EVERETT — Every baseball season is a grind, especially by the time it reaches the tail end. When the losses start to pile up, it weighs even heavier. So at Funko Field on Sunday, when the Everett AquaSox gave up two runs to the Eugene Emeralds in the top of the sixth inning after tying it 2-2 in the previous frame, it looked as if the Frogs would spiral to their ninth straight loss.
The AquaSox would load the bases in the top of the sixth, but strand all three runners. How much more fight was left to give against an Emeralds team that clinched the Northwest League second-half title on Friday and had a 19-7 record in the month of August?
As it would turn out, quite a bit more.
Despite falling behind as they had all week, the AquaSox surged ahead with a four-run seventh inning and held of