Lauer stops losing skid with 5 shutout innings
Eric Lauer pitched five scoreless innings to pick up his first career win as the Tri-City Dust Devils snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Sunday at Gesa Stadium.
The lefty Lauer (1-0) allowed just two hits and a walk, and only allowed one Volcano runner to get into scoring position.
Fernando Tatis Jr. led off the bottom of the second with a single through the left side for the Dust Devils (9-15, second half) and later scored the first run of the game on a groundball out by Luis Asuncion. The Dust Devils tacked on three insurance runs in the fifth when they led off the inning with four singles and a walk to make it 4-0.
Salem-Keizer (10-14) put together a rally in the eighth, keyed by a Julio Pena leadoff home run. A wild pitch later scored Zack Bowers to get the Volcanoes within two.
The Dust Devils and Volcanoes will play the middle game of their five-game set at 7:15 p.m. Monday.
Dust Devils 5, Volcanoes 3
Salem-Keizer ab | r | h | bi | Tri-City ab | r | h | bi | ||
Geraldo 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Easley 2b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Fulmer cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Reed cf | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Brusa lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Potts ss | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Quinn rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Ovrstrt c | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
R.Howard ss | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Tatis 3b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Kirby 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Young 1b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ju.Pena dh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Asuncion rf | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
Bowers c | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T.Moore lf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Compton 3b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Magee dh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals 32 | 3 | 8 | 1 | Totals 31 | 5 | 10 | 5 | ||
Salem-Keizer | 000 | 000 | 021 | — | 3 |
Tri-City | 010 | 030 | 01x | — | 5 |
E—Concepcion (2). DP—Tri-City 1. LOB—Salem-Keizer 5, Tri-City 6. 2B—Fulmer (9), Quinn (16). HR—Ju. Pena (1). SF—Overstreet. SB—M.Geraldo (11). CS—Magee (3), Easley (4).
Salem-Keizer | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Concepcion L,4-6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
Ra.Hernandez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Burke | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Tri-City | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Lauer W,1-0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
De Horta H,2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Scholtens S,3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
PO—Lauer (Compton). WP—Burke 2, De Horta 2. B—Concepcion. HBP—by Concepcion (Young). Umpires—Home, Joe Gonzalez; First, Justin Whiddon. T—2:34. A—2,221.
This story was originally published August 21, 2016 at 10:39 PM with the headline "Lauer stops losing skid with 5 shutout innings."