AppleSox Go For Sweep At Kelowna
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First Pitch: 6:35 p.m.
Park: Elks Stadium
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Wenatchee Probable Pitcher: Caleb Costa makes his fourth start of 2024 and his seventh appearance… He is coming off tossing a season-high five innings vs. Kamloops last Thursday... Costa only allowed two runs on three hits, two walks and three strikeouts but picked up a no-decision in Wenatchee’s eventual 5-4 win... The right-hander at Anderson is 1-0 with a 7.64 ERA, nine strikeouts, 12 walks and 19 hits over 17.2 innings...
Kelowna Probable Pitcher: The Falcons look to salvage the series with Carter Boone toeing the rubber for the series finale... The incoming freshman at Yavapai is making his second start of the summer and first appearance against Wenatchee... Boone is 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA, eight strikeouts, seven walks and five hits over eight innings in three games... He surrendered three runs over two innings vs. Portland July 20 in his most recent appearance...
Last Game: The AppleSox swept a doubleheader against the Falcons with 7-1 and 8-4 wins yesterday… Wenatchee scored at least three runs in an inning three different times over the 14 innings... The AppleSox improved to 4-0 in doubleheaders in three seasons under head coach Mitch Darlington...
Peery Produces: Cannon Peery recorded seven hits over the two games yesterday to boost his batting average to .369, second-best in the West Coast League… He is batting .383 with a .472 on-base percentage this month... The incoming sophomore at Grand Canyon has recorded 14 multi-hit games and yesterday marked two of his four three-or-more-hits efforts... He is one-of-two players in the WCL to steal at least 10 bases without being caught (Cort MacDonald, 13 SB, Walla Walla)...
The Falcons: Have lost 10 straight games… Were swept by Port Angeles this past weekend and Bellingham before that… Last won July 19 vs. Portland… Lost all three games at Wenatchee June 24-26, being swept at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium for the first time since July 7-9, 2017 and overall vs. the AppleSox since July 16-18, 2019… Play their final home game this Saturday… Are 8-17 at home…
30 Wins: For the second straight season and for the sixth time in franchise history the AppleSox have earned at least 30 wins in a season... It’s the first time that Wenatchee has hit 30 victories in back-to-back summers since 2011-12... The AppleSox will need to finish 6-1 over their final seven games to match last summer’s 37-17 record for the second-most wins in a single season in team history...
First Half Champs: For the first time since the two-half playoff berths began being awarded in 2016 the AppleSox have won the North Division first half title and have locked up home-field advantage as the top seed in the first round of the playoffs… This is the 16th playoff berth in franchise history and the fourth in the last five seasons… Wenatchee had to wait for the result of Edmonton's game on Monday before officially claiming the title… The AppleSox and the Riverhawks both finished with 18-9 records in the first half but Wenatchee (+37) held a better run differential than the Riverhawks (+35)…
Stretch Run: Only seven games remain in the regular season and the AppleSox are still pushing to lock up home-field advantage for the North Division Championship Game and the West Coast League Championship Game, if they can reach them... Wenatchee’s 31-16 mark is currently tops in the entire North Division and would earn them home-field advantage for the North Division Championship Game if the season ended today and they reached it... The AppleSox have the third-best record in the WCL behind Corvallis (35-12) and Portland (33-13)...
