Orlando Rosales was a little bit winded and a little bit wounded when his name was called for a second time in the bottom of the third inning Tuesday night.

Rosales batted twice, scored twice, stole a base and drove in two runs as the Salem Avalanche batted around and scored nine runs in the inning to erase a three-run deficit on its way to an eventful 12-9 win over the Frederick Keys at Salem Memorial Baseball Stadium.

Rosales added an RBI single in the seventh that proved to be the game-winning hit.

"I counted four momentum changes," Rosales said. "It was fun because we were back in the game, but then it was not fun because you were afraid something would happen."

The Keys started off by tagging Salem starter Raymar Diaz for three runs in the second inning. They loaded the bases again with one out in the third, but when Diaz was lifted in favor of reliever Matt Sweeney, the Keys couldn't capitalize.

Frederick answered Salem's nine-run third -- the Avalanche's most productive inning of the season -- with a five-run fifth against Sweeney to pull within 9-8.

Rosales' RBI single in the seventh gave the Avalanche the game-winning run, and Salem added two more in the eighth to hang on despite giving up a run and letting the Keys load the bases again in the ninth.

Mitch Einertson went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs for Salem (10-12). Mark Ori drove in three runs and Pat Osborn went 3-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI and two runs.

Brent Krause and former Radford University star Mark Fleisher belted two-run homers for Frederick (8-16). Ryan Finan went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.

Rosales ignited Salem's third-inning rally with a leadoff single and then stole second base, jamming his knee a little when he hit the bag at second.

By the time he came around again, Rosales said, "I was beat. Once I was in the dugout, I was already in the hole. But I like to get at bats. ...

"I took a deep breath and tried to relax in the batter's box. I was looking for a ball up, luckily I got one on the outer half of the plate about belt high."

Rosales drove it to the wall in right-center to plate two more runs, and came home moments later on a single by Lopez.

After the Keys pulled within one, Osborn doubled to lead off the seventh, went to third on a bunt by Hart and scored on Rosales' two-out single up the middle.

Ori had a sacrifice fly and Osborn an RBI double to put Salem up 12-8.

Salem closer Sammy Gervacio struck out three straight batters in the eighth, but struggled in the ninth before earning his 15th save.

"The game's not over," Avalanche manager Jim Pankovits said of the Keys' late rally. "We have to continue to play and make good pitches."

Notes

Pankovits said Rory Shortell will fill in for Brad James in the Salem rotation.

"How long that will be, I don't know," Pankovits said.

James (9-2, 1.98 ERA) was called up to Double-A Corpus Christi after Saturday's game. Shortell (5-3, 2.94) pitched two perfect innings of relief on Tuesday.

With James gone, the Avalanche added left-handed reliever Jeff Wigdahl to the roster Tuesday.

Wigdahl spent the second half of 2005 and all of 2006 with the Avalanche, going 6-2 with a 2.00 ERA for Salem last year.

He started this season with Corpus Christi, going 2-2 with a 5.54 ERA in 22 appearances.

HOW THEY SCORED

Frederick second: Finan doubled. Krause homered; Finan scored. Maestrales struck out. Bock doubled. Fleisher singled; Bock to third. Brown singled; Bock to third. Keys 3, Avalanche 0.

Salem third: Rosales singled and stole second. Lopez singled; Rosales to third. Sutil walked to load the bases. Fernando walked; Rosales scored; Lopez to third; Sutil to second. Einertson doubled; Lopez scored; Sutil scored; Fernando to third. Ori singled; Fernando scored; Einertson scored. Osborn singled; Ori to second. Hart sacrifice bunt; Ori to third; Osborn to second. Johnson singled; Ori scored; Osborn to third. Rosales doubled; Osborn scored; Johnson scored. Lopez singled; Rosales scored. Avalanche 9, Keys 3.

Frederick fifth: Tucker singled. Amador singled; Tucker to third. Finan reached on a fielder's choice; Tucker scored; Amador out at second. Krause flied out. Maestrales doubled; Finan scored. Bock singled; Maestrales scored. Fleisher homered; Bock scored. Avalanche 9, Keys 8.

Salem seventh: Osborn doubled. Hart sacrifice bunt; Osborn to third. Johnson struck out. Rosales singled; Osborn scored. Avalanche 10, Keys 8.

Salem eighth: Sutil singled. Fernando flied out. Einertson singled; Sutil to third. Ori flied out; Sutil scored. Osborn doubled; Einertson scored. Avalanche 12, Keys 8.

Frederick ninth: Jones singled. Tucker reached on an error by Fernando; Jones to second. Amador struck out. Finan singled; Jones scored; Tucker to second. Krause singled; Tucker to third; Finan to second. Avalanche 12, Keys 9.

FREDERICK SALEM

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Jones cf 5 1 1 0 Sutil 2b 4 2 1 0

Tucker 2b 5 1 1 0 Fernando ss 4 1 0 1

Amador lf 5 0 2 0 Einertson cf 5 2 3 2

Finan 3b 5 2 3 2 Ori dh 4 1 1 3

Krause rf 4 1 2 2 Osborn 1b 5 2 3 1

Maestrales dh 5 1 2 1 Hart lf 2 0 1 0

Bock c 5 2 2 1 Quintero lf 1 0 0 0

Fleisher 1b 4 1 2 2 Johnson 3b 4 1 2 1

Brown ss 3 0 1 1 Rosales rf 4 2 3 3

Dillon ph 1 0 0 0 Lopez c 3 1 2 1

Alvarez ss 0 0 0 0

Totals 42 9 16 9 Totals 36 12 16 12

Frederick 030 050 001 -- 9

Salem 009 000 12X -- 12

E--Fernando (4). DP--Frederick 1, Salem 1. LOB--Frederick 7, Salem 6. 2B--Finan (18), Bock (5), Maestrales (15), Hart (18), Einertson (28), Rosales (11), Osborn 2 (3). HR--Krause (1), Fleisher (6). S--Hart 2. SF--Ori. SB--Rosales (4).

IP H R ER BB SO

Frederick

Erbe L,6-4 2.1 8 9 9 2 1

Lonsberry 3.2 3 0 0 0 0

Salazar 2 5 3 3 0 1

Salem

Diaz 2.1 8 3 3 1 3

Sweeney 2.2 5 5 5 0 1

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

Gervacio S,15 2 3 1 1 0 5

HBP--Lopez (by Lonsberry).

Umpires--Quinn Wolcott, Home; Mike Weinstein, Bases.

T--2:47. A--4,863.