AppleSox Searching for Win Against the Pippins Tonight
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The Wenatchee AppleSox will try to even the series tonight at home against the Yakima Valley Pippins with a 6:35 first pitch. The Sox fell 15-5 yesterday in the second highest scoring contest between the AppleSox and Pippins ever. Last night's 20 runs was 13 less than June 12th, 2017's 33 run display powered by Wenatchee's single game record 25-run explosion.
The Pippins scored in six innings with the tone set early by their four-run first inning. Still, Wenatchee kept the fight against Kenny Johnson. Wenatchee scored four times in the bottom of the sixth. The onslaught forced Johnson's start to end as the Sox collected five hits, including four straight singles. Jackson Van De Brake joined Michael O'Hara in the three-hit club with his first this season. Tino Bethancourt also had two hits with the first RBI knock by a Sox in the second frame.
Outside of Wenatchee, northern rivals Bellingham and Walla Walla both picked up wins last night. Now, the AppleSox need to build up some victories as they sit two game behind Walla Walla for second place.
Heading into tonight's second game of the weekend, Wenatchee sits at eighth in the league with a .224 batting average after tallying 12 hits yesterday. Yakima Valley is only one step higher with their .229 mark. The Sox are still second in stolen bases around the West Coast circuit. Wenatchee has stolen 65 bags this summer.
The Pippins have stolen 42 altogether, but are tied with Cowlitz for fewest failed attempts (six). Yakima Valley and Wenatchee possess the second and third most offensive strikeouts respectively. Pitching wise Wenatchee is tied for fourth with 148 walks allowed this summer while the Pippins are tied for seventh with Bellingham.
Starting tonight for the AppleSox is starter Trey Miller. Miller will try to earn his first win of the summer against the North division leading Yakima Valley Pippins. Miller is 0-2 with 6.30 ERA. His last outing was July 16th against the CCL All-Stars. Miller lasted four innings while he gave up five runs off ten hits. But, Miller did walk just one batter and struck out six, both season-bests.
Opposing Miller is Yakima Valley’s Tyler Frieders. Frieders has allowed just two earned runs in the month of July. The Yakima Valley College Yak is sporting a 3-2 record complemented by a 2.61 earned run average, 34 strikeouts and nine walks.
Tickets can be purchased at the gate or online at applesox.com/tickets. Tonight is “Christmas in July” night at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium so be sure to bring your spirits and grab some ‘Sox ornaments for the best time of the year!
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. 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.
