AppleSox Welcome Lefties to Wenatchee Tonight
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The Wenatchee AppleSox host the Port Angeles Lefties for a three-game series with the first game coming tonight at 6:35 at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.
The AppleSox just took both non-league games this past weekend against the Northwest Star Academy with a 15-4 win on Friday and a 5-3 win on Saturday. Enzo Apodaca led the way, batting 3-for-6 with two triples, three runs, two stolen bases and 3 RBI.
Apodaca is rolling at the plate, entering tonight's game on a seven-game hitting streak in WCL action. The redshirt freshman at Gonzaga has collected a hit in nine straight games, league and non-league, after collecting a trio of hits this past weekend.
Aidan Selfridge is also swinging a hot bat as of late. He has hits in each of his last five games and went 2-for-2 with a walk, 1 RBI, three runs and a triple on Friday.
The AppleSox face a Port Angeles team who they took two-of-three from on the road a month ago at Civic Field. Wenatchee lost the series-opener despite taking a 7-5 lead into the seventh-inning stretch thanks to a four-run top of the seventh. The Lefties scored one run in the bottom of that inning and then two more in the eighth to pick up the series-opening win.
Logan Mercado stifled the Lefties the next night by striking out eight and only allowing one run in five innings. Hunter Salinas followed up the next night with two runs allowed and eight strikeouts in six innings to lead Wenatchee to a series victory.
The AppleSox return to action after having each of the last two days off. It marked the first time that the AppleSox had consecutive days off since July 4-5. Wenatchee's only other multi-day break came June 14-17. In between the last two multi-day breaks, the AppleSox played 23 games over 26 days.
Cam Liss makes his fifth start in WCL play and sixth overall tonight. He is 0-2 with a 4.73 ERA in five WCL games but is 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA in a pair of non-league games. In his seven combined appearances, Liss has only pitched on the road and that will remain the case as he steps on the mound tonight at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium. His last appearance came on July 25 against Yakima Valley when he allowed three runs in four innings. It marked the fourth time in five starts that he allowed three runs or less but he walked a season-high five batters and was on the hook for the loss in the Pippins 5-1 victory.
Port Angeles has not announced a probable pitcher for tonight.
Tonight is the final $2 Off Tuesday of the 2021 season. Fans can purchase tickets for tonight’s game for as low as $5 and select food and drink items at the AppleSox' concession stand are $2 off. Tickets can be purchased at the gate or online at applesox.com/tickets.
Tonight is also Scout Night. Any kid wearing their scout uniform to the game will receive a free ticket.
If you cannot make it to tonight’s game, the AppleSox will 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.
