AppleSox Go For Series Win on Cherry Creek Media Night
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The Wenatchee AppleSox look to build off last night's 10-run victory and take the series against the Port Angeles Lefties tonight at 6:35 at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium. The AppleSox defeated the Lefties last night, 16-6, thanks to a 12-run seventh inning. Despite trailing by three entering the inning, each of the AppleSox first seven hitters reached base before an out was recorded. Tino Bethancourt tied the game with a 2-RBI single and Jackson Van De Brake plated the final four runs of the inning with the AppleSox' first grand slam of 2021.
The AppleSox set multiple single-game offensive highs last night including in runs, stolen bases (10), walks (17) and hit by pitches (4). Van De Brake's grand slam was the 20th in team history in league play, according to former AppleSox scorekeeper Bruce Bennett.
The AppleSox have now scored at least 15 runs in a game in three of their last five home games, including non-league games. They are second in the WCL in steals (83) and walks (214) and have the sixth-best on-base percentage (.353). Port Angeles has the worst batting average (.211), on-base percentage (.313) and on-base-plus-slugging percentage (.632). The Lefties are third in the WCL with 27 home runs. IF that continues through the end of the season, it will mark the third consecutive year that Port Angeles has finished among the top three teams in the WCL in home runs in their four years of existence.
Last night's win marked just the fourth time in 23 instances where the AppleSox were out-hit by their opponent but still picked up the win. The AppleSox have out-hit or collected the same number of hits as their opponent in 17 games and are 11-6 in those games. with their 13 runs in the seventh and eighth innings last night, the AppleSox are now outscoring opponents 82-69 in the seventh-through-ninth innings.
Tonight’s starting pitcher for the AppleSox is Cole Hatton. He leads the team with 34 strikeouts and is also making his team-leading eighth start of the summer. No other AppleSox pitcher has started more than five games. Hatton is 1-2 with a 5.11 ERA and has struck out 34 in 31.2 innings.
The Lefties have not announced a probable pitcher for tonight’s game.
Tonight’s game is being sponsored by Cherry Creek Media. They are partnering with the Salvation Army and anyone who brings a non-perishable food item to their studio on 231 N. Wenatchee Avenue or to Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium will receive a free ticket to the game.
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.
