Emeralds Celebrate The Fourth of July by Beating The Volcanoes 7-4

A franchise-record 5,628 packed Volcanoes Stadium.

Photo by: Kevin Hays

(KEIZER) - The Eugene Emeralds are on a two game winning streak, unfortunately those wins are coming against what was the hottest team in NWL baseball the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes.

Before a franchise record crowd of 5,628, the Emeralds scored first and never looked back beating the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 7-4 on what was a clear, but very windy night at “The Crater.”

Eugene shortstop Nick Kliebert had a double and scored three runs.

Kliebert and Chad Huffman had RBI doubles and Luany Sanchez added a two-run double in the third inning to put the Emeralds (9-7) on top, 4-0.

Volcanoes starter Craig Whitaker (2-1) took the loss, surrendering five runs on five hits and five walks, and two strike outs in 3 2/3 innings.

Volcanoes third baseman Ryan Rohlinger's one-out, run-scoring double down the left-field line got the first run of the night home for the Volcanoes.

Trailing 6-2 in the sixth, Volcanoes first baseman Will Thompson led off with a towering solo homer to right. His third homer of the season.

Ryan Rohlinger, who finished with two hits, and second baseman Brad Boyer had RBI doubles in the fourth and fifth.

Even with the loss, Salem-Keizer (12-4) remains in first place in the NWL Western Division one game ahead of the Vancouver Canadians.

At least all was not lost for Volcanoes fans, a spectacular fireworks display brightened the night sky.

Thursday the two teams square off again at Volcanoes Stadium. First pitch is set for 6:35 PM.

For tickets call the Volcanoes at (503) 390-2225 or visit www.volcanoesbaseball.com

Volcanoes, Emeralds Box Score

Eugene

Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG

Epping CF 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .328

Antonelli 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .306

Freese DH 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 .370

Huffman LF 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .314

Sanchez C 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .371

Smith 1B 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333

Crafort RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .229

Stokes 2B 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .186

Kliebert SS 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 .222

Underwood P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Krosschell P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Lara P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Tucci P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Rodriguez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING

2B: Kliebert (3, Whitaker), Huffman (3, Whitaker), Sanchez (4, Whitaker), Epping (2, Whitaker), Smith (2, Stolp), Freese (8, English).

TB: Epping 3; Freese 2; Huffman 2; Sanchez 2; Smith 3; Crafort; Kliebert 2.

RBI: Kliebert (3), Huffman (11), Sanchez 2 (9), Freese 2 (25), Crafort (7).

2-out RBI: Huffman; Sanchez 2; Freese; Crafort.

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Smith; Huffman 3; Stokes 2.

Team LOB: 10.

FIELDING

E: Kliebert (2, throw), Smith (4, missed catch).

Salem-Keizer

Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG

Burriss SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218

Pill c- PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Felmy CF 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .364

McBryde b- PH-CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .302

Thompson 1B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .397

Rohlinger 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .315

Witter DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267

Weston LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200

Neal RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .345

La Torre C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125

Gutierrez-Portalatin a- PH-C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .368

Boyer 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .125

Whitaker P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Stolp P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

English P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING

2B: Felmy (2, Underwood), Rohlinger (7, Underwood), Boyer (1, Underwood).

HR: Thompson (3, 6th inning off Lara, 0 on, 0 out).

TB: Burriss; Felmy 2; Thompson 4; Rohlinger 3; Weston; Neal; Boyer 2.

RBI: Rohlinger (7), Boyer (5), Thompson (15).

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Neal; Weston; Felmy; Rohlinger; Pill.

Team LOB: 6.

a-Popped out for La Torre in the 7th. b-Popped out for Felmy in the 8th. c-Flied out for Burriss in the 9th.

PITCHING

Eugene

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Underwood 4.2 4 2 1 0 1 0 1.08

Krosschell 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.11

Lara (W, 1-0) 2.2 2 1 1 0 4 1 5.84

Tucci (H, 1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.57

Rodriguez 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Salem-Keizer

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Whitaker (L, 2-1) 3.2 5 5 5 5 2 0 3.86

Stolp 3.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0.69

English 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 4.91

HBP: Antonelli (by Stolp).

Ground outs-fly outs: Underwood 9-4, Krosschell 1-0, Lara 1-3, Tucci 0-1, Rodriguez 1-2, Whitaker 4-5, Stolp 4-5, English 1-4.

Batters faced: Underwood 19, Krosschell 1, Lara 10, Tucci 1, Rodriguez 6, Whitaker 21, Stolp 14, English 9.

Inherited runners-scored: Krosschell 1-0, Tucci 1-0, Stolp 3-0.

Umpires: HP: Quinn Walcott. 1B: Tony Gutierrez. 2B: . 3B: .

Weather: 74 degrees, partly cloudy.

Wind: 8 mph, L to R.

T: 2:36.

Att: 5,628.