Sql to Linq - Is this possible?

I'm trying to convert this sql to a linq query:

select 
SystemReleases.SystemReleasesID, 
SystemReleases.ReleaseTitle, 
SystemReleases.Created,
SystemReleases.CreatedBy,
statuss.ReleaseStageValue
from SystemReleases
	outer apply
	(
		select top 1 *
		from ReleaseStatus
			inner join StageID
				on StageID.ReleaseStageKey = ReleaseStatus.ReleaseStage
		where ReleaseStatus.ReleaseID = SystemReleases.SystemReleasesID
		order by ReleaseStatus.Created desc
	) statuss

I have tried Linqer but it says it Outer Apply cannot be converted. (The above SQL returns what I need)

So, had a go at hand cranking the code and got to this:

IQueryable<ReleaseData> q = (from systemReleases in SME.SystemReleases
                         join releaseStatus in SME.ReleaseStatus on systemReleases.SystemReleasesID equals
                             releaseStatus.ReleaseID into r
                         orderby r.Select(c => c.Created).OrderByDescending(c => c).FirstOrDefault()
                         join stageLookups in SME.StageIDs on r.FirstOrDefault().ReleaseStage equals
                             stageLookups.ReleaseStageKey                         
                         select new ReleaseData
                                    {
                                        Releases = systemReleases,
                                        ReleaseStageLookups = stageLookups
                                    });
                    return q;

Which returns a dataset with the correct number of rows but the second table (ReleaseStatus which has the multiple rows) returns the oldest row, not the newest. (Basically I need the newest ReleaseStatus.created entry)

Any ideas what I need to do.