Wenatchee fell in the final game at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium this summer to Cowlitz 13-8. With the offense flying high once again, Wenatchee and Cowlitz traded back-to-back two-run innings in the first and second to head into the third inning tied at four. The Black Bears exploded with five runs in the top of the third to stretch their lead past the point of no return. But the ‘Sox certainly gave it their best try.

Enzo Apodaca, Adam Grob and Tino Bethancourt all had multi-hit nights right on top of each other in the higher part of the batting order. Grob, in his final game of the summer, collected three hits in his first three at-bats to finish the night with two runs and two runs batted in. Apodaca powered the offense tonight with a season-high four hits in four trips with a walk thrown into the mix. Apodaca even finished his night with his third home run of the season in league play in the bottom of the eighth.

Finally, Tino Bethancourt continued to dazzle the home fans with one last performance tonight. Bethancourt had two hits in five at-bats. Even more fitting, in his final game of the summer playing third base at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium, Bethancourt defined tough with a charging throw across the diamond for an out just a few hours after he got hit in the cheek by a batting practice ground ball.

Gavin Gorrell took the loss after going two and two-thirds in his last start of the summer. The AppleSox enjoyed fine relief outings from Cole Bertram and Jared Engman as both tossed a combined three innings without any runs making it home.

Now officially out of the playoff picture, the AppleSox will play three more games next week when they wrap up the 2021 season by visiting the Yakima Valley Pippins. Game one on Tuesday will begin at 6:35 p.m. from Yakima County Stadium. Be sure to tune into the Horan Estates Winery Pregame Show at 6:10 on kcsyfm.com.

We hope you enjoyed the return of Wenatchee AppleSox baseball this summer! We couldn’t have done it without your support and we look forward to more of it next summer in the Wenatchee Valley!

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