CHANCE FOR THIRD-STRAIGHT SERIES WIN, MONDAY

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APPLESOX (5-5) VS YAKIMA VALLEY PIPPINS (3-4)
7:05 pm
Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium
Wenatchee, Wash.
WEN: R- Griffin Davis (0-1, 6.00) vs.  YVP: L- Josh Tedeschi (1-1, 4.35)

HITS KEEP COMING
Evan Johnson and Dugan Shirer each extended their hitting streaks last night...Johnson has now hit safely in all 10 games he’s played for the AppleSox...Shirer has hit safely in all nine.

BLAZIN’
Last night’s ballgame set a new mark as the fastest game this season for the AppleSox...it was completed in a swift two hours and nine minutes...Wenatchee has had five of its first ten games played in less than two and a half hours this year.

WIN THE CLOSE ONES
Last night, the AppleSox picked up one-run game win number three on the season (3-2)...one more than all of last season, when the team went 2-9 in one-run games.

LEEDHOLM LIGHTS IT UP
Northern Colorado right-hander Connor Leedholm is off to a hot start...out of the bullpen, he is a perfect 12-of-12 in batters faced/retired and has a 1-0 record with a save...he has thrown 2 strikeouts.

MAIER THE ODDS BE IN YOUR FAVOR
Collin Maier was stellar last night for Wenatchee...he gave up just four hits over seven innings in his second live game of the 2017 calendar year (redshirt, WSU)...he threw first pitch strikes at a rate of 72.4 percent (21-for-29)...his four hits allowed helped the AppleSox limit the opposition to its lowest hit total since June 14, 2016 at home against the Walla WallaSweets.

PRODUCTION
Last night, everyone in the AppleSox order reached base at least once, or contributed a sacrifice (Joel Condreay) in the team’s victory...speaking of sacrifices, Wenatchee is tied for second for the most sacrifice flies in the league (3).

SERIES WIN THREE?
If the AppleSox pick up a third-straight series win tonight, they will have accomplished something not achieved since June 14-26 of last year, when they won series 2-to-1 over Walla Walla (home) and Bend and Gresham (road).

APPLESOX RIDE STRONG ARMS AND TIMELY HITTING TO GAME-ONE VICTORY

Collin Maier is now 2-0 on the season, after earning the winning decision, Sunday.

WENATCHEE, Wash. – The Wenatchee AppleSox (5-5) opened a three-game set against the Yakima Valley Pippins (3-4) with a 4-3 win, Sunday night at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.

For a third-straight night, an AppleSox starting pitcher made it through seven innings on the mound. Collin Maier (2-0) gave up just two hits through his first six innings of work, but found himself in a tied ballgame, 1-1.

The AppleSox broke that tie in the bottom half of the sixth inning, on a bases-loaded 2-RBI single for Dugan Shirer to center field. Following a Parker Price single, Evan Johnson added the eventual game-winning run on a sacrifice fly to center.

Shirer is now hitting .429 on the season.

The Pippins tried to fight back with two runs in the seventh inning. They drove in one on an RBI groundout, and plated another on an error.

Connor Leedholm worked in relief for a second-straight game, and retired all six batters to face him. He now is a perfect 12-for-12 in batters faced and retired so far this season. Leedholm earned his first save of the season, in relief of Maier.

Maier waited until the third inning to surrender his first hit of the night. The Pippins were held scoreless until the sixth inning, until and RBI single tied the score at 1-1.

Wenatchee scored its first run in the second inning on a sacrifice fly for Joel Condreay, following a Jalen Garcia triple. Garcia’s three-bagger was the first triple of the season for Wenatchee.

Shirer and Johnson each extended their hitting streaks on the season. Shirer has a hit in each of his first nine games this year, and Johnson now has a hit in all 10 games.

Every player in the AppleSox order either reached base or helped produce a run, Sunday.

Game two of the series is Monday night at 7:05 p.m. Griffin Davis (0-1) will pitch for Wenatchee against Josh Tedeschi (1-1) for Yakima Valley. The AppleSox will be playing for their third-straight series win.

