Pirates sweep Vikings at Marshfield


The good news for the Siuslaw Vikings is that they haven't lost a Far West League softball game at home this season.

The bad news is they are 0-2 on the road after dropping a doubleheader Friday to Marshfield in Coos Bay.

The Pirates won the opener 11-1 and the nightcap 17-1.

Junior Mackenzie Johnson, a returning first-team all-league pitcher, was the winner in both games, tossing a 1-hitter in the 7-inning first game and scattering 5 hits in the 5-inning second game.

Johnson struck out 18 in the doubleheader, including 12 in the opener.

Siuslaw junior first baseman Claire Waggoner was 3-for-6 in the two games with three doubles.

The Vikings are at home next week, with a single game Tuesday against Brookings-Harbor and a doubleheader Friday against Douglas.

First pitch Tuesday is 5 p.m. First pitch Friday is 3 p.m.

LINESCORES
Friday, April 8, at Marshfield in Coos Bay

First game
SIUSLAW           010 000 0 —   1     1     4
MARSHFIELD   106 121 X — 11    13    2
Winning pitcher — Mackenzie Johnson. Losing pitcher — Heidi Jones.

Second game
SIUSLAW           001 00    —   1     5     6
MARSHFIELD   322 (10)X — 17    15    0
Winning pitcher — Mackenzie Johnson. Losing pitcher — Heidi Jones.