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PAGE2A14,2KEIZERTIMES,2JUNE229,22018 Volcanoes come back, defeat Eugene By HERB SWETT Of the Keizertimes The Volcanoes opened this week’s home series Tuesday with a come-from-behind 10-5 win over Eugene. Starting pitcher Gregory Santos settled down after a three-run Emerald fi rst in- ning by holding the visitors scoreless for the next fi ve in- nings. The big offensive inning for Salem-Keizer was the seven-run fourth with two doubles, a walk, a hit batsman, an error, and a passed ball. In the top of the fi rst, Fer- nando Kelli singled to right fi eld and stole second base. Kwang-Min Kwon singled to left and reached second on a throw by left fi elder Chris- topher Burks. A passed ball by Ricardo Genoves allowed Kelli to score, and a single to left by Luis Diaz drove in Kwon. Diaz reached second on a sacrifi ce bunt by Jonathan Sierra, and a single to left center by Christopher Morel drove Diaz in. The Volcanoes got one run in the fi rst. Kyle McPherson singled to right, went to sec- ond on an errant pickoff at- tempt by Emerald starter Eury Ramos, and scored as Trevor Abrams doubled down the right fi eld line. After Santos struck out the side in the second, the Volca- noes loaded the bases in their half of the inning but failed to cross the plate. Salem-Keizer added a run in the third. Abrams led off with a single to center and went to second on a single to center by Genoves. Dalton Combs doubled down the right fi eld line and scored Genoves. With two out, Eugenio Palma replaced Ramos on the mound and struck out Jose Layer. McPherson walked on a three-and-two count to lead off the bottom of the fourth. Wander Franco reached fi rst on a force attempt and a throwing error by third base- man Morel. Abrams scored both run- ners with a double to center. Robinson Medrano drove in Abrams with a single to left. Genoves walked, and Combs was hit by a pitch. Nico Giarratano scored Medrano with a Texas League single to right. A passed ball brought Genoves home and moved Combs and Giarratano up. Layer doubled to right, driv- ing in Combs and Giarratano. Casey Ryan came in to pitch and retired the next two batters, ending the in- ning. In the top of the seventh, Zach Becherer relieved San- tos and retired the Emeralds in order, all on fl y balls. Eugene added two runs in the eighth with Sidney Du- prey on the mound. With one out, Luis Vazquez reached fi rst base on an errant throw by sec- ond baseman McPherson and then second as the throw went into the dugout. Kelli singled to center, moving Vazquez to third, and stole second. An infi eld single by Luis Diaz scored both runners. The Volcanoes answered with a ninth-inning run. Me- drano singled to right and reached second on Combs’ single to left. A wild pitch by Stephen Ridings moved both runners up, and Christopher Burks scored Medrano with a single to center. The win gave the Volca- noes an 8-4 record. Thursday, June 21: Volcanoes 4, Boise 3 Salem-Keizer survived a three-run eighth-inning rally to guarantee a series win over host Boise. Jose Layer led off the third inning with a double and scored when a throwing error by catcher Greg Jones gave him an extra base on Kyle McPherson’s sacrifi ce bunt. In the Volcano sixth, a walk, an error, and a hit batsman loaded the bases. Christopher Burks drove Robinson home by grounding out, Nico Giar- rantano singled Wander Fran- co home, went to second base on the throw, and scored on a single by Layer. The Hawks’ runs came when a sacrifi ce fl y was fol- lowed by a home run by Danny Edgeworth with a man on base. Volcano starter, Santos, went fi ve innings to get the win, and Doug Still had his fi rst save. The losing pitcher was starter Riley Pint. Friday, June 22: Volcanoes 7, Boise 1 Hits from everyone in the starting lineup and strong pitching by Norwith Gudino and two relievers gave the puzzle2answers Volcanoes a sweep of the three-game series in Boise. Mikey Edie, Diego Rinco- nes, and Franco had two hits each out of Salem-Keizer’s 12. Genoves and Combs drove in two runs each, and Medrano scored twice. Gudino went fi ve innings for a 2-0 record, allowing the Hawks’ only run in the fi rst inning and striking out four. Mack Meyer and then Orleny Quiroz each pitched two re- lief innings. Boise’s starter, Javier Me- dina, was the losing pitcher at 0-1. Saturday, June 23: Volcanoes 9, Hillsboro 5 Rincones’ torrid bat led Salem-Keizer to a series- opening win in Hillsboro. The Volcano left fi elder drove in fi ve runs as he hit a home run, two doubles, and a single. The hits gave him a .529 batting average for the young season. After the Hops scored the fi rst run of the game in the fi rst inning and went ahead by a run in the second, Rincones drove in two of the Volcanoes’ third inning runs with his second homer of the season. A three-run fourth put Salem-Keizer ahead for good. Kevin Rivera scored two runs on two hits and Chris Corbett three on one hit for the Volcanoes. Greg Jacknewitz, who re- lieved starter Keaton Winn in the third inning, allowed two runs in the third but only one in the next four and became the winning pitcher with a 1-1 record. Kai-Wei Lin, the fi rst of four Hillsboro relievers, took the loss at 1-1. Sunday, June 24: Hillsboro 12, Volcanoes 2 The Hops made good use of their 14 hits and scattered the Volcanoes’ 11 to even the series. Clutch pitching was a big factor as Hillsboro pitchers had 10 strikeouts to three for Salem-Keizer. Cole Stapler was the winning pitcher in relief for a 1-0 record and had four of the Hops’ strikeouts. The Volcanoes’ starter, Miguel Figueroa, was the loser at 0-- 2. Abrams was the Volcanoes’ leading hitter with two sin- gles and a triple but did not score or bat in a run. One Salem-Keizer run came in the seventh inning, when Jose Layer doubled home Mikey Edie, who had singled. The other was scored in the eighth, when Rincones, who had singled and reached second and then third on singles, went home as Franco grounded out. Joey Rose had three hits and drove in three runs for Hillsboro. Monday, June 25: Hillsboro 6, Volcanoes 5 It was the fi rst series loss for Salem-Keizer, but the Volcanoes didn’t make it easy. They led until the bottom of the seventh inning. The Volcanoes led from the start, scoring three runs in the top of the fi rst inning, including Abrams’ fi rst home run of the season and Medra- no’s third, both with the bases empty. The Hops responded with a fi rst-inning home run, Tra Holmes’ fi rst, also a solo shot. Teammate Andy Yerzy hit a bases-empty homer in the third. Salem-Keizer added a run each in the fourth and fi fth for a 5-2 lead, but Hillsboro scored twice in the bottom of the fi fth. Two seventh-inning Hops runs were the fi nal runs of the game. Keenan Bartlett was the losing pitcher in relief at 1-1. The winner was Wesley Ro- driguez, also in relief, for a 1-0 record, and Josh Green got his fi rst save.
