WENATCHEE — The Port Angeles Lefties got off to a good start in their Monday road game against Wenatchee, taking a 2-0 lead in the first inning.
Then the AppleSox erupted for eight runs in the bottom of the second and never looked back, going on to win 16-2.
A sextet of Lefties pitchers struggled against Wenatchee, giving up 15 hits, including five extra-base hits, 10 walks and 12 earned runs. Starter Andrew Hauck (Utah Valley) didn’t pitch poorly, giving up one earned run, two hits and a walk in one inning, but he took the loss. The pair of Will Isaly (East Central University) and Megum Fukuda (New Mexico Military Institute) pitched all right, going a combined four innings and allowing three hits, one earned run, two walks and three strikeouts.
The Lefties scored their two runs on a lead-off double by Derek Bogh (Cal State San Bernardino), a walk by BY Choi and then an RBI single by Riley Parker (Cal State, San Bernardino) and a pair of errors by Wenatchee.
Parker finished 2-for-4 with an RBI while Choi had a hit and two walks total. Gabriel DeJesus (Wenatchee Valley College) had a single and Isaiah Munoz (University of Hawaii) belted a double.
The Lefties (3-3, 5-4) played Tuesday after press deadline. They finish their series against Wenatchee on Wednesday night and then take their longest road trip of the year to play a series against the Edmonton Riverhawks, a new team in the West Coast League located in northern Alberta, Canada, beginning Friday.
Sunday’s game in Port Angeles against Kamloops was rained out.
Wenatchee 16, Port Angeles 2
PA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 6 3
Wen.1 8 0 1 0 1 4 1 X — 16 15 3
WP: Sato. LP: Hauck.
Pitching
Port Angeles — Hauck IP, 2 H, ER, BB, K; Criswell IP, 3 H, 8 ER, 6 BB, K; Isaly 3 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 2 K; Fukuda IP, H, BB, K; Ediger 2 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, BB, 3 K.
Wenatchee — Sato 5 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 6 K; Arrediondo 4 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 4K.
Hitting
Port Angeles — Parker 2-4, RBI, SB; Bogh 1-3, 2B, R; Munoz 1-4 2B.
Wenatchee — Oyama 2-4, 2B, 4 R, 2 BB; Ponce 3-6, HR, 2B, 2 R, 5 RBI; Arquette 4-5, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI; Orejudos 2-3, 2B, 2 R, RBI.
