The Wenatchee AppleSox scored 12 runs in the seventh inning to rally back from a 6-3 deficit and defeat the Port Angeles Lefties, 16-6, on Tuesday night at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.

Trailing 6-3 entering the seventh-inning stretch, the AppleSox dug into the batter’s box and went to work. Wenatchee sent 18 men to the plate and scored 12 runs on five hits, nine walks and a hit by pitch. Each of the first seven hitters reached base before an out and all seven came around to score.

The big blow came from Jackson Van De Brake. With eight runs already across he came to bat with the bases loaded. It marked the fifth time that the AppleSox batted with the bases loaded. While the AppleSox had scored all four previous times with a pair of sacrifice flies, a walk and a wild pitch, they had not plated any runs via a base-hit when batting with the bases loaded.

That all changed with Van De Brake. He launched his first home run of the season and gave the AppleSox the final four runs of their huge seventh-inning rally.

Van De Brake plated another run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth to give him 5 RBI, the most by an AppleSox hitter this summer. His home run marked the first by an AppleSox hitter against a West Coast League opponent that was not a solo home run or two-run shot.

Van De Brake wasn’t the only hitter with a big night. A.J. Guerrero was the only AppleSox hitter to reach safely in every plate appearance. He went 4-for-4 with two singles, two doubles and two doubles. Aidan Selfridge went 1-for-4 with two walks, three runs and a single to stretch his hitting streak to six games.

Tino Bethancourt drove in four runs with a 1-for-3 night. He scored three runs, was hit by two pitches and walked, but his only hit of the night came at the right time. He singled up the middle four batters into the bottom of the seventh to tie the game at 6-6.

2018 Cashmere High School graduate Tyler Chipman (2-1) entered the ballgame with the AppleSox trailing but tossed two scoreless innings while the bats got hot and earned the victory.

The AppleSox go for the series win on Wednesday night as they host the Lefties again at 6:35 p.m. It is Cherry Creek Media Night at the ballpark. They are partnering with the Salvation Army and anyone who brings a non-perishable food item to their studio on 231 N. Wenatchee Avenue or to Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium will receive a free ticket to the game.

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Listen to postgame interviews with Van De Brake and Guerrero below.