AppleSox Fall To Pippins in 12 Innings
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The Wenatchee AppleSox never trailed until the final play of the game but that was the difference as they lost to the Yakima Valley Pippins, 11-10, on Tuesday night at Yakima County Stadium.
Grant Sherrod and Cole Cramer both drove in three runs apiece and Brooks Rasmussen also plated a pair of runs but the Pippins walked off the AppleSox in extras. Sherrod record two hits to extend his hitting streak to 10 games. He is the third AppleSox hitter with a double-digit hitting streak this summer and is two away from matching the season-high mark.
DJ Massey picked up three hits and scored twice while Joichiro Oyama finished a home run away from hitting a cycle. Oyama’s leadoff triple in the first inning was his sixth of the summer, which ties him with Keston Hiura’s total from 2015 for the AppleSox’ single-season record. Oyama already holds the AppleSox’ single-season records for runs and stolen bases.
Wenatchee led 6-2 after four-and-a-half and then 10-5 after six-and-a-half innings but could not hold onto either lead. The AppleSox also loaded up the bases with one out in the top of the 10th but could not plate the go-ahead run.
The AppleSox scored first with a two-run top of the first and also scored four in the fourth and three more in the seventh after one in the sixth. They did not score again from the eighth inning on.
Wenatchee’s five-run lead heading into the seventh-inning stretch looked secure until the Pippins sent nine men to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning and scored four runs. The AppleSox were one strike away from winning the series opener but a two-strike infield single in the bottom of the ninth scored a runner from third to tie the game up and send it to extra innings.
Wenatchee remains in first place in the North Division in the second half thanks to the Edmonton Riverhawks’ 10-5 loss to the Port Angeles Lefties on Tuesday night. The Riverhawks and the AppleSox both have identical 12-10 records in the second half but the AppleSox hold the tiebreaker, thanks to winning the season series.
The AppleSox look to bounce back on Wednesday night when they face the Pippins again at 6:35 p.m.
