Good at Game Three

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WENATCHEE, Wash. – The Wenatchee AppleSox (30-23, 26-22) took down the Cowlitz Black Bears (22-26) for a ninth rubber match game three series win on Sunday. With the 9-4 win, the AppleSox are also now 7-0 on Sunday.

The AppleSox again saw Cowlitz score first, just as they did a night before. A walk and a stolen base, coupled with a throwing error from Michael McCann, allowed Kort Peterson to third base. A ground out by Taylor Bryant put Cowlitz on the board first.

The AppleSox scored in the bottom of the first as AJ Alcantara doubled with two outs to right center field and Ty Jackson singled him home for the tying run.

The AppleSox scored six of their nine runs with two outs on Sunday.

In the second the AppleSox added a run, as Sam Brown doubled home Nate Esposito. Esposito went 2-5 and scored two runs for Wenatchee.

The fifth inning was a game-changer for Wenatchee as they continued to back their starter, Tyler Frost. After the first inning run, Frost rebounded for two one-two-three innings and 41 pitches to get the AppleSox to the end of the fifth with a 6-1 lead.

The four runs in the fifth for the AppleSox came around in a messy inning. A leadoff double for Cole Kreuter started the frame. Sam Brown then singled and a Trenton Brooks fielders’ choice resulted in Brown being thrown out at second. This was achieved after Brooks hit a line drive off of Cowlitz starter Kohl Hostert.

After Hostert was hit, an error in right field resulted in a run. Then singles for McCann and Esposito along with a double from Elliott helped the AppleSox to four runs.

Elliott would go on to hit two doubles on Sunday and go 3-3.

Eight of the nine AppleSox starters recorded a hit Sunday. Elliott was the only starter with three.

Tyler Frost lasted five innings as the starter, on shortened rest, giving up one earned run on five hits. Hunter Wells and Clark McKitrick relieved him.

Wells gave up three runs to Cowlitz in the eighth, but Wenatchee would hang on as McKitrick stranded the bases loaded in the top of the eighth; ending the game with a strikeout.

 

COW   1 0 0  0 0 0   0 3 0    4  8  1

WEN   1 1 0  0 4 0   3 0 x    9 14 2

 

WP – Tyler Frost

LP – Kohl Hostert

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Lightning Strikes Twice

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WENATCHEE, Wash. – Lightning delayed Saturday night’s contest between the Wenatchee AppleSox (29-23, 25-22) and the Cowlitz Black Bears (22-25), and once the game got going, metaphorical lightning would strike again as the AppleSox couldn’t hold on in extra innings, losing 7-4.

After a 42 minute weather delay and a spectacular display of lightning, Saturday’s game was finally ready to start.

The AppleSox didn’t look so steady at the start, as a leadoff infield single and a throwing error for Kort Peterson, placed the Cowlitz runner at second base with no one out. He came around to score on a wild pitch.

Wenatchee was able to answer in the bottom half of the first as Ty Jackson singled home Tyler Frost for a 1-1 tie.

In the third, Cowlitz would break the tie as Daniel Orr hot a two-run home run off of Drew Rasmussen to right center field.

Cowlitz would hold their 3-1 lead until the bottom of the sixth inning, after JJ Franklin entered the game for Cowlitz starter Reza Aleaziz.

In that inning Jackson would double home Sam Brown to cut the defecit to 3-2. Jackson later came around to score from third on a wild pitch.

The second RBI capped Jackson’s, 3-5, 2 RBI night.

Nick Brooks would single home Kyle Vanderkin later in the inning for the 4-3, AppleSox lead.

In the eighth inning John Pomeroy was on the mound for the AppleSox. After a one-two-three seventh, Pomeroy ran into some trouble.

A two-out RBI single that just bounced over the head of Joe Gillette , was could to score Peterson to tie the game at four.

The score would hold there as Trenton Brooks looked to have brought his A-game to the park.

The AppleSox had a chance to force a double play in the top of the eleventh, but a throw from second to short got away from the AppleSox, and into left field, scoring the go-ahead run for Cowlitz.

Two more runs were added in the top of the eleventh and the AppleSox had no answer.

Wenatchee went down one-two-three in the bottom of  the eleventh and Joe Reta finalized his win.

 

 

COW   1 0 2  0 0 0   0 1 0   0 3    7  9  1

WEN   1 0 0  0 0 3   0 0 0   0 0    4  8  4

 

WP – Joe Reta

LP – Trenton Brooks

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Arizona Natives Help AppleSox To Win

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WENATCHEE, Wash. – The Wenatchee AppleSox (29-22, 25-21) were led by Arizona natives Calvin LeBrun and Tyler Frost, as they worked for a 6-3 win over the Cowlitz Black Bears (21-25).

LeBrun started Friday’s contest off right. He tore one-two-three through the top of the Black Bears order.

Although Wenatchee gave up a run in the top of the second on a single to center, the AppleSox would soon answer.

