AquaSox’s late rally comes up short in loss to Indians
Published 1:30 am Saturday, August 28, 2021
EVERETT — Let the pennant chase begin.
Brenton Doyle hit a three-run home run in a four-run second inning and the sizzling Spokane Indians held on late to beat the Everett AquaSox 6-5 on Saturday night at Funko Field.
The win was Spokane’s 14th in its past 15 games and pulled the Indians to within one game of the first-place AquaSox and a half-game of the second-place Eugene Emeralds, who fell to the Tri-City Dust Devils 4-2 on Saturday.
The top two teams in the High-A West standings at the end of the regular season will play for the league championship. Everett, which has dropped eight of its last 10 games, has 18 games remaining.
Cade Marlow hit a three-run home run, his second homer of the game, on the 11th pitch of his at-bat in the bottom the ninth inning to pull the AquaSox to within a run, but Connor Hoover struck out swinging and Victor Labrada popped out to second base to end the game.
Marlowe and Hoover hit back-to-back solo home runs in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Marlowe went 2-for-5 with four RBI, and Hoover, Labrada and Joseph Rosa each had two hits for Everett (57-44).
Doyle went 2-for-5 with three RBI, and Noah Davis struck out 11 in six strong innings on the mound for Spokane (56-45).
