AquaSox cruise past Emeralds 6-1

Published 9:58 pm Wednesday, August 12, 2015

EUGENE — The Everett AquaSox used a big eighth inning to break open a close game and beat the Eugene Emeralds 6-1 Wednesday night at PK Park.

Everett scored first in the game after Logan Taylor led off the fourth inning with a double and stole third. He scored two batters later on Arturo Nieto’s grounder to shortstop to make the score 1-0.

Eugene evened things up in the bottom half after an RBI single by Ian Rice.

Bats for both sides fell silent until the seventh, when Everett broke the tie with a two-out RBI triple by Drew Jackson to make the score 2-1. Jackson went 2-for-5 on the night.

Everett padded the lead in the eighth with three more runs to make the score 5-1. Nieto chipped in with a sacrifice bunt and a throwing error by pitcher Greyfer Eregua scored Taylor from second.

Everett added one more run in the ninth when Jackson scored from third on a wild pitch.

Everett starter Enyel De Los Santos got the win after pitching six strong innings, striking out seven and allowing four hits.