Published: Sunday, September 5, 2010
Frogs triple their pleasure
Everett turns triple play in 4-0 win Sunday
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- The preliminaries are over. Now it's time to get down to business.
In the final game of the regular season, the Everett AquaSox turned a triple play as they defeated the Vancouver Canadians 4-0 on Sunday afternoon in a Northwest League game in front of 3,984 fans at Nat Bailey Stadium.
Today the two teams, the winners of the NWL's split-season West Division titles, begin the best-of-three first-round playoff series. Game 1 begins at 1:05 p.m. at Nat Bailey Stadium. Game 2 and Game 3 (if necessary) are Tuesday and Wednesday at Everett Memorial Stadium.
The winner of the series advances to the NWL championships against the East Division winner. The best-of-three title round begins Friday.
On Sunday, the AquaSox defeated the Canadians for the second straight game and the fourth time in the last six games. Everett's John Housey (five innings) and Chris Kessinger (four innings) combined to blank the Canadians on nine hits.
Fred Bello's RBI triple gave Everett a 1-0 lead in the third inning.
In the fifth inning, the AquaSox's Anthony Phillips and Robbie Anston hit back-to-back singles and Phillips scored on a sacrifice fly by Kevin Mailloux.
Everett's Dwight Britton hit a two-run single in sixth inning to increase Everett's lead to 4-0.
In the bottom of the eighth inning the AquaSox turned a triple play. Vancouver had runners on first and second when the Canadians' Douglas Landaeta hit a ground ball to Everett third baseman Mailloux, who stepped on the bag for the force out. Mailloux threw the ball to second baseman Bello for the force out at second and Bello relayed the ball to first baseman Evan Sharpley to retire Landaeta.
In the final game of the regular season, the Everett AquaSox turned a triple play as they defeated the Vancouver Canadians 4-0 on Sunday afternoon in a Northwest League game in front of 3,984 fans at Nat Bailey Stadium.
Today the two teams, the winners of the NWL's split-season West Division titles, begin the best-of-three first-round playoff series. Game 1 begins at 1:05 p.m. at Nat Bailey Stadium. Game 2 and Game 3 (if necessary) are Tuesday and Wednesday at Everett Memorial Stadium.
The winner of the series advances to the NWL championships against the East Division winner. The best-of-three title round begins Friday.
On Sunday, the AquaSox defeated the Canadians for the second straight game and the fourth time in the last six games. Everett's John Housey (five innings) and Chris Kessinger (four innings) combined to blank the Canadians on nine hits.
Fred Bello's RBI triple gave Everett a 1-0 lead in the third inning.
In the fifth inning, the AquaSox's Anthony Phillips and Robbie Anston hit back-to-back singles and Phillips scored on a sacrifice fly by Kevin Mailloux.
Everett's Dwight Britton hit a two-run single in sixth inning to increase Everett's lead to 4-0.
In the bottom of the eighth inning the AquaSox turned a triple play. Vancouver had runners on first and second when the Canadians' Douglas Landaeta hit a ground ball to Everett third baseman Mailloux, who stepped on the bag for the force out. Mailloux threw the ball to second baseman Bello for the force out at second and Bello relayed the ball to first baseman Evan Sharpley to retire Landaeta.
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