EVERETT — Twice the Everett AquaSox took leads over the Tri-City Dust Devils on Thursday and twice the Dust Devils responded by overtaking the Frogs in the following inning. Tri-City’s three-run sixth inning proved too much for the AquaSox to overcome in a 5-4 loss to the first-place Dust Devils.
Everett reliever Spencer Herrmann walked Ty France and Carlos Belen back-to-back to lead off the top of the sixth inning, forcing Everett manager Rob Mummau to go to his bullpen.
But things got worse before they got better.
Jose Carlos Urena, the first batter new Everett pitcher Joey Strain faced, singled to left field to load the bases with nobody out. Austin Allen followed with a sacrifice fly to tie the game at 3-3. The Dust Devils later took the lead on a two-run double by Mason Smith.
Everett got one run back in the bottom of the sixth inning on a home run by Ryan Uhl.
The AquaSox fell to 3-5 in the second half of the Northwest League’s season despite the best efforts of leadoff hitter Drew Jackson. Jackson improved his league leading batting average to .380 with a 2-for-3 performance on Thursday. He also walked twice.
With the AquaSox trailing 2-1, Jackson led off the bottom of the fifth inning with a double of the wall in right-center field. He tied the game moments later when he scored on a triple by Yojhan Quevedo. Quevedo would later score on a wild pitch to give Everett a 3-2 lead.
Everett took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when Jackson scored on a sacrifice fly by Quevedo. Jackson led off the inning with an infield single.
Urena quickly tied the game in the top of the second inning when he crushed a home run to left-center field off Everett starting pitcher Enyel De Los Santos. Allen put the Dust Devils ahead later in the inning when he scored on an RBI-single by Smith.
Streaking hitters
Everett’s Corey Simpson holds the longest active hitting streak in the Northwest League at 15 games. Since July 17, Simpson is hitting .381 with four doubles, two home runs and a .443 on base percentage.
Right behind Simpson for the second longest streak in the league is his all-star teammate Drew Jackson, who has a 12-game hitting streak. Jackson leads the league with a .373 batting average. That number has been aided by hitting .520 since July 19.
Player of the Week
When Everett’s Erick Mejia was named the Northwest League Player of the Week on Aug. 3, he became the third AquaSox player to win that award in six opportunities this season, joining Luis Liberato and Drew Jackson.
Mejia hit .429 with three doubles, a triple and five RBI during his winning week, which ended Aug. 2.
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