AppleSox Play First-Ever Game vs. Drifters Tonight

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The Wenatchee AppleSox’ first home weekend series of the 2022 season begins tonight at 6:35 p.m. against the Springfield Drifters at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium. This is the first time that the AppleSox will ever face the Drifters. Springfield was announced an expansion team last summer and is in its inaugural season.

The AppleSox took two-of-three games against the Port Angeles Lefties earlier this week to open up a seven-game homestand. Wenatchee won 16-2 in the home opener on Monday night before picking up a 5-0 shutout win on Tuesday. Brandham Ponce hit a grand slam in an eight-run second inning Monday while Quincy Vassar and Conner Ashworth combined to blank the Lefties with 16 strikeouts on Tuesday. Wenatchee did not hit a grand slam last summer until August and finished one strikeout away from matching their team single-game high.

The Drifters come to Wenatchee after picking up consecutive walkoff victories against the Bend Elks the last two nights. First it was a 4-3 triumph in 13 innings on Wednesday night for their first walkoff win in franchise history when Ryne Hays delivered a two-out game-winning single. Last night the Drifters again won with two outs, this time via a 10th-inning double by Nate Stevens in the bottom of the 10th.

Over the course of their three-game series with Bend from Tuesday through Thursday the Drifters used 14 different pitchers to take two-of-three from the Elks. The AppleSox used eight pitchers in their series victory over the Lefties and had Thursday off.

The AppleSox will send Ryan Mullan, an incoming freshman at Loyola Marymount University, to the mound to make his debut tonight. He graduated from Damien High School in California this past spring and his older brother, Bradley, is at Gonzaga and pitched for the Corvallis Knights last summer.

Springfield counters with Dylan O'Connor, who is making his second start of the summer. He allowed five runs (two earned) on nine hits, three walks and three strikeouts over 4.1 innings and earned a no decision on June 3 against Cowlitz.

It’s Wenatchee and Eastmont Youth Baseball Weekend at the ballpark as all members of Wenatchee or Eastmont Youth Baseball receive free admission Friday through Sunday if they wear their jersey to the game. Tonight’s game is also Diamonds at the Diamond Night at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium. One lucky fan will win a diamond necklace and another will win a watch thanks to Harry Ritchie’s Jewelers in East Wenatchee.

Tonight’s game can be listened to live on kcsyfm.com on your computer or smart phone. If you live in Washington you can listen on your radio on any of the following stations…

  • 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

Coverage of tonight’s game begins at 6:10 p.m. with the Horan Estates Winery Pregame Show. Stick around after the game to hear the postgame show with player and coach interviews.

Live stats can be found on pointstreak.