Halbach, Canfield Lead Sox Past Falcons

Matt Halbach hit a go-ahead solo home run in the fifth inning and Evan Canfield tossed five shutout innings of relief to lead the AppleSox past the Kelowna Falcons, 2-1, on Tuesday night at Elks Stadium.

Canfield punched out a season-high seven, including five in a row at one point, to record his first save of the summer. He now has a 1.25 ERA over 14.1 innings in his first four appearances on the mound. 

Canfield twice pitched in dangerous situations with the lead. He allowed consecutive hits to open up the bottom of the fifth in his first inning of relief but struck out the side to get out of the threat. In the ninth he surrendered a leadoff walk and a sacrifice bunt moved the tying run to scoring position but he induced back-to-back pop outs to end the game.

Riley Sinclair (1-0) allowed one run in four innings to earn his first victory of the season. 

Michael Davinni picked up a pair of hits including an RBI single in the first inning to put Wenatchee on the board first. The Falcons answered back with a run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the frame but Halbach’s first home run of the year to lead off the fifth gave Wenatchee the lead for good.

The AppleSox can win their fourth series in the last five if they can win Wednesday’s 6:35 p.m. against the Falcons. Jack Moffitt will toe the rubber for Wenatchee in his team-leading sixth start of the summer.

Listen to the latest edition of the AppleSox Podcast to hear a recap of the game, highlights, a postgame interview with head coach Mitch Darlington and a pregame interview with Lee Souza.