The Eugene Emeralds (22-19, 1-2) fell to the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (18-23, 2-1) 6-1 in a one-sided affair what was dominated by the Volcanoes offense. Despite a 2-0 record, Emeralds pitcher Enrique De Los Rios never seemed to find his groove, and as a result suffered his first loss of the season.

The Volcanoes got on the board in the fourth inning, with a double to left field from Orlando Garcia sending Logan Baldwin home. Garcia himself scored on the following at-bat, courtesy of an RBI single from Manuel Geraldo.

The Volcanoes would go on to tack an additional four runs on to their lead in the fifth inning, with one of those runs coming on an RBI single from Malique Ziegler. The three other runs were added on after Ryan Kirby crushed a three-run home run over the roof of the Emeralds’ practice facility in right field.

The Ems had a chance to open up a lead in the second inning. With the bases loaded and no outs, Chris Carrier came to the plate but struck out. Zach Davis followed that up by hitting into a double play, dashing the chance to break the game open.

The Emeralds wouldn’t get another base hit until the sixth inning. It was Austin Filiere who broke the drought, sending a hard line drive into left field for a single. However, the team was again unable to capitalize on the chance and left him stranded at first.

The Emeralds appeared to have a glimmer of hope in the ninth, when poor pitching from the Volcanoes loaded the bases. Jose Gonzalez scored on a wild pitch, but one run was all the team could muster.

“You know, we had a chance with the bases loaded and no one out,” said Emeralds manager Jesus Feliciano. “I have a quote I like to say a lot for baseball: ‘If you don’t score, then the other team will.’ We couldn’t get it done, so they were able to win.”

The Emeralds will look to rebound against the Volcanoes tomorrow at 7:05 p.m at PK Park.

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