AppleSox Face Drifters In First Thirsty Thursday Of 2023
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The Wenatchee AppleSox go for their second consecutive series win to open the 2023 season tonight as they host the Springfield Drifters at 6:35 Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.
Wenatchee earned its first walkoff victory of the season last night with a 4-3 triumph in 10 innings. The AppleSox erased a 3-0 deficit after three-and-a-half innings by scoring four unanswered runs, three of which came in the final four innings.
AppleSox pitching combined to strike out a season-high 16 hitters last night as Jacob Dahlstrom struck out seven in five solid innings before Evan Canfield punched out nine in five innings. Canfield joins Luke Meyers from last Friday night as the second AppleSox reliever to toss five innings after the team did so eight times last summer but never this early in the season. Canfield has now tossed five innings in relief twice in his AppleSox tenure after also having done so on July 5, 2022 at Kelowna.
The AppleSox are battling in their first rubber match of the 2023 season. Wenatchee went into the final game of a three-game set with both teams claiming a victory in the first two games eight times last summer. The AppleSox won three rubber matches with all three series-clinching victories coming in three consecutive series June 21-23 at Victoria, June 24-26 at Edmonton and June 28-30 vs. Kelowna. Wenatchee dropped each of its next five rubber matches.
The AppleSox send Toby Haarer to the mound for his first start of the summer tonight. Haarer made his debut on Saturday night at Bend and tossed three scoreless innings to earn the victory. He entered with Wenatchee up by a run after scoring with two outs in the top of the seventh and shut the door on the Elks, striking out two while only allowing one walk and one hit. Haarer only pitched in four games this past spring at Kansas, accruing five strikeouts, seven walks and one hit over 3.1 innings. He will transfer to Central Arizona this fall.
Springfield will counter with Rylan Haider. The right-hander made his summer debut on Saturday as well as he got the start and allowed two unearned runs on two hits, one walk and four strikeouts in 3.2 innings. Haider redshirted at Washington State this spring after being rated the No. 11 overall prospect in Washington by Perfect Game after graduating from Olympia High School in 2022. Haider went 1-1 with a 3.85 ERA in five relief appearances last summer while pitching for the Corvallis Knights.
This evening is the first Thirsty Thursday of the 2023 season. Fans can purchase general admission for just $3 here and can save a few dollars off select adult beverages all night long.
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
All West Coast League games can also be watched on wcleague.watch.pixellot.tv.