APPLESOX STAY HOME FOR SPAGHETTI SUNDAY, WENATCHEE VALLEY COLLEGE NIGHT

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APPLESOX (4-5) VS YAKIMA VALLEY PIPPINS (3-3)
6:05 pm
Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium
Wenatchee, Wash.
WEN: R- Collin Maier (1-0, 3.17) vs.  YVP: R- Kade Woods (1-0, 3.38)

SPEED KILLS
With 7 stolen bases this year, Dugan Shirer is on pace to shatter the AppleSox single-season stolen base record of 23...Shirer will swipe 42 bags this year in league play if he keeps going at this rate...Brent Wyatt, 2006, currently holds the team record.

AFTER HIS FIRST
Collin Maier won his first start of the season at Victoria...his first live game action in 2017 , after redshirting for Washington State, following his transfer from UPS...Maier threw 89 pitches in his first outing and lasted 5 2/3 innings...he was backed by 9 AppleSox runs, including the team’s best, three-home run night.

SWING, SWING, SWING
Dugan Shirer and Evan Johnson kept their hitting streaks going last night...both have colllected a hit in each of their first games with the AppleSox...Shirer in all 8 and Johnson in all 9...Parker Price had a modest five-game hitting streak go by the wayside last night.

BACK-TO-BACK SERIES WINS
The AppleSox are 4-2 in their last six games and just claimed two-consecutive series from Victoria 2-1...the last time the AppleSox won back-to-back series was June 21-26of last season...part of a six-game road trip at Bend and Gresham.

ON THE RIGHT FOOT
Last night, the AppleSox got within a run of an early 4-0 deficit, but couldn’t erase it....Wenatchee is 0-4 when scoring second or being shut out...Wenatchee has scored in the first inning twice this year, both wins.

GET IT RIGHT AT HOME
The AppleSox are playing for their first win at home against the Pippins since July 25, 2015...a 4-2 victory....overall, Wenatchee is 3-9 at home against the Pippins all-time and 7-5 on the road at County Stadium.

APPLESOX FALL 5-3, EARN SERIES WIN OVER VICTORIA

Photo by: alyssa taylor

WENATCHEE, Wash. – The Wenatchee AppleSox (4-5) long six-game stretch against the Victoria HarbourCats (5-5) is finally over, after the HarbourCats salvaged game three of Wenatchee’s home series, Saturday night by a score of 5-3 at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.

Jake Garella drove in four of the HarbourCats’ five runs with one swing of the bat in the second inning. His first home run of the season, was a Grand Slam over the right field wall, to give Victoria an early 4-0 lead.

Wenatchee’s starter, Gerald Hein (0-1) settled in nicely after the big fly in the second. Outside of the four hits he allowed in that inning, Hein only gave up two more through seven frames.

Victoria’s starter, Ethan Fox (no-decision), was also stout. He was facing the AppleSox for a second time in the six-game stretch, after allowing four runs his first time out against the AppleSox up in Victoria on the HarbourCats’ home-opening night.

Fox only allowed one hit in the first three innings, and the AppleSox didn’t reach him until the fourth, after leadoff singles in the inning by Evan Johnson and Jalen Garcia. A passed ball set the pair of runners up to score on RBI groundouts for Joel Condreay and Cole McKenzie.

In the fifth, trailing 4-2, Wenatchee squandered the first of two big spots on the night. With the bases loaded, Wenatchee couldn’t cash in. A flyout to right field, after an intentional walk of Johnson left the score at 4-2. Luke Boyd (1-0) got the flyout and earned the win for Victoria over 2 2/3 innings.

The AppleSox had another shot in the seventh down 4-2. With the bases loaded, Condreay came to the plate to face inserted reliever AJ Block, who was the winning pitcher in the HarbourCats’ only win over the AppleSox up in Victoria. Block walked Condreay with the bags full to make it 4-3, but recovered with a strikeout to keep Victoria ahead.

Wenatchee went 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left 11 runners on base.

Steen Fredrickson pitched the last two innings, allowing a run after Bryce Bonner collected his third hit of the night for the HarbourCats, in the ninth. Bonner stole second, moved to third on a groundout, and scored on a wild pitch.

The AppleSox were put down in order in their half of the ninth by Travis Kuhn, who earned a two-inning save.

The AppleSox stay at home as part of a six-game homestand, and face the Yakima Valley Pippins (3-3) at 6:05 p.m. It is the first Spaghetti Sunday of the season. When gates open at 5 p.m., up until first pitch at 6:05 p.m., fans can purchase a heaping plate of spaghetti from the Alley Café, complete with a slice of garlic bread, for $7.50. Collin Maier (1-0) will get the start for Wenatchee.

