AppleSox Host Riverhawks For Hispanic Heritage Night

First Pitch: 7:05 p.m.
Park: Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium
Tickets: applesox.com/schedule
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GAME NOTES

Wenatchee Probable Pitcher: Karsten Sweum makes his second start of the summer prior to his freshman year at Gonzaga... The southpaw surrendered five runs over 2.2 innings last Tuesday against Victoria while striking out three, walking six and allowing two hits... Sweum graduated from Glacier Park High School this spring and recorded a 2.31 ERA with 65 strikeouts over 33.1 IP in seven games as a senior to earn First Team All-WESCO 4A pitcher and utility player as well as co-MVP...

Edmonton Probable Pitcher: Edmonton has not listed a probable pitcher...

Last Game: The AppleSox rallied back from a 6-0 deficit by scoring 11 runs in the top of the sixth inning to defeat the Nanaimo NightOwls, 14-8, on Sunday afternoon at Serauxmen Stadium... Wenatchee sent 16 men to the plate in the sixth and 10 consecutive reached between the first and second outs being recorded...

Scoring Last: The AppleSox have not scored first in a game over their last 11 games but are 7-4 in that span... Wenatchee is 14-8 overall when scoring last and most recently scored first with a four-run bottom of the first in an eventual 11-3 win vs. Kelowna June 24...

2024 WCL All-Stars: Evan Canfield, Jonathan Fitz, Max Hartman and Quincy Vassar have all been selected as 2024 WCL All-Stars representing the AppleSox July 17 at Joe Martin Field... The North Division First Half Champs will send the third-most players in the division to next week’s All-Star Game in Bellingham... Wenatchee’s four All-Stars are third behind Edmonton’s five and Bellingham’s six...

The Riverhawks: Dropped two-of-three games at home last weekend to Kamloops to give the NorthPaws their first road series victory of the summer and first overall series victory since June 4-6 vs. Bellingham... Are sending Tate Dearing, Vicarte Domingo, Bryce McFeely, Jakob Poturnak and Michael Soper to the All-Star Game...

Season Series Last Year: Wenatchee took five-of-six games to improve to 7-2 all-time against Edmonton... The AppleSox took two-of-three games at Re/Max Field June 30-July 2 before sweeping a three-game set July 28-30 at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadum...

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)…