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
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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.