AppleSox Sweep Weekend Series, Season Series vs. NorthPaws

Easton Amundson homered in his final game of the summer and the Wenatchee AppleSox defeated the Kamloops NorthPaws, 11-6, on Sunday afternoon at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.

Wenatchee (22-8) plated four runs in the bottom of the first and never looked back from there. Amundson, Trent Liolios, Mason Strong and Frankie Carney all recorded multi-hit games while the AppleSox drew 10 walks. They sent at least seven men to the plate in each of the first three innings and led 7-1 heading to the fourth.

The AppleSox improved to a West Coast League-best 22-8 and earned their fourth three-game series sweep. The AppleSox won all six games against the NorthPaws this summer and improved to 13-1 in two seasons versus Kamloops. weep of the summer. Wenatchee

Amundson launched his WCL-leading seventh home run of the season in the eighth inning. His two-run shot came with two outs to plate the AppleSox’ final two runs of the game in his final at-bat. The incoming junior at Liberty University is taking time off before heading to school in early August.

Amundson ends his season in a tie for the second-most home runs by an AppleSox player in a single summer and two behind Taylor Sparks’ franchise record of nine home runs in 2012. He also finishes the summer second in the WCL in slugging percentage (.578), third in runs (26), tied for third in RBI (25) and tied for fourth in walks (20).

Andrew Monson (1-0) struck out six in three innings of relief in his first appearance at home. He allowed one unearned run in his second appearance of the summer after finishing second in the WCL in games pitched a year ago with Port Angeles.

Wenatchee took a comfortable lead in the first inning thanks to a two-out, 2-RBI single by Liolios. An RBI groundout with runners at second and third plated the first run before Liolios’s hit and then a passed ball scored the fourth and final run of the inning.

The AppleSox added to the lead in the second inning thanks to some clever baserunning. Izzy Lopez led off with a walk and moved to second on a balk. He broke for third on a pitch that Reeve Boyd grounded to the left side and got to the base as the ball was beginning to be fielded. Lopez broke from third just as Kamloops shortstop Trent Green began to throw to first base to retire Boyd and Lopez slid around the tag at home plate.

Strong singled in a run in the third inning to record his sixth multi-hit game of the summer. The incoming junior has recorded a hit in each of his last five games and is batting .393 (13-for-33) in eight games this month.

Liolios picked up his third RBI on a fielder’s choice in the sixth. A throwing error on that out brought in a second run. Liolios went 4-for-8 over the weekend and drove in five runs.

The AppleSox are off on Monday before traveling to Nanaimo for three games against the NightOwls at Serauxmen Stadium. Wenatchee is then off to Victoria on Friday to continue the six-game road trip. The next home game is July 17 against the Bend Elks.