Pippins Cap off 2015 with Win
August 10, 2015 - West Coast League (WCL)
Yakima Valley Pippins News Release
YAKIMA, Wash. - The Pippins closed out the 2015 season in winning fashion, defeating hte Wenatchee AppleSox, 4-3.
Yakima Valley took advantage of four early errors from Wenatchee and cashed them into four earned runs against AppleSox starter Hunter Wells. David Becker had a bases-loaded walk in the 1st, Reid Martinez and Jake Manson each brought a run home in the 3rd and a safety squeeze from Corey Morris capped the scoring for Yakima Valley.
The AppleSox (24-30) hung close the whole way, trailing 4-2 going to the 9th. A pair of miscues helped the AppleSox bring home one run and Wenatchee got the tying run to 2nd base with one out, but Ryan Lillie came on to close out the win for the Pippins.
The Pippins finished the 2015 season with a record of 29-25, good for second place in the WCL East. With a two-year record of 64-44, the Pippins are the winningest of the six WCL expansion teams in their first two seasons of play. Numerous individual and team records were broken over the course of the 2015 season.
Season three of Pippins baseball is scheduled to begin early next summer. Season tickets are already available by going to PippinsBaseball.com, by calling 575-HITS or by visiting Hunky Shaw's Team Shop downtown.
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