A Career Night Helps Ems Win
Eugene, OR - With a big offense performance by Michael Cruz and a career night for starter Matt Swarmer, the Emeralds held on late and bounced back in a big way to take the rubber match against the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 8-5 in front of 4,011 at PK Park.
Eugene, OR - With a big offense performance by
Despite finding themselves down early after a lead-off triple came around to score in the first, the Emeralds (2-2, 23-19) hung a three spot in the bottom of the inning. Back-to-back walks to
A wild pitch scored Bethencourt and tied the game at one before
The Volcanoes (2-2, 18-23) clawed their way back to even the score in the third inning when catcher
A double by
Eugene answered right back in the bottom of the inning and the next two after that, with Hughes scoring on a sac fly by Filiere in the third. Another sac fly, this time by Bethencourt, in the fourth scored
The Ems continued the scoring in the fifth when, after a two-out walk and single by Cruz, a passed ball allowed Filiere to score making it a 6-3 ball game.
It would be plenty for Swarmer (3-0, 2.72), as he threw a career high six innings, giving up four hits and three runs while striking out six for the fourth straight game. He also only allowed one runner to reach base after the third inning.
Cruz finished the scoring by adding his third homer in as many nights, a two-run shot to right that made it an 8-3 game.
Ricky Tyler Thomas threw two innings and allowed two hits and a walk while striking out three.
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