2 times 3 equals victory for Bears

KEIZER, Ore. — A trifecta of two-run rallies in the middle innings gave the Yakima Bears their first winning streak in the second half of the Northwest League season.

Yakima scored twice in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, the latter pair coming on Michael Weber’s first professional home run, as the Bears claimed a 7-4 victory over the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes.

The victory was Yakima’s second straight in this five-game series that ends Sunday, and improved the Bears’ second-half record to 2-1.

That scoring surge made a winner of starter Andrew Berger (2-1), who worked six solid innings, allowing four runs on just three hits while striking out six.

Trailing 2-1, Yakima took the lead for good in the fourth inning on Yazy Arbelo’s RBI double, and Raoul Torrez’s RBI single.

Yakima’s fifth-inning runs came via a wild pitch and Zach Walters’ RBI single.

Arbelo’s run-scoring double was part of a 3-for-4 night for the first baseman, who also scored twice. Torrez and Walters both had two-hit nights.

Yakima also stole five bases, including two each by Weber and Freeman, to push their league-leading total to 79.