AppleSox Wrap Up Road Trip To Springfield Looking For Third Win On It
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The Wenatchee AppleSox go for their third series sweep of the summer as they face the Springfield Drifters at 6:35 p.m. at the Hamlin Sports Complex. The AppleSox took the series with an 11-3 win last night thanks to a five-run first inning and a six-run fourth inning. Reeve Boyd led the AppleSox with 3 RBI, his first three runs driven in of the summer.
The AppleSox won their fifth consecutive game last night for their longest winning streak since winning nine straight games in 2019. Wenatchee never won more than three straight games last season. The franchise record for a winning streak is 14, set in 2011. The AppleSox are outscoring opponents 40-20 during this streak and have allowed three runs or less in runs or less in each of the last three games.
Easton Amundson stretched his hitting streak to eight games with a 2-RBI double in the fourth last night. The 2023 NWAC West Region MVP leads the AppleSox in at-bats, hits and home runs, while tying for the team lead in walks and RBI. He is batting .371 (13-for-35) over this hit streak, which is the second-longest active hitting streak in the West Coast League after Nanaimo's Ethan Rivera (nine games) and Walla Walla's Logan Meyer (10 games).
Despite sitting in the middle of the pack with a .240 team batting average, good for eighth out of 16 WCL teams, Wenatchee does boast the fifth-best team OPS at .708. the AppleSox drew as many walks as they collected hits last night (eight) and are second in the WCL in overall walks drawn (68). Wenatchee was also hit by two pitches last night and is tied for the fourth-most hit by pitches in the WCL (17).
Toby Haarer gets the ball for his third apperance and second start tonight. He struck out eight Drifters in six innings last Thursday but did allow four runs (one earned) to score in the second inning. Haarer recovered from that tough inning to fire four scoreless the rest of the way, including facing the minimum from the third through the sixth innings. He retired the final eight hitters that he faced in order. Haarer's first outing of the summer was a three-inning relief effort against Bend on June 3 in which he did not allow any runs and struck out two.
It's the same pitching matchup as last Thursday as Rylan Haider goes for the Drifters. He stymied the AppleSox to the tune of two runs (one earned) on four hits, no walks and seven strikeouts over five innings to earn the win last week. Haider is an incoming sophomore at Washington State and previously allowed two unearned runs on two hits, one walk and four strikeouts in 3.2 innings on June 2 vs. Port Angeles.
Tonight’s game wraps up a quick road trip for the AppleSox. They return to Wenatchee on Friday night to face the Kelowna Falcons at 6:35 p.m. in the first game of a four-game homestand that includes a Father’s Day matinee against the Falcons at 1:05 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets for all four games on this upcoming homestand can be purchased at applesox.com/2023-schedule.
Fans can tune in to the action tonight and all season long on KCSY Sunny FM. Pregame coverage begins at 6:10 p.m. with the AppleSox Pregame Show presented by Kenady Real Estate Group You can listen online worldwide at kcsyfm.com, the TuneIn radio app or on one of the following translators.
93.9 FM in Wenatchee
95.3 FM in the Lake Chelan Valley
97.7 FMin Omak, Riverside, Tonasket and Oroville
98.1 FM in East Wenatchee, Rock Island and Quincy
101.3 FM in Brewster and Pateros
106.3 FM in the Methow Valley
All West Coast League games can also be watched on wcleague.watch.pixellot.tv.
