AppleSox Look to Wake Up Bats Against Portland

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GAME NOTES

The Wenatchee AppleSox are looking to bounce back from last night's 6-0 loss to Portland. The Pickles scored two runs in the first inning after a bases-loaded single, then broke the game with four more runs in the fourth thanks to three AppleSox errors.

The Pickles struck out 12 Sox hitters and walked just two. Mark Steward got the AppleSox lone hit with one out and one on in the first inning. If the AppleSox score tonight, it will be the first run that they have scored at Walker Stadium after three games being shut out by the Pickles.

The loss to Portland was the Sox first WCL opening shutout loss since Jun 2, 2017 @ Walla Walla (4-0). The AppleSox have now lost their first WCL road game in seven of the last eight seasons. Their only win in their first road game of the season came on June 1, 2018, at the Victora HarbourCats, snapping a five-year winless streak.

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Tonight’s starting pitcher is Gauge Lockhart, an incoming sophomore at Brown University. He is looking to build off a stellar Wednesday night against the Northwest Star Academy. He faced six hitters and retired them all including four via strikeouts in two innings on just 20 pitches.

Lockhart did not pitch this past spring because the 2021 Ivy League athletic season was canceled. He also did not get the opportunity to pitch as a senior for Delta High School in Colorado because the entire season was also canceled. The last time Lockhart played a season, he thrived. He recorded a 3.40 ERA and struck out 47 in 22.2 innings over 15 games as a junior. He was an All-State selection and also was awarded Western Slope Player of the Year.

Though the AppleSox are on the road, you can still listen live to the action on Sunny FM. Listeners can tune in at kcsyfm.com on their 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 6:40 p.m. with the Horan Estates Winery Pregame Show and the broadcast wraps up each night with the Denny’s Late Night Postgame Show.

Live stats can be found on Pointstreak and tonight’s game can be watched on the Portland Pickles Facebook page.