Joey Pearson fired four scoreless innings in relief but the Wenatchee AppleSox fell to the DubSea Fish Sticks, 5-4, on Monday night at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.

Pearson entered in the third inning with nobody out and two aboard and allowed one run to score on a fielder’s choice dominated from there. The incoming sophomore at Lower Columbia struck out six, including four consecutive from the first out of the fourth to the first out of the fifth.

Wenatchee trailed 4-2 after three innings as DubSea scored in each of those frames. Marty Kaplan doubled in a run in the bottom of the second and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Sebastian David.

The AppleSox would not score again until the ninth inning. Pearson dominated in the middle innings before exiting after the sixth. The Fish Sticks scratched across an insurance run in the seventh that proved to be the game-winner when the AppleSox scored twice in the bottom of the ninth. David reached on an error and Brandham Ponce doubled to put two runners in scoring position. Mason Strong hit a sacrifice fly and MJ Sweeney singled in Ponce with two out but the tying run was left stranded at first.

Monday’s game was the most attended AppleSox game since July 3, 2018, with 1,998 fans in attendance. Wenatchee’s next home game is Friday at 6:35 against the Kamloops NorthPaws in the first game of the weekend set. Friday’s game is sponsored by Chelan PUD while Saturday is Armed Forces Night and Sunday is another Family Fun Sunday. Show your military ID at the gate on Saturday and get general admission seats for $5. Kids can run the bases after Sunday’s game and there will also be a live music performance from Chris Jones after the 1:05 p.m. game. Tickets for all three games can be purchased at applesox.com/2023-schedule.

The AppleSox are on the road again on Tuesday when they face the Port Angeles Lefties at 6:35 p.m. in the first game of a three-game set. Wenatchee can clinch a postseason berth by winning all three games or winning at least as many as the Bellingham Bells do before Thursday. Listen live to the action on kcsyfm.com.