Boyd wins fifth game of the season to lead AppleSox

WENATCHEE – Hunter Boyd of Moses Lake won his team-high fifth game of the season Friday night, allowing just one unearned run over five innings and the Wenatchee AppleSox stayed in contention with a strong showing against the Victoria HarbourCats at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.

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Behind a 3-for-4 night from J.T. Schwartz and stellar pitching by Alec Gomez, the Wenatchee AppleSox (24-26, 13-11 second half) won their fifth consecutive series with a 5-2 triumph.

Schwartz reached in all four plate appearances and his three-run homer in the sixth was the difference as the Sox won for the 10th time in their last 13 games. Gomez (2-0) set two season highs with seven innings pitched and seven strikeouts.

Yakima Valley lost for the fourth consecutive time on Saturday night, meaning that the AppleSox are now a game and a half out of first place in the North division for the second half.

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Boyd pitched a gem over five innings and Grady Miller tossed four scoreless innings afterwards to pick up his second save of the season.

Thanks to a seven-run third inning, Wenatchee beat Victoria HarbourCats on Friday night at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.

The AppleSox hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the third to score six of the seven runs in the inning. Connor McCord, Jacob Prater and Dawson Day all consecutively homered in a span of six pitches.

With the game scoreless entering the third inning, the AppleSox busted out by sending 12 men to the plate. Remarkably, the Sox drew more walks in the inning than they collected base hits.

— Staff report