SATURDAY SWEEP IN THE CARDS FOR THE APPLESOX

The AppleSox play for their first sweep since July, 2015, tonight at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.

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APPLESOX (4-4) VS VICTORIA HARBOURCATS (4-5)
7:05 pm
Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium
Wenatchee, Wash.
WEN: R- Gerald Hein (0-0, 2.07) vs.  VIC: R- Ethan Fox (1-1, 6.00)

ON A ROLL
The AppleSox have won three-straight games and four of their last five...last season the team’s longest winning streak was a four-game stretch at home from June 11-15...Wenatchee has a chance to tie that mark tonight...the current three-win streak is tied for the third-longest streak against the HarbourCats..the last time the AppleSox took three-straight from Victoria was July 31, 2014-June 21, 2015...twice the AppleSox have won 4-straight...the first time was to start the series July 2, 2013-July 19, 2013...the other Aug. 5, 2013- July 29, 2014...Wenatchee collected its only sweeps over Victoria in the series during those two stretches.

BROOMS AT THE READY
Tonight, Wenatchee is trying to do something it hasn’t since 2015...the last Wenatchee AppleSox sweep was July 2-4, 2015 at home against the Klamath Falls Gems...last season, the AppleSox were swept five times without dusting up one of their own.

JOHNSON & SHIRER RACK UP THE HITS
Evan Johnson and Dugan Shirer each extended their season hit streaks of eight and seven games, respectively, last night...neither member of the duo has delivered less than a hit in each of their games played for the AppleSox...Shirer is tied for second in the WCL with 11 hits, behind Victoria’s Harry Shipley, who leads the league with 12 hits...Johnson is tied for third, with 10 knocks.

HEIN ON THE HILL
Gerald Hein is back to the bump for the AppleSox tonight, after picking up a no-decision at Walla Walla in the series finale at Borleske Stadium, June 4.

WHERE THEY RANK
Check out some of these AppleSox players and where they stand in the WCL statistical rankings:
AVG: D. Shirer, 5th (.407)
H: D. Shirer, T2 (11)
     E. Johnson, T3 (10)
2B: D. Shirer, T1 (3)
HR: E. Johnson, 1st (3)
       A. Vela, 2nd (2)
RBI: E. Johnson, 1st (11)
SB: D. Shirer, 1st (6)
BB Allowed: H. Smith, T1 (0)
SO: J. Molnaa, T4 (13)

APPLESOX DEBUT 1937 WENATCHEE CHIEF THROWBACK UNIFORMS, SATURDAY

AppleSox catcher Cody Simmons in the 1937 Wenatchee Chiefs throwback uniform.

The Wenatchee AppleSox are paying tribute to the 80th anniversary of the establishment of Minor League Baseball in the Wenatchee Valley, by wearing throwback 1937 Wenatchee Chief uniforms once per three-game series at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium this year.

The first time the AppleSox will don the new, crisp, whites is Saturday night in the series finale against the Victoria HarbourCats at 7:05 p.m.

The collegiate-summer league (WCL) AppleSox have four uniforms this season, and are wearing the “Chiefs name across their chests once-per-series for the first time in franchise history.

The jerseys will be up for a silent auction on August 3, at the AppleSox regular-season finale against the Corvallis Knights. Fans will be able to bid on the game-worn jerseys, and take home a relic from the 1937 and 2017 baseball seasons in Wenatchee.

The Wenatchee Chiefs were a minor league baseball team that played in the Class B Western International League (1937-1954) and founding member of the Northwest League (1955-65).

The Chiefs utilized Recreation “Rec” Park downtown, and bleacher seat tickets cost only 5 cents for games during the teams’ early years. If you wanted to sit in the grandstand, your ticket was a hefty 40 cents!

The franchise operated for a total of 25 years (the Western International League suspended play for World War II from 1943 through 1945) and was a minor league affiliate for the New York Yankees (1938-40), the Cincinnati Redlegs (1957-58), and the Chicago Cubs (1961-65).

The 1937 replica jerseys were designed by BSN SPORTS.

APPLESOX WIN SERIES BEHIND SEVEN STRONG INNINGS FROM JARROD MOLNAA

Jarrod Molnaa turned in a sterling performance for the AppleSox third-consecutive and series-clinching win.

