ROAD BEGINS WITH SLIPPERY SECTION IN EVERETT
August 7, 2011 - Northwest League (NWL) - Vancouver Canadians News Release
(Memorial Stadium - Everett, WA) - A leadoff home run off the bat of Everett 2B Jorge Agudelo in the bottom of the 3rd inning was enough to help the Aquasox top the Vancouver Canadians 7-2 out at Memorial Stadium on Sunday evening in front of 2,375 fans.
The Canadians would open the scoring in the top of the 2nd inning when 3B Roan Salas smashed a home run off of Everett starter RHP Jose Campos giving Vancouver a 1-0 lead.
Everett would respond with some power in the bottom half of the inning. SS Marcus Littlewood would hit a two-run home run over the right field fence off of Vancouver starter RHP Taylor Cole giving the Aquasox their first lead of the game at 2-1.
Everett's power numbers would continue to surge in the bottom of the 3rd inning when 2B Jorge Agudelo would smack a solo home run over the fence at Memorial Stadium extended the Aquasox margin to 3-1.
Vancouver would pull to within a run in the top of the 4th inning when CF Jon Jones led off with a single, moved over to third base on a single off the bat if DH Balbino Fuenmayor and scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of DH Matt Newman.
From there, the Everett offense would take over plating a trio of runs in the bottom of the 7th inning to put this game on ice. The big blow came when 2B Jorge Agudelo hit his second home run of the day giving the Aquasox a comfortable lead that ended up becoming a 7-2 final.
With the loss, Vancouver drops to 5-7 (.417) on the season and fall two games back of West Division leading Everett who improve to 7-5 (.583).
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