AppleSox Pitchers Lead Way In Series Win VS Sweets

The Wenatchee AppleSox defeated the Walla Wall Sweets 3-1 on Thursday night at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium to win their first series of the 2021 season. 

The AppleSox dominated on the mound and Tino Bethancourt hit a solo shot in the eighth to give the AppleSox their third win of the season. 

Wenatchee’s pitching was the difference-maker in both of their series wins and on Thursday, three pitchers combined to only allow one run on five hits. Jacob Hughes started and struck out six over five innings. He gave way to Jared Engman (1-0), who followed up by only allowing one hit and a walk in two innings. Cam Liss only allowed one walk in two scoreless innings to pick up the save in his AppleSox debut. 

Walla Walla struck first with a triple followed by an RBI single in the fourth, but the AppleSox tied it in the fifth when Aidan Selfridge led off with a walk and came around to score four batters later when Dakota Duffalo drove him in with a single. 

An inning later, Luc Stuka walked with one out and scored from third on a passed ball to give the AppleSox the lead for good. 

The AppleSox open up a three-game series against the Bellingham Bells starting at 6:35 on Friday night at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium. 

Listen to postgame interview with Ian Sanderson and Tino Bethancourt below.