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Everett wins in extras, eliminates Spokane from postseason

Sean O'Malley watches his go-ahead RBI single against the Houston Astros during the eighth inning Wednesday. (Associated Press)
Bob Dutton

The Spokane Indians’ narrow playoff hopes flew away in the 12th inning Wednesday with one big swing from Taylor Zeutenhorst’s bat.

Zeutenhorst’s two-run homer to right field energized a three-run 12th as the Everett AquaSox clinched the Northwest League’s North Division second-half title with an 8-5 victory at Avista Stadium.

After Yojhan Quevedo walked with one out against Dario Beltre (0-2), Zeutenhorst launched a massive shot to right-center to give Everett (20-14 second half) its first hit against the Indians (14-20) since the sixth inning.

Jordan Cowan added an RBI double for insurance and Ryan Horstman (1-0) struck out the Indians in order in the bottom of the 12th. Horstman worked two perfect innings, striking out four.

The three-game series, tied at 1, will end tonight when the Indians play their final home game of the season.

The Indians are 3-8 against the AquaSox this season.

Spokane was fortunate to get to the 12th, striking out 19 times and committing six errors.

Spokane stormed ahead 3-0 in the first, highlighted by Leon Byrd’s one-out, two-run double into the left-field corner.

Everett rallied back with one run in the second and two in the third, aided by three Indians infield errors. Logan Taylor’s one-out, bases-loaded walk in the third cut Spokane’s lead to 3-2, and Ryan Uhl followed with an RBI groundout to shortstop.

The AquaSox took a brief 4-3 lead in the fifth. Alex Jackson, who led off with a walk, took second on a routine flyout to left field and scored on Uhl’s single to left.

Spokane responded with a two-run fifth, starting with Dean Long’s infield single and Darius Day’s double off the wall in left. After LeDarious Clark walked on a 3-2 pitch to load the bases, and Sherman Lacrus struck out for the second out, reliever Rohn Pierce balked in the tying run and threw a wild pitch to make it 5-4.

Everett tied it in the sixth as Zeutenhorst led off with a double to left and scored on Drew Jackson’s one-out single.

Lacrus grounded in to an inning-ending 4-6-3 double play with the bases loaded in the seventh.

Indians relievers threw five hitless innings before the big 12th.

Note

Second baseman Travis Demeritte, who led all Class A batters with 25 homers in 2014, was added to the Indians’ roster for the rest of the season. Demeritte was a first-round pick in 2013.