The Marist Catholic Spartans had to rally in both games Friday to pull out a sweep of the Siuslaw Vikings in a Sky-Em League doubleheader at Dodson Field.

The Spartans pushed across five runs in the top of the eighth inning to win the opener, 7-6, then bounced back from a 6-4 deficit through three innings to win the nightcap, 9-6.

Siuslaw, 0-9 in league and 1-15 overall, plays Tuesday at Junction City and has a doubleheader Friday at Cottage Grove.

Marist Catholic improved to 7-2 and 11-6.

In the opener, Vikings sophomore catcher Elijah Blankenship was 3-for-5 with a double, 2 RBIs and a stolen base. Junior Caleb Tennessee was 2-for-5 with 2 stolen bases; junior Jared Northrop had 2 runs, an RBI and a double; sophomore Dalton Stinger had a triple and a run and Chayton James had a run and an RBI.

"I was really happy with our approaches at the plate for most of the game," Siuslaw coach Tom Shinn said. "We did a better job in this game of putting the ball in play.

"Defensively we played fairly well. However, of the seven runs they scored only one was earned. Errors came at poor times that led to our pitchers needing to throw extra pitches."

In the nightcap, senior Tim Lowder was 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs, Northrop 2-for-2 with a run, Blankenship had a run, RBI and a double and freshman Henry Rankin had a double and 2 RBIs.

"Again, we did a much better job of putting the ball in play," Shinn said. "Our approach at the plate was to make the pitcher work. We extended counts several times.

"Jared Northrop had a very productive game at the plate. It was good to see Tim Lowder have success at the plate.

"Henry Rankin swung up from JV and had a very good night at the plate."

Vikings senior left-hander Gabe Simington, the Game 1 starter, worked 6 1-3 innings, striking out 7 and yielding 2 runs, 1 earned.

In the second game, Vikings starter Dalton Stinger struck out 8 in 4 2-3 innings.

Game 1
MARIST    100 100 05 — 7    7    3
SIUSLAW  101 000 04 — 6    8    3
John Over, JJ Anderson (4), Cooper Greene (6) and Ryan Kirk; Gabe Simington, Jared Northrop (7) and Elijah Blankenship.
WP — Cooper Greene. LP — Jared Northrop.

Game 2
MARIST    301 320 — 9    9    4
SIUSLAW  312 000 — 6    7    3
Sam Bell, Lucas Patterson (4) and KC Kimble; Dalton Stinger, Tim Lowder (5) and Elijah Blankenship.
WP — Lucas Patterson. LP — Dalton Stinger.

VIKINGS 2019 SCHEDULE
Record: 0-9 Sky-Em League, 1-15 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 6, Siuslaw 0
Friday, April 26 — Marist 7, at Siuslaw 6, 8 innings, 1st game
Friday, April 26 — Marist 9, at Siuslaw 6, 6 innings, darkness, 2nd game
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
Assistant: Dirk Anderson