AppleSox Look To Even Up Series With Portland
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The Wenatchee AppleSox continue their mid-week series against the Portland Pickles tonight 7:35 PM at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium. The Pickles took the series-opener last night with a 17-3 victory thanks to a seven-run second inning and a five-run fifth. John Newman Jr. homered and Skylar Hales tossed three scoreless innings of relief for the AppleSox.
The Sox' offense had an off night as they only collected five hits in the loss. For the third straight game Wenatchee had a golden opportunity to strike first in the first inning, but stranded two runners on the basepaths for the third consecutive first inning. The AppleSox' five hits were their fewest in a game since only collecting four over six-and-a-half innings in a rain-shorted 12-3 loss to the Bellingham Bells on June 13. Portland Pitching has stymied the AppleSox through three games this summer, limiting them to a .150 team average (18-for-120).
The second inning has proven problematic for the AppleSox over their four-game losing streak. They have been outscored 42-19 in the last four games, though last night was the first time that the AppleSox did not score at least four runs in that span. They Sox have surrendered 17 runs in the second, the most given up in any inning during this futile stretch. The AppleSox have struggled to avoid big innings this season. They have given up four-or-more runs in an inning 12 times through their first 19 games of the season.
Portland looks to improve off a historic night offensively. Their 17 runs last night matched a franchise record, previously set on June 26, 2018, when they defeated the eventual WCL Champion Corvallis Knights, 17-2. Only one player from that team also took part in last night's thumping. Gabe Skoro, in his fourth consecutive summer with the Pickles, only went 1-for-1 in the 2018 game, but was one of five Pickles who scored multiple runs in last night's win as he reached base three times and scored a pair of runs.
The AppleSox have not announced a probable starter for tonight’s game. Portland sends lefty Bradley McVay to the rubber for his fifth start of the summer. In five previous appearances he has a 2-13 record and a 4.15 ERA over 17.1 innings. He has already faced the AppleSox twice this summer. He struck out the Sox in order in a scoreless inning on June 4 then only allowed one run in four innings to earn the win on June 6.
Fans can purchase tickets for tonight’s game and any other remaining AppleSox home game by visiting applesox.com/tickets.
Tonight’s game will be broadcast live on video with a synced-up radio feed. It can be seen on playsight.com
Listen live to the action on Sunny FM at kcsyfm.com on your desktop computer or by tuning in at any of the following stations below.
Wenatchee: 93.9 FM
East Wenatchee/Rock Island: 98.1 FM
Lake Chelan Valley: 95.3 FM
Brewster/Pateros: 101.3 FM
Okanogan Valley: 101.9 FM
Omak/Tonasket/Oroville: 97.7 FM
Methow Valley: 106.3 FM
Pregame coverage begins at 7:10 p.m. with the Horan Estates Winery Pregame Show and the broadcast wraps up with the Denny’s Late Night Postgame Show.
Live stats can be found on Pointstreak.
