AppleSox Embark On Final Road Trip Of 2022 Regular Season
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The Wenatchee AppleSox travel to face the Yakima Valley Pippins tonight at 6:35 in the first game of a three-game set.
The AppleSox are tied for first in the North Division in the second half with the Edmonton Riverhawks. Both have identical 12-9 records but the AppleSox would win the tiebreaker because they won two-of-three games against the Riverhawks in the season series. Edmonton has the third-best record overall in the North Division and would thus claim the first wild card spot, if the season ended today, so they would still face the AppleSox in a best-of-three North Division Series Semifinals.
Wenatchee returned home last night for a non-league game against the Cascade Collegiate League Showcase team and defeated them, 6-1, to finish the season 3-1 in non-league play. The AppleSox took two-of-three on the road against the Kamloops NorthPaws this past Friday-through-Sunday.
The AppleSox have added a plethora of new players recently and many of them made a difference in last night’s win. Six-of-the-nine hitters in the stating lineup were players with less than five games played for the AppleSox and four of them recorded hits in the victory.
The Pippins are led by former AppleSox head coach Kyle Krustangel, who managed the AppleSox from 2017-19. Yakima Valley started the summer slow, going 9-18 for the worst record in the eight-team South Division, but they have turned the page in the second half. The Pippins have won six consecutive series and are 15-6 in the second half, which is the third-best record in the South. They sit on the outside looking in at the playoff picture because they also have the fifth-best overall record in the South.
Riley Sinclair starts for the AppleSox in his sixth start of the summer. The right-hander from Seattle U is 1-0 with a 5.06 ERA in six games this summer. Sinclair has tossed 21.1 innings, struck out 19, walked 13 and allowed 23 hits. His last start was on July 22 at Walla Walla when he struck out a season-high six hitters over a season-best six innings.
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.
