AppleSox, HarbourCats Clash Tonight In Victoria

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The Wenatchee AppleSox face the Victoria HarbourCats in the weekend opener tonight at 6:35 at Royal Athletic Park.

It’s a matchup of perhaps the two best teams in the West Coast League. Wenatchee holds the best winning percentage (.758) and is 25-8 while Victoria (25-11) has played three more games and sits a game-and-a-half behind the AppleSox for the top overall record in the North.

Both teams are also matching up at a time where they both might be playing their best baseball of the summer. The AppleSox have won six consecutive games while the HarbourCats have taken four-of-their-last-five. Wenatchee is 14-4 on the road while Victoria is 17-1 at home.

The AppleSox finished off their fifth sweep of the summer last night with an 18-1 victory over Nanaimo. They scored 35 runs over the three games and have now won five-of-six road series this summer. Wenatchee hit a franchise record four home runs in a league game as Nick Putnam, Frankie Carney, Josh Williams and Izzy Lopez all went deep.

The HarbourCats also finished off a three-game sweep, defeating the Port Angeles Lefties, 13-4. Tyler Davis led the way to secure their seventh sweep of the summer, driving in five runs on a three-run homer in the first and a 2-RBI single in an eight-run bottom of the fifth. Victoria has won nine consecutive home games with their last and only loss at Royal Athletic Park coming on June 18 vs. Yakima Valley.

Ryan Martinez tosses for the AppleSox in his sixth start of the summer. He is looking to bounce back after being pulled in the third inning against Port Angeles on July 6 to suffer his first loss of the summer. Martinez allowed three runs on five hits, one walk and two strikeouts in two innings. He is 2-1 with a 3.37 ERA, 17 strikeouts, four walks and 28 hits over 26.2 innings.

Jack Seward gets the ball for Victoria in the series opener. He is 1-0 with a 1.58 ERA, 23 strikeouts, 10 walks and 18 hits over 22.2 innings in six games (all starts). Seward has tossed five innings in each of his last two starts and has not allowed any earned runs while striking out 13.

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 FM in 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.