By HERB SWETT For the Keizertimes The Volcanoes, in their final game, again outhit the opposition but lost. The opposition was the Tri-City Dust Devils, who have clinched the East Division championship of the Northwest League. Tri-City won 3-1 on Saturday despite a 9-6 edge in hits for Salem-Keizer.  The Volcanoes finished third in the [...]

By HERB SWETT For the Keizertimes What began as a promising end to the regular home season for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes turned out to be a sloppy defeat. After leading 2-0 at the end of one inning, the Volcanoes fell to the Boise Hawks 9-2 before a crowd of 2,765, leaving 12 men on base [...]

By HERB SWETT For the Keizertimes Manager Tom Trebelhorn stirred things up, and so did his players by taking Saturday night’s game to 11 innings, but the Volcanoes lost 5-4, giving the Emeralds a sweep of all the 2011 games the two clubs played in Eugene. Trebelhorn put several reserves in his starting lineup, including [...]

The Volcanoes completed a five-game sweep of the Spokane Indians on Saturday, with Cameron Lamb and Cody Hall combining for a two-hit 1-0 victory. A crowd of 3,428 on the last day of Cancer Awareness Weekend saw not only the Volcanoes Stadium rarity of a pitchers’ duel but also some excellent fielding plays. In the [...]

By HERB SWETT For the Keizertimes The Volcanoes tied a club record with six errors Sunday on their way to a 9-5 home loss to the Eugene Emeralds. It was the first of a three-game home series with the Emeralds, and the crowd of 2,645 saw Salem-Keizer ahead 2-0 after two innings, with starting pitcher [...]

By HERB SWETT For the Keizertimes Yakima ended the Volcanoes’ four-game winning streak Saturday with a 9-2 pounding. The Bears, who have been one of the weaker-hitting Northwest League clubs this season, had 16 hits including four doubles and were ahead 7-0 until Salem-Keizer scored its two runs in the fourth inning. The Volcanoes had [...]

By HERB SWETT For the Keizertimes Yakima ended the Volcanoes’ four-game winning streak Saturday with a 9-2 pounding. The Bears, who have been one of the weaker-hitting Northwest League clubs this season, had 16 hits including four doubles and were ahead 7-0 until Salem-Keizer scored its two runs in the fourth inning. The Volcanoes had [...]

By HERB SWETT For the Keizertimes Everett’s response to five successive losses to the Volcanoes Saturday was, “We’re erupting, and you’re not.” In the last of a three-game series in Everett, the AquaSox won 14-2 and were ahead 10-0 after four innings before Salem-Keizer scored its first run. The AquaSox scored eight runs, only four [...]

By HERB SWETT For the Keizertimes The Volcanoes opened their home series with Everett by whipping the AquaSox 9-4, getting only nine hits but taking advantage of five walks and two errors. Starter Cameron Lamb, who has been working hard on his sinker, was the winning pitcher with five effective innings. Salem-Keizer had two big [...]

It looks like a football score, but it was baseball. The Volcanoes whipped the Tri-City Dust Devils 14-7 Saturday night at home to run their winning streak to five. Joe Staley, Mike Murray, Joe Panik and Brice Cutspec swung hot bats, and Rafael Martinez and Wilber Bucardo pitched well in relief before a crowd of [...]