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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Report scores and results to 425-339-3470 or 1-866-6-SCORES (Call after 4:30 p.m.) E-mail information including items for Tuesday's Communities Sports Roundup and Thursday's Outdoor Calendar, to sports@heraldnet.com Kevin Brown, Sports Editor kbrown@heraldnet.com   Published: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 AquaSox miss out, fall again to Vancouver Herald Staff VANCOUVER, B.C. — Missed opportunities. The Everett AquaSox left the bases loaded in back-to-back innings and Vancouver used four two-out, run-scoring hits defeating Everett 7-1 in a Northwest League game at Nat Bailey Stadium in Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver (2-1) won the rubber match of the season-opening series winning two of the three games at home. After Saturday night’s 10-run, 16-hit season-opening victory the Sox struggled to manufacture runs in the final two games of the series. Everett scored its lone run in the second inning when third baseman Hawkins Gebbers singled home Welington Dotel from third base. The Sox loaded the bases in both the fourth and fifth innings, thanks to three errors by the Canadians. In the fourth Vancouver starter Hector Garcia walked Kalian Sams and with one-out hit Dotel and walked Gebbers before settling down by getting a flyout from Fred Bello and a groundout by Deybis Benitez to end the inning. After back-to-back Vancouver errors in the fifth the Sox again had the bases loaded before Dotel flied out to right field, ending the inning. Meanwhile the AquaSox pitchers struggled to get that ever-important third out. Vancouver scored in each of its final four innings and six of its seven runs were scored with two outs. With two outs in the fifth inning the Canadians’ Ryne Jernigan singled home catcher Gabriel Ortiz, tying the score at 1-1. Ortiz brought home two more runs in the sixth inning when his two-out single scored Kent Walton and Rashun Dixon. The Canadians tacked on two more runs in the seventh inning after back-to-back hits by Walton and Dixon scored Leonardo Gil and Jernigan, respectively. They added two more in the eighth. Everett starter Luke Burnett was solid in his first outing of the season. Burnett, a 6-foot, 8-inch right-hander, pitched five innings, allowing four hits, one run and striking out three. Everett scattered its four hits, the Sox’s lowest output of the early season. Sams doubled and Gebbers, Gerardo Avila and Anthony Phillips all singled for Everett. READER COMMENTS Be the first to comment. You must be a registered user and verify your e-mail address to post comments to blogs or articles on HeraldNet. To register, click here. To read other terms and conditions, click here. Log out

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