Herald Staff

OGDEN, Utah — The Northwest League won the second annual Northwest League-Pioneer League All-Star Game 11-5 Tuesday before 5,339 fans at Lindquist Field.

It was the second win in as many tries for the NWL, which needed 10 innings to win 6-5 in last year’s game in Spokane.

Everett right-hander Brandon Miller got the start on the mound for the NWL, while AquaSox outfielder Eric Filia started in right field and hit third.

Jesus Castillo, formerly of the Eugene Emeralds was scheduled to start instead of Miller. However, Castillo was traded by the Cubs to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for major league reliever Joe Smith on Monday and was assigned to the Burlington Bees of the Class A Midwest League.

Miller allowed a one-out double in the first inning but settled down to pitch a scoreless frame before he was replaced in the top of the second.

Fellow AquaSox hurler Ljay Newsome also allowed a double as he threw a scoreless fourth inning for the NWL.

Filia finished 2-for-3 with a run scored and two RBI before he was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the fifth.

AquaSox infielder Donnie Walton singled in a pinch-hit appearance in the top of the fifth. He finished 2-for-2 after adding a single in the top of the eighth.

The NWL scored seven runs in the top of the fourth to turn a 4-3 deficit into a 10-4 lead. Cavan Biggio had a two-run triple, Filia and and Jacob Bosiokovic had RBI singles, and Gio Brusa added a two-run homer to open up the big lead.

Brusa, of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, also won the home run derby contested earlier Tuesday evening.

The NWL scored another run in the sixth on an RBI double by Chris Pieters before the Pioneer League answered in the bottom of the frame for the game’s final runs.

Spokane’s Xavier Turner hit the first pitch he saw from Aron McRee of the Great Falls Voyagers to give the NWL the initial lead in the top of the third. Later in the inning Ashford Fulmer doubled, and Garrett Hampson and Filia had two-out RBI singles to push the lead to 3-0.

The Pioneer League had erased a 3-0 deficit with four runs in the bottom of the third. DJ Peters’ two-run home run was the big blow while single runs came home on an error and a double play as the Pioneer League took the brief 4-3 lead.

The AquaSox open up a five-game homestand against the Hillsboro Hops Thursday at 7.