AppleSox Continue Road Trip, Face NightOwls

UPDATE: Tonight’s game has been rained out and will be made up on Sunday as the two teams will play a pair of seven-inning games beginning at noon.

The Wenatchee AppleSox play the fifth game of their six-game road trip tonight at 6:35 p.m. against the Nanaimo NightOwls at Serauxmen Stadium.

Wenatchee opened up the weekend with a 12-1 victory last night to improve to 2-2 on the road trip. It marked the AppleSox’ fifth win by a margin of 10-or-more runs this summer and the seventh time that Wenatchee scored double-digit runs.

Four different AppleSox hitters recorded multi-hit games and two different batters scored three times. Wenatchee bounced back after scoring five runs in the previous three games combined to win a series opener for the seventh time in 11 opportunities this summer.

Quincy Vassar tossed seven shutout innings to deliver the AppleSox 10th five-or-more innings start and his fourth of the summer. He was aided by the offensive outburst that included a five-run seventh inning and a three-run ninth.

Now the AppleSox look to win their second-game of the series and pick up their sixth series victory in their 11th series of the summer. Wenatchee has dropped the last two series in part to not winning the second-game of a three-game set. After winning seven-of-11 games in the first-game of a series the AppleSox are 3-7 in the second game against an opponent.

Reese Ligtenberg starts for the AppleSox today for the first time since June 8. He allowed two runs in two innings that day but bounced back to not allow any runs in his next three games spanning 10.2 innings. Ligtenberg had a tough outing in his most recent game, a week ago today. The right-hander from North Dakota State faced four hitters and allowed all four to reach base and score before exiting. He still enters tonight with a 3.65 ERA through five games.

Jayden Tomas is set to start for the NightOwls. He is 0-1 with a 5.26 ERA in four appearances but the bulk of the runs he allowed came in one game when he allowed seven runs on seven hits and three hits in three innings against Kelowna on June 25.

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.