AppleSox Go For Series Win On Thirsty Thursday
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The Wenatchee AppleSox look to make it back-to-back wins over the Port Angeles Lefties as they face them again at 6:35 p.m. at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.
The AppleSox picked up their third walkoff victory of the season last night with a 3-2 triumph. A bases-loaded error brought home the winning run as Wenatchee bounced back from a 3-1 loss in the series opener on Tuesday.
Runs have been at a premium early in this head-to-head matchup with the two teams combining to score nine runs in the first two games of the series and they AppleSox have only scored four runs. To put it into context, the AppleSox have scored less than five runs 11 times this season. Two-of-the-11 times that they have failed to reach five runs have come in the last two days. For Port Angeles, last night was the 12th time that it was held to less than five runs.
Tonight is the AppleSox’ third rubber-match game of the season. Wenatchee previously lost a series decider to Springfield, 5-2, on June 8 before topping the Kelowna Falcons, 8-0, on June 18. The AppleSox are going for their six series victory of the season tonight in final game of their seventh series played.
The AppleSox sit one game back of the first-place Bellingham Bells in the North Division. The Bells’ six-game winning streak came to an end last night against Edmonton as they lost for the first time since June 20. The first half comes to an end in one week on July 6 and the AppleSox have eight more games before then to try and leapfrog the Bells to win the first half playoff spot.
Wenatchee sends Toby Haarer to the bump for the series-decider. He is 2-1 with a 3.30 ERA, 15 strikeouts, eight walks and 14 hits allowed over 16.1 innings in four games (three starts). He picked up the victory in Game 2 of the doubleheader against Kamloops last Thursday by only surrendering two runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five in four innings to help the AppleSox sweep the doubleheader and the three-game series against the NorthPaws.
Haarer will go up against Jack O’Brien, who is 2-0 with a 4.22 ERA, 18 strikeouts, 13 walks and 25 hits allowed over 27.2 innings in six games (five starts). O’Brien allowed three runs over five innings last Friday against Kelowna and suffered a no decision. He struck out four Falcons, walked four and allowed five hits. He has tossed at least three innings in ever game and has twice fired five-or-more innings.
Tonight’s game is a Thirsty Thursday at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium. General admission tickets are just $3 and there will be discounts on adult beverages all game long. Purchase tickets at the gate or online now at applesox.com/2023-schedule.
Fans can tune in to the action tonight and all season long on KCSY Sunny FM. Pregame coverage presented by Kenady Real Estate Group begins at 6:10 p.m. 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.
