AquaSox Win Fifth In A Row Over Dust Devils
Published on July 5, 2026 under Northwest League (NWL)
Everett AquaSox News Release
Everett AquaSox' Austin St. Laurent in action
(Everett AquaSox, Credit: Evan Morud)
EVERETT, Wash.: Playing in front of a crowd of 3,797 fans at Everett Memorial Stadium on Independence Day, the Everett AquaSox defeated the Tri-City Dust Devils 6-3 courtesy of a 12-hit night offensively and a strong pitching performance all-around.
Each team's starting pitcher excelled to b egin the evening, keeping the game tied scoreless across the first three innings. Tri-City broke scoring ground first in the top of the fourth courtesy of Aaron Graeber, who hit a two-run home run after David Mershon drew a leadoff walk.
Everett later found the board in the bottom of the fifth, cutting their deficit in half as Jonny Farmelo and Luke Stevenson hit consecutive doubles. Stevenson's double banged off of the manual scoreboard, scoring Farmelo to make the score 2-1. AquaSox starting pitcher Evan Truitt departed at the end of the frame, hurling five innings of two-run baseball while striking out a season-high seven batters.
The AquaSox took the lead for good during the bottom of the sixth, scoring two runs to take a 3-2 advantage. Austin St. Laurent singled for his third hit of the game and Anthony Donofrio singled to
place runners on the corners, positioning Axel Sanchez to hit a game-tying RBI double. Setting the Frogs ahead was Carter Dorighi, whose RBI groundout scored Donofrio.
Furthering the F rogs' lead to 6 -2 in the bottom of the seventh were Brandon Eike and Sanchez. Eike crushed a two-run home run that traveled 388 feet for his 14th long ball of the season, and Sanchez drew a bases-loaded walk. Additionally, Eike extended his career best tally for home runs in a single season.
The Dust Devils' Harold Coll added a solo home run in the top of the eighth to wrap up the night's scoring efforts, but it ultimately was not enough as Tri-City fell 6-3.
Pitching the rest of the game for Everett after Truitt's departure were left -hander Calvin Schapira and the duo of right-handers Lucas Kelly and Christian Little. Kelly struck out six in two innings of work, and Little secured the save by striking out two in one scoreless inning.
From the batter's box, St. Laurent led the AquaSox with four base hits, and Eike and Stevenson each also collected multi-hit nights. Eike and Sanchez also finished with multi-RBI nights as Everett secured their fifth consecutive win during the six-game series.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
TRI-CITY DUST DEVILS 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 0
EVERETT AQUASOX 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 X 6 12 0 WIN
- Calvin Schapira (2-1) LOSS
- Peyton Olejnik (3-6) SAVE
- Christian Little (6)
EVERETT PITCHING: Truitt (5.0), Schapira (1.0), Kelly (2.0), Little (1.0)
TRI-CITY PITCHING: Olejnik (5.1), Roche (0.2), Key (0.0), Gieg (2.0)
TIME: 2 Hours, 34 Minutes
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