Wenatchee Faces Off Against Cowlitz in Final Home Weekend of 2021

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GAME NOTES

The Wenatchee AppleSox are welcoming the Cowlitz Black Bears to Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium tonight at 6:35. The Sox are coming in after completing their first 2021 sweep against the Port Angeles Lefties. In all three wins, Wenatchee entered the seventh inning trailing the Lefties. But, the AppleSox overcame their largest deficit of the season last night to take the 11-10 win after trailing at one point by an 8-1 score. The Sox homered twice for the first time all summer after Collin Villegas and A.J. Guerrero hit opposite field finishers. But they weren't the only offensive stars.

Shortstop Garrett Cutting had his second straight two-hit performance. Cutting even knocked in Jackson Van De Brake with a triple in the sixth inning and a single in the eighth. Eventually, Wenatchee took the lead on Port Angeles' fourth error of the night in the eighth. Closer Chase Grillo finished off his fourth save of the summer to give flamethrower Jared Engman the win as Wenatchee exited the series in style.

Now the AppleSox will try to win their first home weekend series since June 12th as they face off against the Black Bears. Wenatchee holds the advantage after they beat Cowlitz back in late June two out of three games in Longview. The AppleSox took the series decider over the Black Bears after Hunter Salinas tossed six shutout innings to earn league pitcher of the week the very next Monday. The offense was buoyed by Luc Stuka's second consecutive two-hit start while Adam Grob and John Newman Jr. both collected two hits as well. Chase Grillo earned his second save in that series and the Sox emerged victorious in their first road rubber match.

Wenatchee's win combined with Bellingham's loss in Portland puts the Sox just 2.5 games behind the Bells for second in the second half and 3.5 games back overall. Bellingham is off this weekend so the Sox will have ample time to climb the ladder toward a possible playoff berth.

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Tonight the Sox will roll out sophomore lefty Jack Lee. After starting off as the Saturday starter, Lee was moved to Friday and will try to set the tone for Wenatchee’s biggest home series of the summer. Lee is 0-2 with an 8.49 earned run average. But in his last start one week ago against the Northwest Star Academy Lee had his best performance yet. The future UC-Santa Barbara Gaucho struck out six Nighthawks in four gritty innings and allowed just one run off five hits.

Cowlitz has not announced their starting arm for today’s game.

If you cannot make it to tonight’s game, it can also be seen live on The NCWLIFE Channel. You can watch the game the following ways…

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. 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.