The Siuslaw Vikings baseball team finally got its day in the sun Saturday, and its first home game.

That's after nearly seven long weeks since the first day of practice and nine road losses.

In a seven-inning game that may have seemed like seven weeks, the Marshfield Pirates completed a three-game sweep of the Vikings with a 12-6 victory at John "Jiggs" Dodson Field.

The loss dropped Siuslaw to 0-10 on the season and 0-3 in the Far West League.

Marshfield is 4-4-1 and atop the league at 3-0.

The Vikings next plays at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Douglas, then hosts the Trojans in a doubleheader at 3 p.m. Friday.

Siuslaw's pitching staff hopes to be rested after being tested with 3 games in 2 days.

Saturday, the Vikings started a freshman, Caleb Hennessee, and finished with a freshman, Jared Northrop. In between, coach Tony Castro turned to senior second baseman Brogan Cornish.

The Pirates countered with four pitchers of their own.

When all was said and done, the two teams combined for some big numbers.

There were 18 runs on 18 hits — 6 of each by Siuslaw and 12 of each by Marshfield.

There were 26 runners left on base — 14 by Siuslaw and 12 by Marshfield.

There were 21 walks issued — 10 by Siuslaw pitchers and 11 by Marshfield pitchers.

There were 15 strikeouts — 9 by Siuslaw pitchers and 6 by Marshfield pitchers.

And there was a bit of weirdness.

One Marshfield reliever walked all 5 batters he faced, forcing home 3 runs in the process.

Marshfield defenders dropped 3 pop flies in a row, and had 2 outs to show for it, the first on an infield-fly rule and the second on a force out at third base.

And then there was the 10-minute break at the end of the fifth inning after the umpire experienced a wardrobe malfunction.

He had split his pants and had to slip away to replace them.

NOTES

The Vikings follow their home opener with only 4 dates and 6 games (2 doubleheaders) at home the rest of the season. ...

Siuslaw's 6 runs Saturday were a season high. ... The Vikings have scored 23 runs in 10 games, or 2.3 a game. ...

The Vikings aren't alone in their struggles. None of the Far West League teams has a winning record, and 5 of 6 teams are ranked in the OSAA's bottom 10 — Douglas at 31, Brookings-Harbor at 34, Marshfield at 36, South Umpqua at 37 and Siuslaw at 38. ... North Bend is ranked No. 22. ...

North Bend hosts South Umpqua in a doubleheader Monday. If those games are played, the league will be back its regular schedule. ...

LINESCORE
MARSHFIELD   021 063 0  —  12   12   1
SIUSLAW          001 320 0  —    6    6    1

2017 VIKINGS ROSTER
Number, Player, Position, Year in school, Height
  1 Jared Northrop, 2B-LF, freshman, 5-4
  2 Caleb Hennessee, 3B-RHP, freshman, 5-11
  3 Kyle Rose, C-LF, senior, 5-7
  4 Kelby White, CF-RHP, senior, 5-8
  7 Brogan Cornish, 1B-2B, senior, 6-0
  9 Drew Rannow, RF, senior, 6-0
10 Marco Reyna-Ayala, RF-LF, senior, 5-10
11 Jared Brandt, SS-RHP, junior, 6-0
21 Hunter Simington, LF-C, senior, 5-10 (Mapleton)
22 Nick Steinman, RF-LF, senior, 5-11
34 Gabe Simington, LHP-1B, sophomore, 6-2 (Mapleton)

VIKINGS LOG
Record: 0-3 in Far West League, 0-10 overall
Nonleague
March 23 — at Sweet Home 8, Siuslaw 1
March 25 — at Junction City 4, Siuslaw 1, Game 1
March 25 — at Junction City 7, Siuslaw 4, Game 2
March 27 — Dallas 13, Siuslaw 2, at Newport Tournament
March 27 — Sweet Home 3, Siuslaw 0, at Newport Tournament
March 28 — Philomath 11, Siuslaw 1, at Newport Tournament
April 4 — at Pleasant Hill 6, Siuslaw 1
Far West League
April 14 — at Marshfield 9, Siuslaw 5, Game 1
April 14 — at Marshfield 5, Siuslaw 2, Game 2
April 15 — Marshfield 12, at Siuslaw 6
Tuesday, April 18 — at Douglas, 5 p.m.
Friday, April 21 — Douglas (DH), 3 p.m.
Tuesday, April 25 — South Umpqua, 5 p.m.
Friday, April 28 — at South Umpqua (DH), 3 p.m.
Tuesday, May 2 — Brookings-Harbor, 5 p.m.
Friday, May 5 — at Brookings-Harbor (DH), 3 p.m.
Monday, May 8 — at North Bend, 5 p.m.
Thursday, May 11 — North Bend (DH), 3 p.m.