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ATHLETE of the Week
presented by
Franklin Labour | Salem-Keizer Volcanoes
#49 - RF
Ht: 6’ 1” Wt: 190
This 21-year-old from the Dominican Republic started
his career with the Giants organization and is the
Volcanoes’ regular right fi elder. He has a season
batting average of .333 with three home runs at this
writing and has shown a good glove and a strong arm.
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single to left. Kwanston Adkins
hit an infi eld single, and Beicker
Mendoza drove in Labour with
a single to left center. The score
was tied at 3.
In the Salem-Keizer seventh,
Yorlis Rodriguez led off with a
double to right. Labour doubled
to right, driving him in and put-
ting the Volcanoes back in the
lead.
Boise answered with a run
in the eighth. With Yoel Veras
pitching, Trey Jacobs singled,
went to third on a single by Joe
Aeilts, and scored on a fi elder’s
choice. The score was 4-4 at the
end of nine, and the Hawks went
up by a run in the 11th. Shael
Mendoza started the inning
on second base, went to third
as Flores singled to center, and
scored when George Bell hit
into a fi elder’s choice.
Tovar started the Boise 12th
on second base and scored as
Aeilts doubled to right.
In the bottom of the 12th,
Roby started on second base and
reached third on Genoves’ sin-
gle to left. Labour scored Roby
with a double to right, moving
Genoves to third. A wild pitch
by Hunter Williams, who be-
came the losing pitcher at 0-1,
sent Genoves home.
Israel Cruz, who had entered
the game to start the 11th, was
the winning pitcher at 1-0.
Volcanoes manager Mark
Hallberg, who praised his players
for their teamwork, said many
questions remained, especially
with several players yet to arrive.
“Two of them just got in on
the plane today,” he said.
Genoves, who had a much
faster start at the plate than he
did for the Volcanoes last season,
said, “I’m still learning. We’re all
working at it.”
The attendance in the re-
vamped Volcanoes Stadium was
2,906.
Saturday, June 15:
Volcanoes 5, Boise 4
(10 innings)
The second game of the
season, like the fi rst, was an ex-
tra-inning victory, and 2,224 fans
were there.
Salem-Keizer took the early
lead, scoring a run in the fi rst in-
ning and one in the second.
The score remained 2-0 until
the top of the seventh, when the
Hawks’ Ezequiel Tovar hit a solo
home run. Franklin Labour an-
swered with a bases-empty ho-
mer in the same inning.
Boise took a one-run lead
with three runs in the eighth
on a sacrifi ce fl y and a two-run
single.
In the Volcano ninth, Labour
scored on an error to tie the
game. With Kwan Adkins on
third base in the bottom of the
10th, Sean Roby singled him
home.
Bryce Tucker was the win-
ning pitcher in relief. The loss
went to Trent Fennell.
Sunday, June 16:
Volcanoes 8, Boise 3
This time a nine-inning game
completed a sweep of the series
with the Hawks.
The seven-run Salem-Keiz-
er fi rst inning provided seven
of the Volcanoes’ runs. The big-
gest blow was Franklin Labour’s
second home run of the sea-
son, with George Bell and Sean
Roby on base.
Keyberth Mejias followed
with a one-RBI single. Then
came a two-run triple by Kwan
Adkins and a one-RBI single by
Simon Weightman. Weightman
scored the remaining Volcano
run on a double by George Bell.
One of Boise’s runs came on
a solo homer by Bladimir Resti-
tuyo in the second.
Luis Moreno, who went fi ve
innings as the starting pitcher,
got the win. The losing pitcher
was Jeffri Ocando, the Hawks’
starter.
The attendance was 2,290.
Monday, June 17:
Spokane 12, Volcanoes 7
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The Volcanoes, still at home,
took their fi rst loss in the four-
day-old season.
Spokane, going into the
fourth inning with a 2-0 lead,
got all the runs it needed in the
fourth by crossing the plate seven
times. Matt Morales hit a two-
run home run, and the remain-
ing fi ve came from two doubles,
two wild pitches, and a balk.
For Salem-Keizer in the fi fth,
Kwan Adkins scored on a ground
out, a triple by Sean Roby drove
in Simon Whiteman, and anoth-
er ground out sent Roby home.
Franklin Labour hit a solo ho-
mer.
The Indians added three runs
in the seventh. Obie Ricumstrict
Volcanoes
wallop college
all-stars 10-1
A 10-1 home win over
a college all-star team
unoffi cially started
the season for the
S a l e m - Ke i z e r
Volcanoes June
12.
It was largely
a practice game for
the Volcanoes, who
played a bottom of the
ninth inning for batting
practice despite their
lead and, also contrary
to offi cial rules, kept the
designated hitter after moving
the starting DH to fi rst base.
They also used 10 pitchers.
The biggest blow of the
game was a home run by
Beiker Mendoza in the
second inning
with Franklin
Labour on base.
The all-stars,
who called them-
selves the Hayes-
ville
Hammers,
came mostly from
Chemeketa
Com-
munity College. A few
came from four-year
colleges and a few from their
high schools.
singled Stanly Martinez home,
and a double by Ryan Anderson
scored Ricumstrict and Cristian
Inoa.
In the Volcano seventh, Ricar-
do Genoves homered with Yorlis
Rodriguez on base, Rodriguez
scored again in the ninth on a
wild pitch.
Nic Laio was the winning
pitcher in relief. Clay Helvey
started for the Volcanoes and
took the loss.
Tuesday, June 18: Spokane 8,
Volcanoes 3
The Indians had three-run
rallies in the second and fourth
innings and overcame fi ve errors
and four stolen bases by Simon
Whiteman for a 2-0 lead in the
series.
Salem-Keizer’s Jeff Houghtby
scored in the fi rst inning on an
error for the only Volcano lead of
the game. Then came the top of
the second, when a force out and
two bases-loaded walks provided
the fi rst three Spokane runs.
In the top of the third, a
ground out, a double, and a sin-
gle drove in the next three Spo-
kane runs.
The Volcanoes had only fi ve
hits, two each by Whiteman and
Kwan Adkins and one by Sean
Roby.
Juan Mejia was the winning
pitcher in relief. Trevor Horn was
the loser, also in relief.