The Wenatchee AppleSox face the Kamloops NorthPaws tonight at 6:35 p.m. at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium in the second-to-last game of their season-long eight-game homestand.

Wenatchee defeated Kamloops, 16-4, last night in the series opener and first-ever meeting between the two teams. The AppleSox pounced on the NorthPaws early with five runs in the second before scoring seven in the third inning and led 13-0 after four innings.

Now the AppleSox look to win their seventh series of the summer. When Wenatchee has won the first game of a three-game set they have gone on to win five series this year.

Last night was the ninth time that the AppleSox have scored 10-or-more runs in a game. They are 8-1 in those instances, including eight straight wins when reaching double-digits. The Sox are 17-6 when scoring five-or-more runs and enter tonight’s action with the third-most runs scored (256) in the WCL along with the second best batting average (.287). Wenatchee sits three runs back of being second and less than 10 points away from having the best batting average. The AppleSox are averaging 10.1 hits per game in their first 37 games this season.

Joichiro Oyama continues to climb closer to a few AppleSox records. The second baseman scored one run last night and now has scored a team and league-best 42 times this summer. He is five away from tying Mitchell Gunsolus’s 2012 AppleSox single-season record with 47 runs. Gunsolus and Kelowna’s Taylor Wright from 2017 hold a share of the WCL record.

Wenatchee sends right-hander Jack Moffitt to the mound for his team-leading seventh start of the summer. The redshirt sophomore at Gonzaga last pitched on July 6 at Kelowna and matched his season-high with 4.1 innings and set a season-high with five strikeouts. Moffitt only allowed one run on five hits and one walk but picked up a no decision. He is 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA in six appearances, all starts. Moffitt has struck out 19, walked 14 and allowed 25 hits in 20 innings.

Reed Interdonato starts for Kamloops in his fourth start and fifth appearance of the summer. The incoming sophomore at Monmouth is 0-2 with a 5.06 ERA, 11 strikeouts, eight walks and 11 hits in 10.2 innings. He allowed three unearned runs in four innings last Wednesday at Yakima Valley while walking three, allowing one hit and striking out two. He has allowed three runs in less than four innings in all three of his starts this summer.

This is the second-to-last game of this eight-game homestand and tickets are still available at saferseating.com. Wenatchee will wrap up the homestand tomorrow and then be on the road this weekend at Walla Walla before returning home next Tuesday-through-Thursday.

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 if the AppleSox win.