Sox Fall despite Austin St. Laurent, Carlos Jimenez homers
Published 10:57 am Monday, May 25, 2026
EVERETT — The Everett AquaSox fell to the Tri-City Dust Devils 6-3 Sunday at Everett Memorial Stadium in front 3,037 fans.
The AquaSox (23-22) lost four in the six-game series and are tied with Tri-City for second place in the Northwest league standings. Both team are 11 games behind 34-11 Eugene.
In Sunday’s series finale, Tri-City opened the scoring in the top of the second inning, smashing three home runs to take a 4-0 lead. Jake Munroe opened the frame with a solo home run, and Peter Burns drilled a two-out, two-run homer after Ryan Nicholson walked. Concluding the power surge was Gage Harrelson, who hit the Dust Devils’ second solo home run of the inning.
The score held until the top of the fifth inning when Tri-City plated their fifth run as Anthony Scull hit a solo home run for his 10th long ball of the season. AquaSox starter Walter Ford (0-4) went 4 2/3 innings, allowing five earned runs on seven hits, including four homers, and a walk.
Everett added their first run in the bottom of the sixth, making the score 5-1 as Austin St. Laurent smashed his third home run of the series.
AquaSox and Dust Devils hitters exchanged runs in the eighth inning, making the score 6-2 before sending the game to its final frame. Nicholson smacked a solo home run for the Dust Devils’ fifth home run of the day, and Carter Dorighi added an RBI double for the Frogs after Anthony Donofrio singled.
Trailing by four runs entering the game’s final frame, Carlos Jimenez smacked a solo home run to shave the Dust Devils’ lead down to three. However, it was not enough as Tri-City locked down a 6-3 victory for their fourth win of the week while simultaneously taking the series.
