The Eugene Emeralds took down the Vancouver Canadians 6-0 Sunday night in the second game of a five-game series at PK Park.
Former Arizona State pitcher Ryan Kellogg pitched two innings his first career minor league start after he struck out two in his debut, a scoreless relief inning one week ago. On Sunday, Kellogg surrendered one hit and no walks, striking out one.
Kellogg earned first team All-Pac-12 honors each of his three seasons with Sun Devils and ranked second in the conference in innings pitched and wins in 2015. The Cubs spent their fifth round draft pick on the 6’5″, 225 pound left-hander and the parties agreed to a $376,000 signing bonus.
Blake Headley laid down a bunt to lead off the second inning and ended up on second after Vancouver catcher Juan Kelly made an errant throw to first base. Ricardo Marcano, who’d gone hitless in his last three games, knocked Headley home on a single up in the middle to take a 1-0 lead.
The Emeralds added their second run on a two-out rally in the fourth. Kevonte Mitchell singled to right and then swiped second base, his third steal in as many attempts. Mitchell came around to score on the next play on Donnie Dewees’ double, his first extra-base hit since bashing three doubles in Eugene’s series finale with the Tri-City Dust Devils.
Justin Marra, who delivered the walk-off single in the Emeralds’ 5-4 win over Tri-City last week, blasted a solo home run in the third to extend the lead to 3-0.
The Emeralds broke out for three runs in the sixth led by Dewees, who singled and scored on a wild pitch that advanced Matt Rose to second and Frandy De La Rosa to third. Marra drove both runners home with a base hit to center.
The Eugene bullpen shined in relief of Kellogg. Adbert Alzolay shined in middle relief, tossing four innings of no-hit baseball with a walk and a four strikeouts in his third appearance. Francisco Carillo allowed one hit through the seventh and eighth, and Trey Masek threw a 1-2-3 ninth inning to seal the Ems’ victory.
Eugene (10-8) will play continue the series against Vancouver (8-10) the next three days at 7:05 p.m..
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