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Hawks Get Help in 11th to Top Salem-Keizer

June 19, 2012 - Northwest League (NWL1)
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KEIZER, Ore. - A pair of unearned runs in the top of the 11th inning helped the Boise Hawks to their first win of the 2012 season, knocking off the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, 6-4, before 2,262 fans at Volcanoes Stadium.

Rock Shoulders led off the 11th with a walk, followed by a Jeimer Candelario single. After a fielders' choice by Dong-Yub Kim put runners at first and third, Justin Marra hit a sky-high pop-up on the infield that was dropped by first-baseman Joe Rapp. Rapp threw to second, trying to force Marra, but the ball was dropped by shortstop Jean Delgado, allowing Shoulders to score the go-ahead run. Eduardo Gonzalez followed with a squeeze bunt to score Kim to close the scoring.

Boise trailed 3-1 in the sixth, but tallied a pair of unearned runs - thanks to a pair of passed balls and a wild pitch, to tie the score. Kim gave the Hawks the lead in the seventh with a solo homer, but S-K evened the game in the bottom of the inning on a throwing error by Hawks shortstop Marco Hernandez.

Rafael Diplan got the win, throwing three-plus innings of shutout relief, walking just two men and fanning four, without allowing a hit. Bryce Shafer tossed a 1-2-3 11th for his first save.

Marra went 3-for-5 in his professional debut, with Candelario going 2-for-5 in the win.

Brennan Metzger and Chuckie Jones each had two hits, with Jones hitting a two-run homer in the third inning to give the Volcanoes a 2-1 lead.

The final game of the series is tomorrow night, with Willengton Cruz meeting Mario Rodriguez at 7:35 p.m. (MT)

NOTES - The Hawks scored first for the fourth-straight game this season...Marra had the team's first three-hit game, while Shoulders drew a trio of walks...starter Ian Dickson went four-plus innings in his debut, allowing two earned runs on six hits...despite the win, the Hawks were 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position, with just one of their runs scored being earned...the two runs in the sixth marked the first time this season Boise had scored multiple runs in an inning...S-K first-baseman Bryan Nicholson dislocated his right kneecap in a collision at first in the top of the fifth inning and had to be carted from the field via a stretcher, causing a 25 minute delay - he is expected to be released from the hospital tonight...the Hawks added a new player to the roster tonight in RHP Felix Pena, who was sent from Class-A Peoria.

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