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Ems ride fast start to victory.


Byline: The Register-Guard

BOISE - The Eugene Emeralds The Eugene Emeralds (nicknamed the Ems) are a minor league baseball team in Eugene, Oregon, United States. They are a Class A team in the Northwest League, and have been a farm team of the San Diego Padres since 2001.  scored a total of five runs in the first two innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31.  en route to an 8-2 Northwest League The Northwest League is a class A minor league. The league is the descendant of the Western International League which ran as a class B league from 1937-1951 (with time out for WWII) and class A from 1952-1954.  baseball win over the Boise Hawks The Boise Hawks are a short-season Class A minor league baseball team, located in Boise, Idaho. The team is currently a farm team for the Chicago Cubs.

The team was founded in 1987 as an independent member of the Northwest League, and joined the California Angels
 on Sunday.

Eugene remains in second place with a 27-19 record, nine games behind In sports, the phrase games behind, often abbreviated as GB in tables, is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division.  West Division leader Salem-Keizer (36-10).

Luis Durango was 4-for-5 with a triple and three runs, and Eric Sogard was 2-for-5 with a double, three RBIs and a run to lead a 13-hit attack for the Emeralds. Teammate Justin Baum was 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a run.

Eugene pushed across three runs in the first inning. Durango led off with a bunt, and Brian Lauderdale lined a double to left field.

Sogard singled to center field to bring in Durango, and Baum singled to right field to score Lauderdale. Danny Payne and Robert Blauer then walked to force in Sogard.

The Emeralds made it 5-0 in the second when Yefri Carvajal singled to center and Durango reached on another bunt single. Sogard followed with a line-drive double Noun 1. line-drive double - a double resulting from a line drive
line double

double, two-bagger, two-base hit, two-baser - a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield"
 to left to bring in both runners.

Eugene got a run in the fifth on an RBI RBI
abbr. Baseball
runs batted in

Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season"
run batted in
 single by Blauer, another run in the seventh on a run-scoring double by Baum and its last run in the eighth on an RBI single by Mitch Canham.

Pitcher Robert Woodard entered the game in the sixth to throw three innings, giving up two hits, no runs and no walks and striking out five to get the win, raising his record to 3-1.

EUGENE BOISE

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Durango lf 5 3 4 0 Johnston ss 4 0 1 1

Lauderdl dh 5 1 1 0 Wyatt cf 4 0 1 0

Sogard 2b 5 1 2 3 Smith 3b 3 0 0 0

Canham c 5 1 1 1 Burke rf 4 0 0 0

Baum 3b 4 1 2 2 Thomas dh 4 0 2 0

Payne cf 4 0 1 0 Made 2b 0 0 0 0

Blauer 1b 3 0 1 2 Mercedes c 4 0 1 0

Parrino ss 4 0 0 0 Rundle lf 3 1 0 0

Carvajal rf 4 1 1 0 Sawyer 1b 4 1 2 0

Moss 2b 4 0 0 1

Totals 39 8 13 8 Totals 34 2 7 2

Eugene... 320 010 110 -8

Boise... 002 000 000 -2

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Eugene

McBryde 4 3 2 2 1 1

Gibbs 1 2 0 0 1 3

Woodard W,3-1 3 2 0 0 0 5

Hynes 1 0 0 0 0 1

Boise

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Taylor 4 5 3 3 2 2

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NWL Northwoods League
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STANDINGS

WEST DIVISION

W L Pct. GB

Salem-Keizer ... 36 10 .783 -

Eugene ... 27 19 .587 9

Vancouver ... 21 24 .467 14 1/2

Everett ... 21 25 .457 15

EAST DIVISION

W L Pct. GB

Boise ... 22 24 .478 -

Spokane ... 20 25 .444 1 1/2

Tri-City ... 18 28 .391 4

Yakima ... 18 28 .391 4

SUNDAY'S RESULTS

Eugene 8, Boise 2

Vancouver 7, Yakima 2

Everett 9, Tri-City 3

Salem-Keizer 5, Spokane 2

TODAY'S GAMES

Eugene at Boise

Salem-Keizer at Spokane

Tri-City at Everett

Yakima at Vancouver
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