AppleSox Travel To Canada For First Time In 2024
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First Pitch: 6:35 p.m.
Park: Royal Athletic Park
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GAME NOTES
Wenatchee Probable Pitcher: Evan Canfield makes his first start of the summer and second appearance tonight… He fired two scoreless innings against Port Angeles last Sunday, striking out five... Canfield has not started a game for the AppleSox since Aug. 5, 2022, when he fired five scoreless innings and struck out five Walla Walla Sweets to help the AppleSox clinch a playoff berth... Canfield’s 71 innings are tied for 12th-most in team history and his 75 strikeouts are 15th...
Victoria Probable Pitcher: Elijah Higginbottom from Tacoma Community College makes his first start of the summer... He had a 1.10 ERA with 67 strikeouts, 13 walks and 38 hits over 65.2 innings in 13 games (nine starts) as a freshman... Higginbottom fired two complete games and recorded three saves this spring... He is headed to Grand Canyon this fall...
Last Night: The AppleSox won their second straight series of the 2024 season and five-of-six games in the season series with the Lefties... The AppleSox drew 13 walks and were hit by five pitches while matching a season-low with nine hits...
Walks: The AppleSox’ 13 walks drawn last night were four away from matching their franchise record of 17 on July 29, 2014 in a 13-4 win vs. Victoria... Wenatchee’s 37 walks are tied with Corvallis for the most in the WCL through six games...
Playoff Rematch: The AppleSox and the HarbourCats match up for the first time in 2024 tonight after facing each other eight times last summer... Wenatchee swept the first series at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium June 9-11 before Victoria swept the three games at Royal Athletic Park July 14-16... The HarbourCats swept the North Division Series with a 6-2 win on Aug. 8 and a 4-2 win the next night...
The HarbourCats: Won road series at Kamloops and Kelowna to open the season... Lost the first game of both series before taking the next two... Set a WCL record with a 25-2 mark at home last summer, with their only losses coming June 18 vs. Yakima Valley and July 30 vs. Kelowna... Lost to Corvallis in the WCL Championship Game to finish as runners up for a third time...
RISP: The AppleSox struggled when batting with men in scoring position in the series against Port Angeles... They stranded 20 men on the basepaths last night and went 2-for-19 with runners in scoring position... After going 2-for-14 at the plate with runners in scoring position on Tuesday, the AppleSox went 4-for-9 in RISP opportunities Wednesday night... Antonio Gianni’s seven free passes lead the team...
Hartman Hit Streak: Reigning WCL Player Of The Week Max Hartman extended his hitting streak to six games with a third-inning single last night... He did not recorded a multi-hit game for the first time this summer but his five straight multi-hit games to open up the summer were the most by an AppleSox player in the last 14 seasons...
