Wenatchee Welcomes the Cascade Collegiate League All-Stars into Town
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The Wenatchee AppleSox are back home for another fun round of non-league action against the Cascade Collegiate League All-Star team at 6:35 p.m. at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium
The AppleSox fell last night to the Bellingham Bells 11-5 at Joe Martin Field. Wenatchee got off to a great start once again and headed into the bottom of the fifth leading 5-2. Dakota Duffalo drilled his first RBI triple to give Wenatchee a 1-0 lead two batters into the affair. Two batters after that, Tino Bethancourt also collected an RBI three-bagger and then scored on a wild pitch to give Jacob Hughes a four-run cushion before he even stepped onto the slab. Despite the loss, Enzo Apodaca shined with his first three-hitter of the summer season against a WCL foe.
Wenatchee's last time out against a non-league opponent got the fireworks started well before the Fourth of July celebrations. The Sox socked the Highline Bears over two games by a combined 35-9 advantage. Luc Stuka hit the first Sox cycle ever while Apodaca, Skylar Hales and A.J. Guerrero all went yard during the weekend sweep.
Wenatchee is 2-2 this season against non-league competitors. They started off 0-2 after losing their first two 2021 contests to the NW Star Academy Nighthawks. Then, they got back on track with heavy offensive force against the Bears. These battles against the CCL team will be just the third, fourth and fifth meetings ever between these two clubs.
The last time the AppleSox faced the CCL squad was on July 31, 2019. The Sox won 13-0 to sweep both games against the CCL that summer along with a . Current Corvallis RHP Brett Gillis went 2-for-5 that day while first baseman Dalton Harum also collected two hits in five trips. The star of the game however was starting pitcher Brett Garcia. Garcia struck out 12 CCL batters in just five innings of work and allowed only one hit.
The AppleSox have hit .303 in their four non-league bouts this summer. Apodaca paces the squad with seven base-hits while Guerrero went six-for-10 in his two appearances against the Highline Bears. on July 2 and 3
The AppleSox will go with Trey Miller for another Friday night in Wenatchee. Miller is 0-2 with a 6.30 ERA in WCL games. The rising sophomore from South Carolina-Upstate has struck out just five and walked two in WCL action. His best start was two Fridays back against the Highline Bears. Miller worked for five innings to hold the Bears to one run off five hits with a season-high four punchouts.
The Cascade Collegiate League has not announced a starting pitcher for today’s game.
Former AppleSox player Johnny Sage will throw out the first pitch before tonight’s game. Fans will also receive Johnny Sage AppleSox baseball cards at the guest services stand upon entering Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.
Tickets can be purchased at the gate or online at applesox.com/tickets.
Tonight’s game will be televised live on The NCWLIFE Channel. You can watch the game the following ways…
On their Facebook page
On NCWLIFE.com
Charter Channel 19
Local Tel Channel 12
The AppleSox will also provide a live video broadcast of tonight’s game with a synced-up radio feed. It can be seen on playsight.com. Joel Norman and Reily Chestnut will provide play-by-play coverage.
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 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.
