PORT ANGELES — A middle-inning rally lifted Port Angeles to its first home victory of the summer and its first West Coast League triumph in an 8-4 triumph over the Wenatchee Apple Sox.
The bottom of the order sparked Port Angeles in the five-run sixth inning.
University of Utah catcher Jack Kleveno’s one-out single started the rally. Zach Blair was hit by a pitch and No. 9 hitter Yahir Ramirez followed with a double to chase Wenatchee pitcher Quincy Vassar from the contest.
The top of the order came around next with Jeremy Giesegh knotting the score at 4-all with a sacrifice fly.
Ethan Kodama walked to load the bases and Roberto Nunez drew another free pass to score Blair as the Lefties went up 5-4 advantage.
Colin Spear’s RBI single brought home Ramirez and Kodama and Port Angeles went up 8-4.
Spear doubled home a run in the third as well and finished the game with three hits.
The Lefties scored twice in the fourth, taking advantage of a walk, a hit batter and a run-scoring error to tie the score at 3-all.
Jack Joyce earned the win, coming on in relief of Port Angeles product Kole Acker and striking out two while scattering three hits across two innings.
A pair of relievers combined to close out the final three innings.
Ryan Wike walked two and gave up a hit but kept the Apple Sox off the board, striking out one batter in his 1.2 innings on the hill.
Edmonds College’s Cade Stuart pitched a clean inning and a third to earn the save.
Port Angeles wrapped its series with Wenatchee late Thursday and will host a three-game nonleague set starting tonight against the Pacific International League’s Gumberoos. First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m.
Port Angeles 8, Wenatchee 4
Wenatchee 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 — 4 11 3
Port Angeles 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 X — 8 9 0
WP: Joyce LP: Campbell SV: Stuart
Pitching
Port Angeles — Acker 4 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, BB, 2 K; Joyce 2 IP, 3 H, ER, 2 K; Wike 1.2 IP, H, 2 BB, K; Stuart 1.1 IP, K.
Hitting
Port Angeles — Giesegh 1-4, SB, 2 RBI; Kodama 0-3, 2 BB, 2 R; Spear 3-5, 2B, 3 RBI; Ramirez 1-2, BB, 2B, R, RBI.
