AppleSox Begin Regular Season-Ending Series Tonight

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The Wenatchee AppleSox face the Kelowna Falcons tonight in the first game of a three-game set at 6:35 at Elks Stadium.

This is Wenatchee’s final series of the regular season before opening up the 2023 West Coast League Playoffs on Tuesday night. Where Game 1 of the North Division Series will be played depends on how the AppleSox fare this weekend. If the AppleSox can hang onto the second seed, then they will have home-field advantage in the best-of-three North Division Series against the team with the best overall record in the division that did not win the first or second half. Game 1 will be played at the site of the team with the lower record before the higher seed hosts Game 2 and, if necessary, Game 3.

The AppleSox are coming off salvaging a three-game series against the Bellingham Bells with a 3-2 win. MJ Sweeney hit a go-ahead home run in the top of the fifth and Jadon Williamson did not allow a run over the final 5.2 innings. Wenatchee improved to 36-15 overall and 17-7 in the second half. Their magic number to win the second half is down to three.

This is the first time that the AppleSox have faced the Falcons since taking two-of-three games against them June 16-18. Kelowna took the first game thanks to two home runs and survived a Wenatchee ninth-inning rally. The AppleSox blew a five-run lead in the top of the eighth on June 17 by allowing six runs but scored five times in the bottom of the frame to earn the win. Wenatchee took the rubber match with an 8-0 win, their first of four shutout victories.

Trei Hough makes his second start of the summer and his fourth appearance for the AppleSox. He is 1-0 with a 3.11 ERA, eight strikeouts, three walks and 11 hits over 8.2 innings. Hough started last Friday and allowed three runs on eight hits, one walk and four strikeouts. He has started 19-of-21 games in the past two years at the University of Jamestown in the spring.

Cory Lawson makes his third start and fourth appearance overall for Kelowna. He gave up four runs on seven hits, three walks and four strikeouts over five innings. Lawson is 1-1 with a 6.30 ERA, six strikeouts, eight walks and 15 hits over five innings.

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 are video broadcast on wcleague.watch.pixellot.tv.