AppleSox Bats Strike Early, Often vs. Riverhawks

The AppleSox scored in seven-of-eight innings and defeated the Edmonton Riverhawks, 17-5, on Wednesday night at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.

Wenatchee (23-12, 5-3 second half) set a new single-game high for runs scored in 2024 and has now plated 42 runs over its last three games. The AppleSox lead the West Coast League with 258 runs, 58 more than the next-closest team.

Aidan Dougherty and Cannon Peery both drove in four runs to. Pace the bats. Garrett Ahern (2-0) went a season-high 5.2 innings and struck out four. Dougherty improved his batting average to .520 in 12 home games while Peery has now driven in six runs over the first two games of this series.

The AppleSox scored first for the first time since June 24 and scored in the first inning for the first time since June 26. Dougherty collected his first of two hits and then scored on an error a batter later. He would later deliver a 3-RBI triple in the fourth after Peery smacked a 2-RBI double in the third.

A night after collecting a season-high 13 walks, Wenatchee drew eight more. The AppleSox lead the WCL with 200 walks and reached on a free pass seven times over their final four innings at the plate.

Max Hartman recorded two hits for his 12th multi-hit game of the summer. He scored twice and leads the WCL with 35 runs.

Kanoa Morisaki picked up his first multi-hit game of the season with three hits as the number nine hitter and also scored three times.

Roberto Gonzalez scored four times with two hits and two walks. He has scored at least twice in each of his last five games and has 12 runs, eight walks and four hit-by-pitches in that time.

The AppleSox face the Riverhawks again at 7:05 p.m. on Thursday for the rubber match. It’s another Throwback Thursday with discounts on alcoholic beverages all game. Purchase tickets at AppleSox.com/schedule