Hillsboro, Ore. — The Everett AquaSox scored five runs in the final two innings to overcome a four-run deficit and beat the Hillsboro Hops 8-7 on Tuesday at Hillsboro Ballpark.

Calvin Schapira (1-0) earned his first win of the season by pitching a scoreless eighth in the Northwest League game. Natanael Garabitos closed it out in the ninth, striking out two Hillsboro batters to earn his second save.

Trailing 7-3 after seven innings, the AquaSox (16-27 second half, 53-56 overall) opened the eighth with three straight hits against Hops reliever Joangel Gonzalez. Charlie Pagliarini doubled to lead off the inning and scored on a single by Josh Caron, who finished the evening 2-for-5 with an RBI and two runs. Anthony Donofrio doubled, then moved to third as Caron scored on Gonzalez’s wild pitc

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