WENATCHEE, Wash. – The Wenatchee AppleSox (4-4) defeated the Victoria HarbourCats (4-5) for a third straight night, by a score of 7-6, behind seven strong innings from Jarrod Molnaa, Friday at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.

Molnaa (1-0) earned the second quality start of the season for the AppleSox, lasting seven innings, allowing only six hits and three runs, two of which came earned. He opened the game by retiring the first 11 HarbourCat batters to face him.

In the second inning, Reagan Teegarden got the AppleSox on the board first with a 2-RBI double that was scorched down the left field line.

The HarbourCats cut into that lead in the fourth, on a Kevin Collard RBI single, following a Teegarden error.

An RBI single for Cole McKenzie, and a fielder’s choice RBI groundout for Dugan Shirer in the fourth gave the AppleSox some short-lived breathing room, 4-1.

Again Victoria came back with a solo home run for Cole Weiss, his first of the season, smashed over the right field wall.

Victoria added one more earned run off of Molnaa in the sixth on an RBI single. Molnaa ended his outing by drawing a 5-4-3 double play in the seventh.

The AppleSox most important insurance runs came in the sixth and the seventh, on an RBI single for Thursday’s hero, Parker Price, and a run-scoring double play made it 6-3.

A balk in the seventh against HarbourCat reliever Chavez Fernander allowed the game’s eventual winning run to score.

Ethan Skuija (0-1) was charged with the loss, and only lasted three innings, while giving up four earned runs.

Victoria mounted a late comeback try in the eighth on a three-error, two-hit inning, to cut the deficit to 7-6.

In the ninth, Matthew Young tried to wrap up his two innings of relief to earn Molnaa the victory, and was off to a steady start, when he retired the first two batters. Back-to-back two-out singles made things interesting, but Young got the win for Molnaa on a lineout to center field in the next at bat.

The AppleSox have now won four of their last five games and are tied atop the WCL North at 4-4. Gerald Hein will look to pitch Wenatchee to a series sweep and fourth-straight win, Saturday, at 7:05 p.m. He faces HarbourCat pitcher Ethan Fox (1-1).

CHERRY CREEK SALVATION ARMY FOOD DRIVE, FRIDAY NIGHT: APPLESOX SET SIGHTS ON SERIES WIN

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APPLESOX (3-4) VS VICTORIA HARBOURCATS (4-4)
7:05 pm
Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium
Wenatchee, Wash.
WEN: R- Jarrod Molnaa (0-0, 3.68) vs.  VIC: R- Ethan Skuija (0-0, 2.45)

THE ONE-TWO PUNCH
Dugan Shirer and Parker Price have batted one-two for the AppleSox in the last four games...the result has been a 3-1 record and a combined 13x32 (.406 avg.)...Shirer has posted a pair of three-hit games and holds a leadoff knock for Wenatchee in each of the last three games...Price collected four hits including the game-winning single last night...the pair also has walked a combined five times over the span with Shirer chipping in three stolen bags.

FOUR HITS, INCLUDING THE GAME-ENDER
Parker Price’s game-one effort marked the first time the AppleSox collected a 4-hit game since reigning WCL MVP Michael Toglia accomplished the feat July 24, 2016at Bellingham...it was the AppleSox first game-ending hit in league play since June 11, 2014, when Taylor Johnson brought home the game’s winning run against the Kitsap BlueJackets...that was the second-straight walkoff hit for Johnson, who also walked things off in a day game June 10.

STREAKING SOX
The AppleSox longest hitting streaks belong to Evan Johnson, Dugan Shirer, Parker Price, and Cody Simmons...check these out:

Johnson - 7 games (9x28, .321)
Shirer - 6 games (10x22, .455)
Price - 5 games (8x24, .333)
Simmons - 3 games (3x10, .300)
...that’s a combined 30x74...a .405 avg. for the four players.

ESSENTIALLY HIS SECOND START
Jarrod Molnaa threw an AppleSox record 7.1 innings his last time out in relief, rattling off 10 strikeouts and no walks at Walla Walla, June 3...we’ll give him the ball from pitch numero uno tonight.

BUILDING OFF IT
Molnaa also finished his last relief outing with 3.1 scoreless innings...it is the longest-active consecutive-scoreless innings streak amongst all active AppleSox pitchers.

WHEN IT COUNTS
After last night’s ninth-inning win, Wenatchee is now outscoring its opponents 7-1 in the ninth...the AppleSox enjoy a 12-6 scoring advantage after the sixth inning, through seven games.

