AppleSox Wrap Up First Half This Weekend

First Pitch: 6:35 p.m.
Park: Joe Martin Field
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GAME NOTES

Wenatchee Probable Pitcher: Evan Canfield looks to continue his impressive start to the summer with his fourth start tonight... He has a 0.90 ERA, good for third-best in the WCL among qualified pitchers and his 26 strikeouts are tied for fifth-most... The incoming junior at Lewis-Clark State has fired at least five inning in all three starts and has logged 20 innings over four appearances... His 95 strikeouts over the last three summers are third-most in AppleSox history...

Bellingham Probable Pitcher: Tyler Van Dyke makes his third appearance and second start tonight... He has not allowed any runs in two appearances, including firing four scoreless innings at Victoria last Friday... The incoming senior at Stetson will be the first right-handed starting pitcher that the AppleSox have faced since Sunday and only the third in the last 10 games...

Last Game: Max Hartman drove in four runs and the AppleSox swept the Kelowna Falcons on Wednesday night at home... Wenatchee had its first off day yesterday since June 10 after completing a stretch of 16 straight games... At the end of this weekend the AppleSox will have played 29 games over the first 31 days of the season...

Clinching Scenarios: Wenatchee and Bellingham wrap up the first half of the season on Sunday and Edmonton wraps up the first half on Monday at Port Angeles... The AppleSox enter the weekend two games ahead of the Bells and the Riverhawks for first place... Wenatchee can clinch the North Division first half playoff berth and home-field advantage in the North Division Series with A) Two victories, B) One victory and one Edmonton loss, C) One victory and three Edmonton wins and a better run differential than the Riverhawks...

The Bells: Defeated Edmonton, 6-1, last night to take two-of-three games in that road series... Must sweep Wenatchee this weekend to win the North Division first half title... Are 9-3 since last facing the AppleSox June 11-13 in Wenatchee... Have the third-best ERA in the WCL and have finished in the top four in the WCL in ERA in each of the previous 14 seasons...

Last Time vs. Bellingham: The AppleSox took two-of-three games against the Bells June 11-13 at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium... Bellingham won the first night, 6-1, before a 2-0 AppleSox’ shutout victory the next night and then a 8-7 10-inning Wenatchee win to wrap up the series...

Dominance Against The North: Wednesday’s win was the AppleSox’ eighth consecutive against a North Division opponent... Wenatchee is 15-3 against the North Division and is in the middle of a stretch of 15 consecutive games against teams in their division...

First Inning Fireworks: The AppleSox scored in the first inning for the fifth time in the last six games Wednesday night... Wenatchee is outscoring opponents 15-4 in the opening frame in that span... This comes after being outscored 11-0 in the open in frame in last week’s three-game road trip to Yakima Valley...