and Devon Bedoya on the mound and Robert Benson, Alex Burger and Lance Beck- tel at the plate and in the fi eld. “We have a lot of holes to fi ll,” Keeker said. “It gives us a baseline going into next spring, a chance to evaluate kids all summer long, watch- ing them perform in certain situations and what they can do defensively and what posi- tions they can play and how they perform at the plate. It gives us an idea what we need to work on in the offseason going into next spring. “For us, it’s just a whole month and a half evaluation period.” “We had guys on base in scoring position, we just couldn’t get the key hit at the right time and that was basi- cally the difference,” Keeker said. Keeker used the summer to evaluate a roster that primarily featured junior varsity players from last season. Only McCal- lister, Jackson and Colin Wen- tworth were on the varsity last spring. Two more returners, Tyler Covalt and Carl Rumbaugh, played on the American Le- gion Keizer Crushers team during the summer. McNary SWIM, continued from Page 14 Kara and Jana Everitt joined Brianna Barker and Let’s Hustle to Prevent Heart Disease! 3rd Annual We are Everything Except Overpriced Simple Cremation $795 Inexpensive Burial and Funeral Options Pre-Planning Available 8k, 5k, 1k • Aug 12 • State Capitol Start/Finish On-Site Crematory Benefits Salem Health Foundation’s High Street Hustle for Heart Fund COSTUMES ENCOURAGED! REGISTER AT: ActiveSalem.com/high 4365 RIVER RD N, KEIZER 503.393.7037 Se habla español Lily Castaneda won the 11-12 medley relay. Jana swam the fastest time in the breaststroke. Hannah Halliday won the free and backstroke. Madison Hoffmeister took fi rst in the IM and Anna Sponable touched the wall fi rst in the fl y. In the 13-14 age group, Ki- ana Staley won the IM and fl y. Anna Kosiewicz had the fast- est times in the 15-18 fl y and breaststroke. Swimming for Northview’s boys, Tyler Barker, Xzavier Parker, Nick Kosiewicz and Dylan Guptill won the 7-8 free relay. Barker also took fi rst in the backstroke and Parker won the breastroke. Michael Hal- liday swam the fastest times in the free and fl y. In the 11-12 division, Zach Kilby won the free, Jer- emy Becker placed fi rst in the backstroke and Evan Cornell swam the fastest time in the breaststroke. Tyler Guptill won the 13- 14 backstroke. Daniel Reed took fi rst in both the 15-18 back and breaststroke. Northview, Northwood and Holiday will compete against three Salem teams for the all-city championship.