EVERETT — The ball was loud off the bat as it hooked high towards left field.

The crowd at Funko Field rose to its feet. A few pitchers in the Everett AquaSox bullpen stood and made large sweeping motions to the right, pushing, fanning, willing the ball to stay fair. If it did, AquaSox third baseman Luis Suisbel would give his team a 4-3 lead against the Eugene Emeralds in Game 3 of the 2025 Northwest League Championship Series on Friday, just moments after outfielder Jonny Farmelo tied it up with a two-run homer.

Instead, the ball slipped foul. The crowd noise simmered as people slowly sat back in their seats. Suisbel struck out swinging on the next pitch.

“I was only (trying) to focus, you know,” Suisbel said. “So that happened, but we need to keep going. We need to try to help the te

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