AppleSox, Pippins Clash In Rubber Match

First Pitch: 7:05 p.m.
Park: Yakima County Stadium
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GAME NOTES

Wenatchee Probable Pitcher: Braiden Boyd makes his first start in WCL action in his AppleSox career… The southpaw is 0-1 with a 5.58 ERA, five strikeouts, seven walks and 12 hits over 9.2 innings in four games… The last time that Boyd started was Aug. 1, 2022, when he surrendered one run on two hits and struck out three in two innings against the Cascade Collegiate League Showcase team at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium...

Yakima Valley Probable Pitcher: Max Goldberg makes his third start and fifth appearance tonight for the Pippins... He is 1-0 with a 5.40 ERA, 10 strikeouts, three walks and 16 hits over 11.2 innings... He earned the win five days ago against Walla Walla with two runs on six hits and two strikeouts over five innings...

Last Night: The AppleSox scored three runs in two different innings to force a rubber match tonight... Wenatchee opened the scoring with a three-run top of the fifth and then added three runs of insurance in the seventh...

Around The Division: Wenatchee remained two games ahead of Bellingam for first place after the Bells defeated the Kamloops NorthPaws, 3-2... Edmonton again loss to the Kelowna Falcons, 12-3, to fall to three games out of first place... Victoria took its series against Nanaimo with a 4-2 win and is four games back...

Bosco Hit Streak: Luca Boscarino extended his hitting streak to six games with a 2-for-3, RBI effort last night... He is batting .391 (9-for-23) over it with 5 RBI thanks to an RBI single in the fifth... He also drew a walk and was hit by a pitch... Last night was Boscarino’s third consecutive multi-hit game and sixth of the summer...

Road-Heavy Start: Tonight’s game is the AppleSox’ 12th road game of the year... They have only played six home games in WCL play but hold the second-best record in the entire league... Wenatchee’s 8-3 road record is second-best in the WCL... The AppleSox, Corvallis Knights and Victoria HarbourCats are the only teams to have played 11-or-more road games so far...

Locking It Down Late: Yesterday’s win was the AppleSox’ eight in as many instances when leading after five innings... Wenatchee is also also unbeaten at 10-0 when leading from the sixth inning on...

Pitcher Of The Week: Evan Canfield is the latest recipient of the West Coast League’s Pitcher Of The Week honor after tossing eight dominant innings on June 14 at Kamloops... He struck out eight, one off matching his season-high, while also recording the longest outing of his career... Canfield finished at 90 pitches and threw 10-or-fewer pitches in five different innings thanks in part to two different double plays... The Bothell native leads the league with 22 strikeouts and is one-of-seven pitchers in the WCL to appear in at least three games and have an ERA under 1.00... He is scheduled to make his third start on Friday against Walla Walla at home...