Hot Bats Lead the Way for AppleSox in Victory Over Fish Sticks

The bats continue to stay red hot for the AppleSox as they blow the DubSea Fish Sticks out of the water with a 22-2 victory on Tuesday night.

While the Fish Sticks scratched the first run of the game, their lead would not last as a three-run second inning by the AppleSox gave them a lead they would not surrender for the rest of the night. Corey Jarrell got the scoring started with an RBI single to get Wenatchee on the board and it would also kick off an excellent night at the dish for the center fielder. He would go on to reach base five times in six plate appearances and drove in two runs in the win.

The Sox would strike again in the third inning by plating another three runs to take a 6-1 lead, allowing Felix Schlede, tonight’s starting pitcher, to settle in on the mound. The righty from Seattle, Wash. would toss a scoreless fourth inning with the end of his outing coming an inning later in the top of the fifth. Schlede’s final line would read 4.1 innings pitched, two runs allowed, and four strikeouts.

Davis Spencer and Anthony Sendejas were both brilliant out of the pen as they each recorded three strikeouts and combined for only three hits allowed down the stretch. Sendejas would toss three innings and would go on to earn the save, while Spencer was credited with the win.

The bulk of the AppleSox’ runs came later in the game as they put up a seven-spot in both the fifth and seventh innings while adding another two in the sixth. Xander Orejudos led the way through the onslaught as he cleared the bases with a three-run triple in the fifth. On the night, he tallied three total hits and drove in five runs out of the leadoff spot.

With the game well out of reach in the bottom of the eighth inning, Quincy Vassar and Riley Sinclair, both pitchers for the AppleSox, picked up a bat and entered the game as pinch-hitters. Vassar reached base on a four-pitch walk and was shortly after called out at second as part of a double play that Sinclair would ground into.

As Sendejas closed out the game on a pop-out to Vassar at first base, the AppleSox emerged victorious to the tune of a 22-2 victory over the Fish Sticks. The offensive firepower tonight gives the AppleSox a total of 40 runs scored in their last two games.

The AppleSox will battle the Fish Sticks again tomorrow night at 6:35 p.m. in another non-league matchup. It is also WINatchee Wednesday meaning that all fans in attendance are eligible to win prizes from local Wenatchee businesses from the third-through-sixth innings. Tickets are available at saferseating.com.