In the bottom of the second, a sacrifice fly by Evan Cassolato helped tie the game at one. Cassolato took over at second base for the AppleSox on Friday night. He will likely see a good chunk of time on the infield in the closing moments of the 2014 season for the AppleSox.

The AppleSoc added a run in the third on Frosts’ second home run of the season. It was a solo shot, 395 feet to right center field.

Frost, a future Gonzaga teammate of LeBrun, has hit both of his home runs this season with LeBrun on the mound.

The AppleSox would go on to score runs in each of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth innings, as Ty Jackson pitched in offensivel and Frost picked up two more RBI.

Calvin LeBrun gave up a second run in the sixth inning as Jonathon Serven picked up his second RBI on another single to center.

Nathan Hadley pitched the seventh and eighth innings for the AppleSox. He gave up one runn on three hits in the eighth after working the inning to two outs with back-to-back strikeouts.

Travis Cook was the closer for the AppleSox. He slammed the door in the ninth inning, allowing one hit, while striking out the last two he faced to secure the AppleSox game one victory.

 

COW   0 1 0  0 0 1   0 1 0    3 11 0

WEN   0 1 1  0 1 1   1 1 x    6  9  1

 

WP – Calvin LeBrun

LP – Conor Cuse

S – Travis Cook

AppleSox Take Series

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WENATCHEE, Wash. – The Wenatchee AppleSox (28-22, 24-21) found a way to overcome Wednesday’s shutout loss, as they came back to take the series from the Victoria HarbourCats (20-25), with a 9-2 win.

Ian Buckles gave up a run in the top of the first inning and things looked troublesome for the AppleSox, however, they would answer with two runs of their own in the bottom of the first on RBI hits for Ty Jackson and Michael McCann.

The AppleSox would add four more runs in the bottom of the second inning.

With a 6-1 lead, Buckles was now in the driver’s seat.  After being the first WCL pitcher to three wins with zero losses, Buckles was trying to win his fourth game of the season, Thursday.

A couple one-two-three innings for Buckles helped him continue to stroll through the sixth inning untouched.

By the end of the sixth, the AppleSox had added three more runs and Trenton Brooks had a 3-3 night with two runs scored and 3 RBIs in three separate at bats.

Sam Brown also hit his fourth triple of 2014, good enough to tie with three other AppleSox for a team single season individual record.

In the seventh, Ian Buckles gave up one last run, on a solo home run for Jake Lesinski. It was Lesinski’s first home run in collegiate-affiliated baseball.

Buckles would recover to retire the next three he faced.

Clark McKitrick took over in the final two innings for the AppleSox. He went one-two-three through the HarbourCats in the eighth inning and only allowed a single to center in the ninth. McKitrick ended the appearance with a strikeout to solidify the fourth win on the season for Buckles.

The AppleSox continue their homestand on Friday with a 7:05 p.m. game against Cowlitz.

 

VIC     1 0 0  0 0 0   1 0 0    2  6  3

WEN   0 0 0  0 0 0   0 0 0    9 12 1

 

WP – Ian Buckles

LP – Alex Rogers

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HarbourCats Shut Down AppleSox

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WENATCHEE, Wash. – The Wenatchee AppleSox (27-22, 23-21) were shutout for the first time this season, as the Victoria HarbourCats (20-24), led by strong pitching, defeated the AppleSox 5-0.

Alex Fagalde, the HarbourCats starter on Wednesday night lasted for eight innings and tallied 122 pitches en route to his second win of the season in as many starts.

Fagalde began the season in the bullpen for Victoria.

Through six innings, the AppleSox had tallied just two hits. Luckily, their starter, Brandon Bailey, offered up three innings of shutout baseball, while striking out seven and surrendering zero walks.

Bailey reached his maximum pitch allotment after three innings and Colton Loomis would follow by offering up scoreless baseball through the sixth.

The HarbourCats broke through in the seventh after an error at shortstop gave Victoria an extra out, which they would cash in later in the inning, as Nathan Lukes would double home the first run of the game and Alex DeGoti would follow up with an RBI single. Both hits came with two outs already on the board.

In the top of the eighth, a Hunter Mercado-Hood single and doubles by Ted Boeke and Bryce Greager would bring home the third and fourth runs of the game.

In the bottom half of the eighth, the AppleSox loaded the bases with two outs and while Fagalde was seemingly being pulled from the game, the HarbourCats coach, Bob Miller, left Fagalde on the mound. He worked out of the jam with a ground out to short on his 122nd pitch.

Trenton Brooks allowed one more Victoria run in the top of the ninth and Casey Schneider shut the door out of the ‘pen for the HarbourCats, cementing the first shutout for any WCL team over the AppleSox in 2014.

 

VIC     0 0 0  0 0 0   2 2 1    5  11  0

WEN   0 0 0  0 0 0   0 0 0    0   6   3

 

WP – Alex Fagalde

LP – Colton Loomis

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Walking Away Winners

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WENATCHEE, Wash. – The Wenatchee AppleSox (27-21, 23-20) were walked 17 times en route to a 13-4 win over the Victoria HarbourCats (19-24).

