Douglas rolls to 15-5 victory over Siuslaw


Sophomore first baseman Gabe Simington crushed a 2-run home run Tuesday for the Vikings.

The Douglas Trojans erupted for 13 runs in the first two innings Tuesday and cruised to a 15-5 Far West League baseball victory over the Siuslaw Vikings at Winston.

Douglas shares first place in league with Marshfield at 3-1. The Trojans are 6-7 overall.

Siuslaw fell to 0-4 in league and 0-11 overall.

The Vikings host the Douglas in a doubleheader at 3 p.m. Friday at Dodson Field.

The Vikings' Gabe Simington, a sophomore at Mapleton, clubbed a 2-run home run in the top of the fourth inning to cut the lead to 13-2.

Siuslaw pushed across 3 more runs in the top of the fifth inning to avoid the 10-run rule until the Trojans plated 2 in the bottom of the fifth to end it.

In other league action Tuesday, South Umpqua thumped Marshfield 15-6.

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: 0-4 in Far West League, 0-11 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
April 18 — at Douglas 15, Siuslaw 5, 5 innings
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.