Volcanoes pile runs on early, take 2nd straight from Dust Devils
Manuel Geraldo went 4-for-5 with a triple and two runs scored, and Alejandro De La Rosa and Nick Deeg held the Tri-City Dust Devils to just two runs on five hits as the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes won 7-2 on Friday night for their second straight victory at Gesa Stadium.
Despite suffering its third consecutive defeat, Tri-City (10-6) is still tied atop the Northwest League as the Vancouver Canadians (10-6) lost their third in the past five games, 2-1 at home against the Eugene Emeralds (10-6).
Salem-Keizer (6-10) pushed three runs across in the first inning, highlighted by a two-run double by Ryan Kirby, and never looked back.
Henry Henry (0-2) surrendered three runs (two earned) on five hits over four innings and suffered the loss for the Dust Devils.
Luis Almanzar picked up a two-out knock in the bottom of the first to extend his Northwest-League leading hitting streak to 10 games. He then came around to score on a double by Tre Carter, who has reached base in all 13 games he’s played for the Dust Devils this season, hitting safely in all but one of them.
The middle game of the five-game set begins at 7:15 p.m. Saturday. Tri-City’s 6-foot-8 right-hander Dauris Valdez (1-0, 3.38 ERA) will oppose lefty Alex Bostic (0-1, 6.52).
Volcanoes 7, Dust Devils 2
Salem-Keizer | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
Ziegler cf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .359 |
K.Rivera 2b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .203 |
Murray 3b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
M.Geraldo ss | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .349 |
Kirby 1b | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .350 |
J.Rodriguez rf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .258 |
Manwaring dh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .194 |
Bono lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .136 |
Ramirez 3b-2b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .154 |
Melendez c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .071 |
Totals | 40 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
Dust Devils | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
Melean 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .305 |
Lopez 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .224 |
Almanzar ss | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .271 |
Asuncion rf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 |
Carter cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .296 |
Washington c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .238 |
Magdaleno dh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 |
Anguizola 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
Burgos lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
Totals | 31 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
Salem-Keizer | 300 | 020 | 020 | – | 7 | 13 | 2 |
Dust Devils | 110 | 000 | 000 | – | 2 | 5 | 3 |
E–De La Rosa (3); Almanzar (7). LOB–Salem-Keizer 7; Dust Devils 7. 2B–Kirby (8); Carter (2). 3B–M.Geraldo (1). HR–Ramirez (1) off Radke. RBIs–Kirby 2 (13); M.Geraldo (11); Ramirez 2 (2); Carter (9); Burgos (5). SB–M.Geraldo (10) 2B; Carter (4) 2B. CS–M.Geraldo (2) hB; Carter (1) 3B. S–Bono. RISP–Salem-Keizer 4-for-12; Dust Devils 2-for-8. Runners left in scoring position–Bono 2; J.Rodriguez; Washington 2; Burgos 2; Magdaleno; Anguizola. GIDP–Melean. DP–Salem-Keizer 1.
Salem-Keizer | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
De La Rosa W,1-0 | 5 1/3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1.76 |
Deeg S,1 | 3 2/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.03 |
Dust Devils | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Henry L,0-2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4.22 |
Ford | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2.00 |
Radke | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.84 |
E.Torres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.70 |
GS–De La Rosa 54; Henry 48. HBP–Washington (De La Rosa). Pitches-strikes–De La Rosa 89-49; Deeg 39-30; Henry 68-50; Ford 45-36; Radke 17-12; E.Torres 11-8. WP–De La Rosa; Henry; Ford 2. Inherited runners-scored–Deeg 2-0.
T–2:50. A–3,297.
Dustin Brennan: 509-582-1413, @Tweet_By_Dustin
This story was originally published June 30, 2017 at 10:27 PM with the headline "Volcanoes pile runs on early, take 2nd straight from Dust Devils."