AppleSox Look To Salvage Series vs Elks

/

The Wenatchee AppleSox conclude their first series of the 2022 season tonight at 5:05 p.m. against the Bend Elks at Vince Genna Stadium. Wenatchee is looking for its first win of the season after dropping the first two games of the season series against the Elks. The AppleSox dropped Friday's game, 15-14, though they led 13-11 when it was suspended with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning. The game was resumed on Saturday afternoon and the AppleSox scored once in the ninth but surrendered four runs in the bottom half to get walked off. The Elks used a six-run bottom of the second and struck in six-of-their-eight innings at the plate to take the series from the AppleSox.

Wenatchee's offense has not been an issue early on this season. The AppleSox have scored 23 runs through the first two games, a total that is fourth out of 16 teams in the WCL. Two-of-the-three higher teams have played five games already. Michael Davinni leads Wenatchee with a .555 batting average through his first two games. He collected two hits and drew two walks on Friday before adding a 3-for-6 day on Saturday.

Despite the AppleSox' impressive offensive numbers the Elks now carry an seven-game win streak against the AppleSox into Sunday's game. Wenatchee dropped the final six meetings against the Elks in 2021 in addition to starting 2022 0-2. This is the longest losing streak for the AppleSox against the Elks in the 22-year matchup history.

The AppleSox will send Jack Moffit, a redshirt sophomore at Gonzaga, to the mound for the series finale. Moffitt did not pitch this past spring for the Zags. He has been with Gonzaga for three years but his only appearance was a third of an inning last year. He pitched for the Wheat City Whisky Jacks in the Expedition League last summer and recorded a 4.75 ERA in 13 games, 11 starts. Moffitt. recorded a 2.08 ERA in 39 innings over his final eight games in 2021 and struck out 34 of his 48 hitters in that time.

Bend has not announced a probable pitcher.

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 4:40 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.