SIUSLAW NEWS | SATURDAY, MAY 8, 2021 | 3B
Baseball
from 1B
with full speed.
Garcia caught a pop fly
early in the inning, fol-
lowed by another pop fly
caught by Henry Rankin
on first base. The Falcons
were able to get two men
on base in the inning but
were quickly put out a
third time by Rankin, who
had an assist from Isaac
Garza at second base.
In the bottom of the
fourth, the Falcons were
Next up was Noah Dot-
son, who brought Kramer
home on an RBI. Dotson
was then able to steal sec-
ond base, however Blan-
kenship struck out and
Garza was put out next,
ending the inning at 9-13
in favor of Elmira.
The top of the sixth in-
ning went quickly for the
Falcons, but they were
able to get 1 run in be-
fore it ended, bringing the
score to 9-14.
In the bottom of the
sixth, the Viks pushed
also able to hold the Viks
at 0 runs, so the score re-
mained at 8-13 in favor of
Elmira to start the fifth
inning.
The Falcons’ next at-bat
went quickly as well, with
three pop flies caught by
Ian Sissel in the outfield,
bringing the Vikings back
to the plate. They start-
ed with a double from
Clay Kramer, who then
advanced to second base
after a bunt from Victor
Reyna-Ayala, who was
tagged out at first.
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back even harder.
Garcia hit a single, fol-
lowed by Sissel hitting a
second single. Both men
stole a base to position
themselves at second and
third as Beau Erickson
stepped up to the plate.
Erickson then hit a tri-
ple, earning 2 RBIs and,
because of errors on the
Falcons side, was able to
make it home — bringing
in 3 runs for the inning
and putting the Vikings
a mere 2 runs behind El-
mira.
Rankin also hit a single
before the next three bat-
ters were unfortunately
struck out to end the in-
ning.
In the final inning, El-
mira had a single and
a double for an RBI
straightaway, but had
their next batter tagged
out at second base by
Garza. They were able
to hit another single for
an RBI before their final
two put outs — on a pop
fly caught by Garza, and
the second an assist from
Garcia to Rankin at first,
ending the inning at 12-
16 with the Falcons in the
lead.
In the bottom of the
seventh,
Blankenship
came out swinging with a
triple, then stole home to
bring the score to 13-16.
Garza was then walked
but tagged out at second
base when Garcia hit a
single.
The
Falcons
next
walked Sissel, leaving
two runners on base for
the Vikings, but had two
more quick put outs to
end the game.
Said Shinn, “Everyone
in the lineup had at least
one hit. We hit the ball the
best we have all season,
between the two days of
this game.”
The Vikings then went
on to play the Falcons
for game two of the after-
noon.
Siuslaw struggled to
score any runs until the
fifth inning, where they
picked up 5, however El-
mira had scored 11 in the
first 4 innings, so the Viks
were behind 5-11.
In the sixth, the Vikings
scored 2 more runs and
the Falcons picked up 1
more, which brought the
score to 7-12 in Elmira’s
favor. At the top of the
seventh inning, the Viks
were unable to score, end-
ing the game 7-12 in favor
of the Falcons.
“While the total num-
ber of hits for this game
is low, we put the ball in
play several times with
well-hit balls that found
their ways into Elmira
gloves,” said Shinn. “The
big inning hurt us again,
but the resiliency of the
team shone through in
pushing the game to sev-
en innings.”
The Viks traveled to
Marshfield yesterday for a
doubleheader (after press
deadlines.)
Siuslaw begins its final
week of scheduled league
play next week, with their
last home game scheduled
for this Tuesday (May 11)
against Marist, when Siu-
slaw will be recognizing
the seniors on the team.
First pitch goes out at 5
p.m.
Fishing
to catch rockfish.
Lingcod are being
caught on bigger jigs or by
suspending a frozen her-
ring around the rocks. The
daily bag limit for marine
fish is 6, which includes a
one fish sub-bag limit for
China, copper and quill-
back rockfish.
Anglers can still harvest
2 lingcod per day. Trout
fishing in streams and riv-
ers opens on May 22.
UMPQUA
RIVER,
SOUTH: Winter steelhead
After a slow season,
most anglers are eyeing
other opportunities. But
there are still fresh steel-
head returning to the
South and little angling
pressure. Don’t forget to
turn in snout from hatch-
ery winter steelhead for a
chance to win a gift card
PACIFIC OCEAN AND
BEACHES: Bottomfish,
surfperch
Boat anglers have been
doing very well catching
nice size lingcod and rock-
fish when the ocean swells
are down. Bottom fishing
is open to all depths
through May 31. The
daily bag limit for marine
fish is 6 fish, which
includes a one fish sub-
bag limit for China, cop-
per, and quillback rock-
fish. Anglers can still har-
vest 2 lingcod per day.
Anglers must release all
cabezon through June.
Anglers may also
choose to fish the offshore
longleader fishery outside
of the 40-fathom regula-
tory line, which is open
year-round. The long-
leader fishery has a daily
bag limit of 10 fish made
of yellowtail, widow,
canary, blue, deacon, red-
stripe, greenstripe, sil-
vergray, chillipepper, and
bocaccio rockfish. No
other groundfish are
allowed and offshore
longleader fishing trips
cannot be combined with
traditional bottomfish,
flatfish or halibut trips.
Find information about a
longleader setup here.
Ocean Chinook salm-
on fishing opened on
March 15.
Surfperch anglers have
been doing well catching
good size red-tail surf-
perch along beaches near
the mouths of rivers and
bays. Anglers have been
catching surfperch when
the ocean swells are calm-
er using sand shrimp,
mole crabs, or Berkley
Gulp sand worms.
PACIFIC HALIBUT:
All areas are closed for
Pacific halibut. The 2021
season will begin opening
in May. ODFW staff rec-
ommended season dates
are available on the Sport
Halibut Season Page. The
Oregon Fish and Wildlife
Commission will finalize
the 2021 season dates and
regulations at their April
23 meeting.
OCEAN SALMON:
The area from Cape
Falcon to Humbug Mt.
reopened for all salm-
on-except coho on March
15, 2021. All other areas
are closed for ocean salm-
on fishing.
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YAQUINA
RIVER:
Winter steelhead
Fishing on the Yaquina/
Big Elk will re-open on
May 22 for trout fishing.
COOS RIVER BASIN:
Bottomfish
Boat and bank anglers
(on the jetty) are still
catching rockfish and ling-
cod inside lower Coos Bay.
Smaller jigs with a twister
tail or 1-ounce jigging
spoons have been working
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