AppleSox Go For Series Win vs Pickles
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The Wenatchee AppleSox look to take their first West Coast League series of the season when they face the Portland Pickles at 5:05 tonight at Walker Stadium. The AppleSox won, 4-2, last night thanks to a three-run fourth inning and five shutout innings of relief from Cole Hatton.
The Pickles struck first with a two-run homer in the first inning by Jacob Jablonski but the Sox got one back in third when Luc Stuka doubled and eventually stole home on a pickoff to first. The AppleSox scored three in the fourth thanks to four stolen bases in the inning and RBI singles by Tino Bethancourt and Garrett Cutting.
Hatton carried Wenatchee the rest of the way, only allowing three walks and one base hit the rest of the way. Cutting helped him out defensively with a diving play up the middle on a sharply-hit ball.
Tonight, Reid Rasmussen toes the rubber for the AppleSox as they go for back-to-back wins to close out the series. Rasmussen tossed two innings in a non-league game against the NW Star academy on Wednesday. After tossing a scoreless third inning partly thanks to picking off a runner, he allowed three runs on two hits in the fourth in an eventual 7-6 loss. Rasmussen struck out one, walked one and allowed three hits.
Rasmussen had great first season at Central Washington as he earned First Team All-GNAC honors this Spring. He recorded a 4.47 ERA and struck out 25 in 32.2 innings across eight games (all starts) as a COVID freshman. He appeared in three games for Yakima Valley College for the COVID-19 shutdown in 2020, recording a 7.50 ERA and striking out three over six innings across three games.
In between his first two years of college Rasmussen tossed a seven-inning no hitter while pitching for the Yakima Valley Pepsi Pak American Legion Senior Baseball team. He committed to Central Washington five days later.
Rasmussen led Selah High School to a district championship in 2018 but missed his senior season due to Tommy John Surgery.
Though the AppleSox are on the road, you can still listen live to the action on Sunny FM. Listeners can tune in at kcsyfm.com on their desktop computer or by tuning in at any of the following stations below.
Wenatchee: 93.9 FM
East Wenatchee/Rock Island: 98.1 FM
Lake Chelan Valley: 95.3 FM
Brewster/Pateros: 101.3 FM
Okanogan Valley: 101.9 FM
Omak/Tonasket/Oroville: 97.7 FM
Methow Valley: 106.3 FM
Pregame coverage begins at 6:40 p.m. with the Horan Estates Winery Pregame Show and the broadcast wraps up each night with the Denny’s Late Night Postgame Show.
Live stats can be found on Pointstreak and tonight’s game can be watched on the Portland Pickles Facebook page.
