Wenatchee is Looking to Ring Bellingham's Bells and Take the Series
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The Wenatchee AppleSox look to take their third straight road series decider with Bellingham Bells tonight at 6:35 at Joe Martin Field. The Bells are just 1.5 games ahead of Wenatchee for second place in the North after last night's win for your AppleSox. A series win tonight would boost the AppleSox that much closer to the North division's wild card playoff position.
The AppleSox got the longest start of the summer from Logan Mercado yesterday. Mercado went seven innings strong and gave up just two hits and one walk with three punchouts. Offensively, Wenatchee got two home runs from Zach Toglia and Enzo Apodaca in the top of the second to jump out to a 4-0 lead. One more RBI grounder from Toglia helped him and Apodaca finish with two RBIs to lead the team while Michael DeFelippi pitched two shutout innings after Mercado to close the win for Wenatchee.
The win over Bellingham has given Wenatchee another shot to win a road series. In road game three's for the series, Wenatchee has picked up wins over Cowlitz and Port Angeles. The AppleSox’ 53 wins in WCL games versus Bellingham are the second-highest victory total for the Sox over any of their WCL foes. The AppleSox have 80 victories overall in WCL play over the Kelowna Falcons.
After the victory, Wenatchee pulls into today's Thursday finale second among WCL teams with 158 walks and 60 stolen bases. The Sox are also fifth in runs scored and total hits. Wenatchee is fourth in on-base percentage (.354) behind Ridgefield, Bend and Portland. Pitching-wise, the Sox are also fourth with 118 walks and 252 innings pitched. Moving on, Wenatchee has tossed the third-fewest wild pitches. Finally, the AppleSox are one-of-three WCL teams with multiple shutouts this summer, joining Bellingham (three) and Portland (four).
Wenatchee has not announced their starting pitcher for today’s game. But once they do, you can find that along with any other updates about today’s game by following us on Twitter. Bellingham will send out Zack Simon for tonight’s contest. Simon is 1-2 with a 3.04 earned run average over six previous appearances including three starts. He took the loss back on Saturday, June 12th, in Wenatchee after giving up two earned runs in his second start.
Tonight’s game can be heard 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 6:10 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.
