Marist Catholic rallies for sweep of Vikings


Marist Catholic pushed home the winning run on a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the seventh Friday to complete a Sky-Em League baseball doubleheader sweep of the visiting Siuslaw Vikings.

Marist Catholic won 13-3 in five innings and 11-10 to improve to 6-0 overall and in league.

Siuslaw, 1-5 overall and in league, hosts Junction City at 5 p.m. Tuesday and Cottage Grove in a doubleheader at 3 p.m. Friday at Jiggs Dodson Field.

"It was an exciting game," Siuslaw coach Tom Shinn said of the nightcap. "We were aggressive on the base paths.

"I was really happy with the way the men continued to work and grind out at bats."

Senior catcher Elijah Blankenship was 2-for-5 with a double, three runs, an RBI and four stolen bases. 

Sophomore Ian Sissel was 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs, junior Isaac Garza scored a run and drove in a run and sophomore Victor Ayala had a double and two RBIs.

In the opener, junior Beau Erickson, Blankenship and junior Jason Garcia accounted for the Vikings' three hits, with Erickson stealing two bases and scoring a run, Blankenship collecting a double and an RBI and Garcia scoring a run.

"Errors again put us in a difficult place," Shinn said. "Of the 13 runs, we gave in Game 1, only six were earned.

"I felt we did a better job of putting the ball in play and making Marist have to get outs."

Only 11 of the 24 Marist runs were earned, with the Spartans taking advantage of 16 walks and 12 Siuslaw errors while compiling 17 hits.

First game
SIUSLAW  000 21 —   3   3   6
MARIST    134 32 — 13   8   1
Beau Erickson, Elijah Blankenship (3) and Jason Garcia; Kaden Starr, Isaiah Hannah (5) and Carter Greene. WP — Kaden Starr. LP — Beau Erickson.

Second game
SIUSLAW  001 143 1 — 10   6   6
MARIST    320 010 5 — 11   9   8
Jason Garcia, Isaac Garza (5), Beau Erickson (7) and Elijah Blankenship; Jack Riley, Ben Morehouse (5), Brendon Hauck (6) and KC Kimble.

SCHEDULE

Record: 1-5 overall, 1-5 Sky-Em League
Tuesday, April 13 — Siuslaw 11, at Cottage Grove 9
Friday, April 16 — Elmira/Triangle Lake 22, at Siuslaw 7, 6 innings
Friday, April 16 — Elmira/Triangle Lake 13, Siuslaw 8, suspended in fourth inning due to darkness
Tuesday, April 20 — Marshfield 20, at Siuslaw 7
Friday, April 23 — at Marist Catholic 13, Siuslaw 2, 5 innings
Friday, April 23 — ar Marisr Catholic 11, Siuslaw 10
Tuesday, April 27 — Junction City, 5 p.m.
Friday, April 30 — Cottage Grove (DH), 3 p.m.
Tuesday, May 4 — at Elmira/Triangle Lake, 5 p.m.
Friday, May 7 — at Marshfield (DH), 3 p.m.
Tuesday, May 11 — Marist Catholic, 5 p.m.
Saturday, May 15 — at Junction City (DH), noon

ROSTER
  1 Beau Erickson, junior, 6-0, 160, RHP, 2B, 3B, OF
  2 Isaac Garza, junior, 6-1, 175, RHP, 2B, SS, OF
  3 Noah Dotson, freshman, 6-0, 180, RHP, OF
  4 Elijah Blankenship, senior, 5-10, 170 RHP, 2B, SS, OF
  5 Victor Reyna-Ayala, sophomore, OF
  8 Ethan Aaron, junior, 5-11, 200, OF
10 Henry Rankin, 6-1, 250, junior, C, 1B, 3B
12 Ian Sissel, sophomore, 6-0, 195, C, 3B
13 Jason Garcia, junior, RHP, C, OF
22 Clay Kramer, senior, RHP, OF
25 Dalton Stinger, senior, RHP, 1B, 3B, OF
34 Armando Galvan-Mendez, freshman, 3B