Jordan and Rothford power Volcanoes to win

The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes won their third game in a row Tuesday night at Volcanoes Stadium against the Tri City Dust Devils by a score of 7 to 1. The Volcanoes were lead by the hot hitting of center fielder Shane Jordan and first baseman Chad Rothford. Jordan and Rothford combined to drive in five out of the seven Volcanoes runs. Jordan set the tone with a homerun to lead off the first inning, his second of the season. Jordan , a 43rd round draft pick in 2007 from Stetson University , finished the game with a second RBI in the 5th inning with a sacrifice fly. Rothford, a 42nd round draft pick in 2007 from Oral Roberts, crushed a two run homerun to deep rightfield in the fourth inning to extend the Volcanoes lead to 3-0. The homerun was Rothford’s second of the season. Rothford drove in another run in the sixth inning with a run scoring double down the first base line. The other two Volcanoes runs were drove in by shortstop Sharlon Shoop and leftfielder Garrett Baker.
The Volcanoes were backed by another solid pitching performance by Jared Cranston, David Mixon, Waldis Joaquin, and Adam Paul. The staff combined to give up one run on five hits. Cranston continued his incredible start by giving up no runs over three innings of work. Cranston has yet to give up a run this season. Mixon relieved Cranston and contributed with a solid three innings of work, allowing no runs and striking out two. Mixon picked up the win, his first of the season.
The Volcanoes will play the third game of the series tomorrow, the fourth of July, starting at 7:05 pm. comment at the link below.