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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
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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.