Two Three-Run Innings Give Sox Series Win

The Wenatchee AppleSox won four-of-six games on their Canadian road trip with a 9-3 win over the Edmonton Riverhawks on Sunday afternoon at RE/MAX Field.

Wenatchee scored twice in the second inning and three more times again in the fifth inning to take the series from the Riverhawks. Matt Halbach went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI and Adam Fahsel also went 3-for-5 with a stolen base and two runs.

It was another impressive effort from a depleted AppleSox team. Every available position player on the road trip that was healthy played and that included pulling Garrett Gores from the bullpen to the play third base for the second straight day. Wenatchee lost Cole Miller and Michael Davinni to injury on Thursday and then Enzo Apodaca was hurt on Friday and none of those three were available to play on Saturday or Sunday but the AppleSox won both games. Eight-of-nine starters recorded at least one hit and all nine reached safely at least once.

Halbach picked up both of his RBI in the second inning after three straight AppleSox hitters reached base with two outs before Joichiro Oyama drew a bases-loaded walk to put the AppleSox on the board first. Halbach followed with a 2-RBI single.

Wenatchee got another 2-RBI single three innings later. After the Riverhawks cut the deficit to two by scoring in the bottom of the third Andrew Haight drove in a pair with a single in the fifth. Prior to Haight’s second hit of the game Ezra Samperi reached on an error with the bases loaded to score the first run of the inning.

Fahsel manufactured a run on his own in the seventh after doubling to lead off the inning. He advanced to third on a wild pitch and the throw over there went into left field and Fahsel came in to score to make it 7-2, AppleSox.

Samperi drove in two more in the ninth inning with a two-out 2-RBI single. It marked the second straight day that Samperi drove in two-or-more runs in the ninth inning after clearing the base with a double on Saturday.

The AppleSox move out of last place in the North Division and into sixth place with Sunday’s win along with Edmonton and Port Angeles’s losses. The AppleSox can continue to climb as they face the fifth-place Kelowna Falcons on Tuesday night at 6:35 p.m. at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium. Tickets can be purchased at saferseating.com.

Tuesday’s game is First Responder’s Night at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium. All current first responders can enter the park by showing a valid ID card with their name and title or any certification for free admission. Family members and friends accompanying first responders are subject to standard ticket admittance prices. Retired first responders are welcome to show their Retiree ID card for free admission as well.

Listen to the latest edition of the Wenatchee AppleSox Podcast below. Hear a recap of the game as well as highlights, the postgame interview with head coach Mitch Darlington and a pregame discussion with Reese Ligtenberg. Subscribe to the AppleSox Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.