AppleSox Go For Series Win At Nanaimo

First Pitch: 6:35 p.m.
Park: Serauxmen Stadium
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GAME NOTES

Wenatchee Probable Pitcher: Quincy Vassar looks to make AppleSox history tonight as he is six strikeouts away from become their all-time leader... He has 105 strikeouts over three seasons with the AppleSox and is looking to pass Hunter Boyd, who pitched for Wenatchee 2017-18 and punched out 110 hitters... Vassar has recorded at least six strikeouts in seven games in his career but has yet to this season... The southpaw at Vanguard is 1-3 with a 2.96 ERA, 18 strikeouts, eight walks and 26 hits over 27.1 innings in five games (all starts)...

Nanaimo Probable Pitcher: Joshua Torres starts for a third time tonight and carries a 2.00 ERA with six strikeouts, two hits and nine walks over nine innings... He allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits, one walk and five strikeouts in four innings June 30 at Victoria... Torres surrendered two unearned runs over five innings in his first start on June 22 at Portland...

Last Night: The AppleSox scored twice in the top of the ninth to come back and defeat the NightOwls, 5-4... Cannon Peery doubled twice, scored twice and drove in two runs to lead Wenatchee at the plate...

Congrats, Skip: With last night‘s victory head Mitch Darlington moved into second place in AppleSox head coach history with 85 victories... Darlington improved to 85-47 midway through his third season and moves past Kyle Krustangel, who went 84-78 from 2017-19... Darlington is now 409 wins away from passing Ed Knaggs for first place after Knaggs went 493-273 at the helm from 2001-14... Darlington also became the fastest head coach to earn 80 wins this summer...

Errors: After committing 14 errors in the three-game home series vs. Victoria earlier this week the AppleSox did not commit any miscues last night... Wenatchee‘s 52 errors are second-most in the league but its .957 fielding percentage is third-best...

End Of A Streak: Max Hartman‘s 10-game hitting streak came to an end with an 0-for-4 night last night, his first hitless night since June 22 vs. Walla Walla... He finished tied with Elijah Pelayo (June 20-30) for the team‘s longest hitting streak... Hartman has played in all 31 games this summer and only has five games without a hit this season... He leads the West Coast League with 30 runs while his 39 hits are tied for second-most...

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)…