Ronick, Volcanoes one-hit Indians

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Ronick, Volcanoes one-hit Indians
08/17/2008 12:32 AM ET
By Alan Friedman / Special to MLB.com

Ari Ronick hasn't made many mistakes since he was selected by the San Francisco Giants in June in the First-Year Player Draft. He made just one on Saturday night.
The 22-year-old left-hander teamed with two relievers on a one-hitter as the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes shut down the Spokane Indians, 3-1, at Volcanoes Stadium.
Ronick (4-0), a 12th-round pick out of Portland University, yielded one run on one hit -- a fifth-inning homer by Jason Ogata -- while fanning four and walking one over six innings. He remained unbeaten as a professional and lowered his ERA to 3.04.
Daniel Runzler struck out two and walked two over two innings and Edwin Quirarte tossed a perfect ninth for his 11th save, which ranks second in the Northwest League.
"That's a nice 1-2-3 punch," Salem-Keizer manager Tom Trebelhorn said. "It's hard to lose a one-hitter."
Making his ninth start and 13th appearance of the season, Ronick retired 13 of the first 14 batters before Ogata took him deep.
"He's done a good job for us every time out," Trebelhorn said. "He's very intelligent, has three pitches he can command and can get his off-speed pitches over anytime. That helps him battle his way out of situations. Tonight, he had one bad pitch when he left an off-speed pitch up in the zone.
"He was able to keep his fastball away from right-handed hitters and did a good job mixing in his change and curve."
Trebelhorn called Runzler and Quirarte "very dependable," adding, "Runzler's 13th hold was just as critical as Quirarte's 11th save."
The Volcanoes (33-26) snapped a scoreless tie in the third on a run-scoring single by Mike Loberg. who leads the league with 44 RBIs. Caleb Curry added an RBI double in the fourth and Vladimir Frias capped the scoring with a sacrifice fly.
Starter Neil Ramirez (1-1) struggled with his control for Spokane (39-20). He gave up one run on three hits and five walks with two strikeouts over 2 2/3 innings.
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