AppleSox Look To Take Season-Opening Series Against Bend
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The AppleSox face the Bend Elks tonight at 6:35 p.m. at Vince Genna Stadium in the second game of their first series of the 2023 season.
Wenatchee won its Opening Night game against Bend last night with a 6-4 win thanks to a five-run third inning and five dominant innings of relief from Luke Meyers. He punched out six hitters and did not allow any runs until the second out of the ninth inning.
The AppleSox quieted the Elks’ bats from the second through eighth innings, not allowing any hits and only six hitters to reach base safely. Elks hitters went 31 consecutive plate appearances without a base hit before one-out double in the ninth.
AppleSox hitters only collected four hits but cashed in thanks to eight walks, including at least one in five-of-the first-six innings. Their third-inning outburst was eerily reminiscent of a characteristic of the 2022 AppleSox; Wenatchee scored five-or-more runs in an inning 20 times last summer.
A win tonight or tomorrow would give the AppleSox their first series victory of the season and their first at Bend since 2019. Wenatchee lost its first two road series last season, dropping three games at Bend before falling three times at Bellingham.
Wenatchee sends Ryan Martinez to the mound for his first start of the summer. The right-hander from Pacific posted an 8.46 ERA in 19 games (three starts) as a freshman. Martinez struck out 19 and allowed 36 hits along with 14 walks in 27.2 innings. His most recent outing was a scoreless inning of work against Loyola Marymount on May 19. Martinez’s longest outing of the spring was a four-inning effort against Cal on April 3.
Bend sends lefty Ryan Rembisz from Portland to the mound after tossing four different right-handed pitchers last night. He recorded a 4.82 ERA with 22 strikeouts, nine walks and 21 hits over 18.2 innings in 15 games (one start).
Fans can tune in to the action tonight and all season long on KCSY Sunny FM. Pregame coverage 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
