Offense Rules the Day, AppleSox Complete Sweep of Fish Sticks

After putting up more than 20 runs a night ago, the Wenatchee AppleSox pull off another 20 plus run game against the DubSea Fish Sticks with the scoreboard reading 20-6 as Connor Wilson recorded the final out of the game.

A fairly pedestrian first inning from both sides opened the game as both pitchers worked efficiently to get back in the dugout and give their side a chance at bat. It was a completely different story once the second inning rolled around after starting pitcher Tyler Chipman tossed a scoreless top half.

Twelve AppleSox batters would score in the bottom half of the second frame. The scoring began with an Enzo Apodaca solo blast to right field, his first of the summer, to plate the game’s first run. The Sox would continue to get runners on base throughout the inning and knock the ball around the ballpark as they continued to drive in run after run. Joichiro Oyama had another big hit in the inning with a bases-clearing triple that brought the AppleSox lead to 12-0 with plenty of ballgame left to play.

Tyler Chipman would get into some trouble in the third and the Fish Sticks would score their first run of the game. With the bases loaded and only one out, Chipman escaped the jam by striking out the next batter he faced and then was able to induce a fly ball out to left field. This would end Chipman’s night giving him three innings on work, allowing one run on three hits, and two strikeouts.

The AppleSox would score another eight runs over the course of three innings started in the bottom of the fifth when Xander Orejudos scored Oyama on a triple in the gap. Orejudos would later score on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Michael Davinni to score the second and final run of the inning. Three more AppleSox batters would come around to score in the sixth as well as in the seventh. As part of the seventh inning scoring, Grant Sherrod launched a two-run home run to left field, his second of the season, to bring the score to a 19-6 AppleSox lead. By the end of the inning, the Sox would score their 20th run of the ballgame.

The winning decision went to Will Jacobson who pitched three innings in relief from the fifth to the seventh. The seven-footer allowed three hits and one run during his outing and punched out two batters. Connor Wilson would enter the game in the eighth inning and was lights out in the final two frames as he went six-up, six-down to finish the game.

Before the final out was recorded, AppleSox fans got to witness a couple of new batters take their swings in the batter’s box. The pitching staff got in on the fun with Reese Ligtenberg, Jake Putnam, and Mason Philley getting their chances to take some cuts in the eighth inning. Quincy Vassar also got an at-bat in the inning, the second night in a row he has stepped up to the plate.

Tonight’s game ended at a final score of 20-6, the second night in a row that the AppleSox have hit the 20-run mark. They have now scored 60 total runs in their last three games while allowing only nine.  

The AppleSox hope to carry their offensive firepower into the weekend as they take on the Corvallis Knights for a three-game series that begins on Friday. An off-day tomorrow gives pitchers time to rest and refresh while the team prepares for a formidable opponent in a Knights team that currently sits in second place in the WCL South Division. Tickets are available at saferseating.com.