AppleSox Go For Series Victory At Lefties

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The Wenatchee AppleSox take on the Port Angeles Lefties tonight at 6:35 in the second game of a three-game set at Civic Field.

The AppleSox are fresh off picking up their fourth shutout of the summer last night thanks to eight scoreless innings from Garrett Gores. The incoming junior at Gonzaga punched out 11 and recorded an immaculate inning in the fifth. Wenatchee capitalized in five Port Angeles errors, three of which came in the first inning. The Lefties are third in the West Coast League with 46 errors.

Gores and the AppleSox are looking to move a step closer to earning the first North Division’s first half title. Wenatchee sits a game ahead of Bellingham with two games remaining in the first half for both teams. A Wenatchee victory tonight all but certainly clinches the first half title. A Bellingham win this evening would keep the two teams in the same spots as they are entering tonight and even if the AppleSox lost tomorrow and the Bells won, the AppleSox would likely still hold the tiebreaker. It would come down to each teams’ run differential and the AppleSox currently sit at +64 while the Bells are +31.

Pitching continues to be an impressive strength for the AppleSox this summer as Gores recorded the team’s best starts of the year. His 11 strikeouts were the first time an AppleSox pitcher recorded double-digit punchouts since Felix Schlede struck out 10 in four innings on June 12, 2022. His eight-inning outing was the longest since Ryan Mullan tossed eight innings at Edmonton on June 24 last season. Wenatchee has the second-best ERA in the WCL at 2.97 just behind Bellingham’s 2.68 mark.

The AppleSox go for their seventh consecutive series victory and eighth overall tonight as they send Quincy Vassar to the mound. The left-hander from Brewster has not pitched since dominating the Kamloops NorthPaws on June 21 to earn his first win of the summer. Vassar allowed a hit to the first batter of the game but none after that over his six innings on the mound. The lefty at Vanguard struck out five and recorded his third different start of the summer with at least five innings thrown.

He is opposed by Colby Scheuber, who suffered a tough-luck loss last Thursday against the AppleSox. The right-hander at Grays Harbor College only surrendered one run over six innings but the Lefties fell to the AppleSox, 1-0. Scheuber is 0-2 with a 2.76 ERA, 11 strikeouts, five hits and 13 hits in three appearances, two starts.

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.