Elmira takes two from Vikings, 5-2 and 10-0


Elmira sophomore Ayden Wolgamott spun a two-hit shutout, striking out 13 over five innings, as the Sky-Em League-leading Falcons swept a baseball doubleheader from the visiting Siuslaw Vikings.

Elmira, 5-0 in league and 11-2 overall, won 5-2 and 10-0.

Siuslaw, dropping its 12th game in a row, fell to 0-6 in league and 1-12 overall.

Next week, Siuslaw plays at Marshfield on Tuesday and hosts Marist Catholic in a twin bill on Friday.

Vikings senior left-hander Gabe Simington struck out 11 over 5 1-3 innings in the opener, throwing 73 of 113 pitches for strikes.

Junior Jared Northrop and sophomore Chayton James were each 1-for-3 with an RBI. Sophomore Elijah Blankenship had a stolen base and scored a run.

"We had several scoring chances that we didn't complete," Siuslaw coach Tom Shinn said of the first game. "In the third, fourth and seventh innings we left runners on base in scoring position.

"We played a pretty good baseball game. We just didn't take advantage of opportunities given to us."

In the nightcap, Northrop was 1-for-3 with a steal and senior Tim Lowder 1-for-2 to account for all the Vikings hits.

Elmira held only a 2-0 lead heading to the bottom of the fifth, but plated eight runs to trigger the 10-run rule to end the game.

"We struggled again at the plate. We didn't put the ball in play nearly enough," Shinn said. "That made it a pretty easy defensive game for Elmira.

The weather got pretty bad in the bottom of the fifth inning, and that didn't help our game. The final score doesn't really reflect how well we were playing defensively up until that very wet bottom of the fifth."

First game
SIUSLAW   000 100 1  —  2    3     4
ELMIRA      202 010 X  —  5    8     2
Gabe Simington, Jared Northrop (6) and Elijah Blankenship; Bryson Estrella, Hunter Stockinger (5) and CJ Smith.

Second game
SIUSLAW   000 00  —   0    2    4
ELMIRA     011 08  —  10    9    0
Dalton Stinger, Tim Lowder (5) and Elijah Blankenship; Ayden Wolgamott and CJ Smith.

VIKINGS 2019 SCHEDULE
Record: 0-6 Sky-Em League, 1-12 overall
Sky-Em League
Tuesday, April 9 — at Marist 14, Siuslaw 0, 5 innings
Friday, April 12 — Junction City 20, at Siuslaw 3, 5 innings, 1st game
Friday, April 12 — Junction City 6, at Siuslaw 0, 2nd game
Tuesday, April 16 — Cottage Grove 13, Siuslaw 3, 6 innings
Friday, April 19 — at Elmira 5, Siuslaw 2, 1st game
Friday, April 19 — at Elmira 10, Siuslaw 0, 5 innings, 2nd game
Tuesday, April 23 — at Marshfield, 5 p.m.
Friday, April 26 — Marist (DH), 3 p.m.
Tuesday, April 30 — at Junction City, 5 p.m.
Friday, May 3 — at Cottage Grove (DH), 3 p.m.
Tuesday, May 7 — Elmira, 5 p.m.
Friday, May 10 — Marshfield (DH), 3 p.m.
Nonleague
Wednesday, March 13 — at Siuslaw 8, Harrisburg 5
Thursday, March 14 — Sutherlin 7, at Siuslaw 5
Tuesday, March 19 — Pleasant Hill 25, at Siuslaw 1, 5 innings
Friday, March 22 — at Mazama 21, Siuslaw 0, 5 innings
Saturday, March 23 — at Klamath Union 8, Siuslaw 7, 1st game
Saturday, March 23 — at Klamath Union 11, Siuslaw 0, 2nd game
Tuesday, March 26 — Neah-Kah-Nie 5, at Siuslaw 4
Tuesday, April 2 — Douglas (DH), cancelled

VIKINGS VARSITY ROSTER
Sophomores
  2 Chayton James (home schooled), 6-0, OF/3B
  4 Elijah Blankenship, 5-6, C/RHP
11 Clay Kramer, 6-1, OF/RHP
21 Dalton Stinger, 6-1, RHP/utility
Juniors
  1 Jared Northrop, 5-6, RHP/SS
  3 Clayton Remilong, 5-8, OF/infielder
  8 Caleb Hennessee, 6-0, RHP/infielder
10 Zach Stinger, 5-10, C/infielder
Seniors
17 Tim Lowder, 6-0, RHP/utility
22 Jordan Taniguchi, 5-10, utility
34 Gabe Simington (Mapleton), 6-2, LHP/1B
Coach: Tom Shinn
Assistants: Dirk Anderson, Conway Pebley