AppleSox open season with series win
VICTORIA, B.C. — Moses Lake High School graduate Hunter Boyd allowed four hits in seven innings and the Wenatchee AppleSox (2-1) beat the Victoria HarbourCats (1-2) 14-2.
The win gave Wenatchee the series, 2-1.
The AppleSox led 8-0 after five innings, which included a five-run second inning. Alix Garcia totaled three RBI in the blowout.
Victoria 7, Wenatchee 1
Mason Marenco continued his solid start to the 2018 season, but the Wenatchee AppleSox lost 7-1 to the Victoria HarbourCats on Saturday night at Royal Athletic Stadium.
Marenco singled twice, walked and homered to reach base in all four of his plate appearances. His third-inning home run was his second extra-base hit of the season and the first AppleSox homer of the 2018 season.
The HarbourCats struck early and often with identical two-run outbursts in the first and second innings to take an early 4-0 lead. Marenco’s homer just below the scoreboard in left-center field cut the deficit to three, but Victoria regained its four-run cushion when a wild pitch allowed a runner to score from third with two outs.
The HarbourCats scored single runs in the sixth and seventh innings to pad their lead and claim an eventual six-run victory.
Cameron Dunn, who joined the AppleSox two hours before first pitch, tossed a scoreless eighth in his season debut.
Wenatchee 2, Victoria 1
The Wenatchee AppleSox (1-0) opened the 2018 season with a 2-1 victory over the Victoria HarbourCats (0-1) on Opening Night of the 2018 West Coast League season. Grady Miller tossed six shutout innings and the AppleSox scored both of their runs in the fourth inning to pick up the victory at Royal Athletic Park.
Miller, using a heavy fastball and changeup diet of pitches, struck out three batters and only allowed two hits over his six innings of work to pick up the victory.
The AppleSox struck in the fourth when the first three batters of the inning all reached base. Cory Meyer led off with a walk and scored two pitches later on an RBI double by Mason Moreno. Moreno’s two-bagger was the only run-scoring base hit of the evening.
Following Moreno’s knock, Nolan McCaffery singled to put runners at first and third. During Joey Magro’s at-bat, McCafferty took off for second and once Moreno saw the throw going towards second, he took off for home. Both runners were safe on the double-steal and it proved to be the difference in the game.