Wenatchee Will Try to Take One Tonight in Bend
/
The Wenatchee AppleSox are back tonight at Vince Genna Stadium looking to avoid their second road sweep of the summer as they battle the Bend Elks at 6:35.
Wenatchee lost the series last night after Bend put up a series-rivalry record 21 runs to take win. The Sox got early offense to take the 1-0 lead on Zach Toglia's single. But to set the tone, Bend scored five runs in the first to take the lead and never look back. Bend scored multiple runs in third (three), fifth (four) and seventh (nine). A.J. Guerrero went deep in the top of the fourth while Aidan Selfridge delivered a two-run double in the top of the sixth. Guerrero's homer tied Tino Bethancourt for longest home run by a 'Sox hitter in WCL play this summer after it traveled 417-feet.
Entering tonight, Wenatchee is 3.5 games behind Bellingham for second place in north division for the second half. With Wenatchee currently third in overall record (14-24) for northern units, the ‘Sox still have time to catch up to Bellingham for the second half wild card spot. But it must start tonight as they look to avoid their first road sweep in Bend since late July of 2013.
Wenatchee's offense is still second in the west coast league with 190 walks. On the other side of the coin, Bend's performance last night has kept them in second place with a .268 batting average and first among WCL teams with a .384 on-base clip. The 'Sox pitching staff has dealt with control issues as they have hit eleven Elks in the first two games of this series to move into a tie for second with 40 hit batters this season.
Wenatchee has not announced a starter for the last game in Bend this summer.
The starter tonight for the Elks is rising Grand Canyon University junior Jack Slominski. Slominski is 0-3 with an 8.16 earned run average over five appearances and three starts this summer. This will be his start against Wenatchee, but not his first outing. In the AppleSox last win over Bend on June 18th, Slominski earned the loss out of the bullpen after walking Jackson Van De Brake to give away the winning run in a 5-4 contest.
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. Reily Chestnut will provide the play-by-play coverage.
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.