AppleSox starter, Tyler Frost gave up a triple in the top of the first, but came up big and left the runner stranded to move things to the bottom half.

From there, the AppleSox scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning and started to run away with Tuesday’s contest.

Ty Jackson hit his eleventh double of the season and is now within one of the West Coast League lead.

Joe Gillette had a few of the AppleSox 17 walks. He walked four times and and drove in four runs as part of a 1-2 night.

Hunter Wells came on in relief in the seventh inning and completed the game, satisfying the minimum inning requirement to earn the save.

Wenatchee has now won all seven meetings with Victoria at Paul Thomas Sr. Field and is riding a four game win streak dating back to next year.

The AppleSox will send Brandon Bailey to the mound on Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. It is Cherry Creek Radio/Salvation Army food drive night, so if fans bring a bag of canned food to the stadium, they will receive free tickets to the game compliments of Cherry Creek Radio.

 

VIC     0 0 1  0 2 0   0 0 1    4    9   2

WEN   4 3 2  0 0 0   4 0 x   13  12  0

 

WP – Tyler Frost

LP – Mikey Wright

S – Hunter Wells

Big Week of Activities; Paul Thomas Sr. Field

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There will be lots of great baseball and festivities for the fans this week as the AppleSox welcome the Victoria HarbourCats to town and look to continue to race for the WCL East crown.

While temperatures are expected to rise once again, AppleSox fans will tell you Paul Thomas Sr. Field is a comfortable spot to be after 7 p.m., especially on hot days.

Wednesday, fans also have the opportunity to help out local food banks as the Salvation Army and Cherry Creek Radio will sponsor a food drive.

If fans bring a bag of canned food items to the ballpark, they will receive free tickets to the game compliments of Cherry Creek Radio.

Food banks especially appreciate this support during summer months when it is hard to keep up a strong supply of non-perishable food items.

Thursday will be another special night as the AppleSox will be auctioning off their 15th anniversary home jerseys at Apple Valley Honda night!

Proceeds will go to the Royal Family Kids Camp charity and you will want to be sure to be at the ballpark to guarantee a chance to bid in the silent auction for one of your favorite team jerseys!

Tuesday night will be Cougar Night at the AppleSox. If fans wear Washington State University gear they will receive $1 off tickets to the game. The Cougar Cruiser will also be at the game providing WSU-themed give away items to fans in attendance!

Remember, sealed water bottles are always acceptable at Paul Thomas Sr. Field and stadium seating is in the shade at the ballpark, perfect for a warm summer evening with your family and friends!

We can't wait to see you at the ballpark this week! Go AppleSox!

Extra Inning Rally Helps AppleSox Avoid Sweep

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BEND, Ore. – The Wenatchee AppleSox (26-21, 22-20) went to extra innings for the third time in the last ten days, as they beat the Bend Elks (26-16), 3-2 in 14 innings, to come up the victors on Sunday.

With the win, Wenatchee remains undefeated in Sunday contests.

Drew Rasmussen was the AppleSox starter and turned in a solid performance, giving up the lone two runs to Bend. The first run came across in the opening inning as a throwing error on an attempted double play sailed by Rasmussen at first allowing a run to score.

In the fifth, Jo Carroll hit a solo home run over the fence to give Bend a 2-0 lead.

The AppleSox would respond in the sixth as AJ Alcantara was able to drive in a run with a ground out on the infield to cut the deficit to one.

Then, in the ninth, Nick Brooks set up extra frames by sending his second home run in as many nights over the left field fence, tying the game at two.

That score would stick until pitcher Hunter Wells, who entered the game as a defensive replacement in extra innings, came to the plate in the fourteenth inning with runners at first and third and two outs.

The Elks intentionally walked Kyle Vanderkin to set up a chance to face Wells who had yet to log an at bat on the season.

Wells made the Elks and their reliever, Adrian Martinez, pay as he beat out an infield single to give the AppleSox the go ahead score.

Trenton Brooks, who entered earlier in extra innings and held the game in a tie, stayed on in the fourteenth and completed his win as a wild play following a double for Jonathan Brooks, resulted in Brooks being thrown out at third by Cooper Elliott who relayed a throw to Evan Cassolato in shallow right field.

Brooks would record the final out on a pop fly.

Altogether, Nick Brooks had a 5-6 performance including the game tying and extra inning-forcing home run.

The AppleSox have a day off Monday and return to action Tuesday as they welcome the Victoria HarbourCats to Paul Thomas Sr. Field for a three game series.

Tuesday is Cougar Night at the AppleSox. If fans wear Washington State University gear, they earn $1 off admission to the game. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m.

 

WEN   0 0 0  0 0 1   0 0 1   0 0 0   0 1      3  14  1

BEN    1 0 0  0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0      2   9   1

 

WP – Trenton Brooks

LP – Adrian Martinez

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