Fourth of July Weekend Kicks Off Tonight Against Highline

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The Wenatchee AppleSox open up the holiday weekend tonight against the Highline Bears at 7:35 p.m. at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.

The AppleSox look to pick up their first non-league victory of the season after falling on June 1-2 in a pair of games against the Northwest Star Academy. The AppleSox only had 19 players in those two games but now boast a full roster of 35 players.

The AppleSox will play their fourth-ever game against the HIghline Bears tonight. Wenatchee is 3-1 in previous meetings, with the only loss coming on July 18, 2017; the first ever meeting between the two teams.

There is an interesting history of former Bears coming to play for the AppleSox. In 2017, Johnny Sage and Nolan McCafferty suited up for Highline in their 8-5 win over the AppleSox before both went on to play for the AppleSox in 2018 with Sage also playing for the Sox in 2019 and winning their second annual Tommy Watanabe Award. Cole Connolly tossed a scoreless inning of relief in that game and would go on to pitch two games for the AppleSox in 2019.

The connection doesn’t end there. In 2018, Cody Simmons suited up for the Bears against the AppleSox in between years that he played for the Sox. The Wenatchee native played in 15 games for his hometown team in 2017 and then in nine for the AppleSox in 2019, including catching all three postseason games against Victoria. Simmons also played for Highline in 2019 but did not suit up in either game against the AppleSox.

Fans can purchase tickets for tonight’s game and all remaining AppleSox home games 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.