AppleSox Wrap Up Homestand Against NW Star Academy

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The Wenatchee AppleSox wrap up their first homestand of the summer tonight as they face the Northwest Star Academy Nighthawks at 6:35 p.m. at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.

This is Wenatchee’s first-of-four non-league games this summer, all of which will be at home. The AppleSox went 7-2 in non-league games last season, including winning each of their final seven. Wenatchee is 9-4 against the Northwest Star Academy but split last season’s four-game series. The Nighthawks spoiled the AppleSox’ first two games of the 2022 season by defeating Wenatchee 8-3 and 7-6 June 1 -2, 2021. The AppleSox bounced back by taking the final two games against the Northwest Star Academy on July 30-31 by scores of 15-4 and 5-3.

Luc Stuka mashed non-league pitching last summer. Including his cycle against the Highline Bears (now Dub Sea Fish Sticks) Stuka hit .409 in six non-league games. He was 2-for-10 in three games against the Nighthawks.

The AppleSox enter tonight’s non-league game rolling with wins in five-of-their-last-six, all at home. Wenatchee took two-of-three from the Port Angeles Lefties to begin the homestand and then swept the Springfield Drifters this past weekend.

The AppleSox are raking at the plate to begin the season. Their .312 batting average (tied first), 99 hits (second), 74 runs scored (third) and 134 total bases (fourth) all rank among the top five in the West Coast League. Joichiro Oyama’s .463 batting average leads all WCL players with at least nine games played.

The AppleSox send Chelan native Connor Wilson to the mound for his first start of the summer and his second appearance. Wilson’s AppleSox debut came in relief against the Bend Elks on June 4, when he allowed two runs in a third of an inning. Wilson picked up the victory against the AppleSox last season in relief on June 2 when he struck out two in 2.1 scoreless innings.

Prior to this evening’s game the AppleSox will honor the Chelan High School varsity baseball team on the field. All members of the varsity team receive free admission if they wear their Chelan jersey to the game.

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.