PARKER PRICE, APPLESOX, WALK OFF HARBOURCATS TO OPEN HOME SEASON

Parker Price delivered the game-winning run for the AppleSox in the bottom of the ninth inning, with a single to left field, Thursday. It was his fourth hit of the night in the AppleSox home-opening victory.

WENATCHEE, Wash. – The Wenatchee AppleSox (3-4) walked off the Victoria HarbourCats (4-4), 5-4 on an RBI single to left field. It was Parker Price’s fourth hit of the night, Thursday at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.

Price smacked an 0-1 pitch from Victoria reliever Greg Casper, in fair down the left field line, to give the AppleSox their first home win of 2017, in as many tries.

The opportunity was set up by two innings of scoreless relief from Connor Leedholm (1-0) in his AppleSox debut. Leedholm retired the HarbourCats in order in each of the eighth and ninth innings, and registered his first strikeout.

Colby Nealy also made his debut for the AppleSox, Thursday. The starter tossed four innings and allowed all three of the runs against him in the second inning. He also struck out two batters.

Hunter Boyd relieved the middle portion of the game for the AppleSox, tossing three innings of one-run baseball, which came unearned on an error in left field.

The AppleSox scored early, with Dugan Shirer leading off the AppleSox first offensive half inning with a hit for a third-straight game. Evan Johnson drove him in on a double down the right field line. It was Johnson’s WCL-leading 11th RBI of the season.

Wenatchee added three runs in the third inning off of Isaac Mullins. The runs were unearned, following an error at third base, and Wenatchee held a 4-3 lead until the seventh inning.

That’s when the AppleSox surrendered the advantage on a single to left field, that included an error on a bobbled ball.

Wenatchee recovered for the walk-off win.

Game two of the series is Friday night. Jarrod Molnaa (0-0) will make his first start after throwing 7 1/3 relief innings at Walla Walla last weekend. He faces off against Victoria’s Ethan Skuija (0-0), in his second start of the summer. First pitch is at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium at 7:05 p.m., and gates open at 6 p.m.

APPLESOX HOME FOR FIRST TIME IN 2017, 7:05 START

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APPLESOX (2-4) VS VICTORIA HARBOURCATS (4-3)
7:05 pm
Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium
Wenatchee, Wash.
WEN: R- Colby Nealy (0-0) vs.  VIC: L- Isaac Mullins (0-0)

BACK IN THE APPLE CAPITAL
The AppleSox are home for the first of 31 home games at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium, with Opening Night, Thursday, June 8.

SHUTOUT
Last night, the Wenatchee AppleSox pitched their first team shutout since June 21, 2016 at Bend (11-0).

FAMILIAR FOE
The AppleSox continue for a stretch of six-straight games against the HarbourCats tonight...the three-game series marks the teams’ final meetings in the 2017 regular season...the AppleSox also have a six-game stretch with Gresham (seperated by an off day) later this month, June 17-23...the AppleSox will start at home in that stretch.

PACING THE WCL
The AppleSox lead the WCL in home runs, with six, and Evan Johnson leads the league in home runs (3) and RBI (10)...the next-closest RBI hitters to Johnson have 7 each...Adrian Vela sits at second in the league with 2 home runs...Jarrod Molnaa, tomorrow’s scheduled starting pitcher, is tied for second in the WCL with 10 strikeouts...Dugan Shirer is batting .474, which is good for third in the league.

LAST NIGHT’S LINEUP
Wenatchee saw 8-of-9 hitters collect at least one hit last night, while the team set a single-game high with 5 extra-base hits...the only AppleSox player not to get a hit was Alex Gonzales, but excuse him, he walked three times in the game for six walks in the series (in which he played two games).

NEW FACES
The AppleSox welcome Colby Nealy, Connor Leedholm, Jake Taylor, and Jack Reisinger into AppleSox uniforms this weekend...Nealy (Kelowna) and Reisinger (Cowlitz) each have WCL playing experience.

QUALITY START
Mason Shaw pitched the first AppleSox quality start of the season last night...you will notice he and Dylan Grogan are missing from the pitching section of the notes....their summers with Wenatchee came to an end at the end of the six-game road trip...both were temporary contract players for Wenatchee.

SHAW LIFTS APPLESOX TO SHUTOUT WIN, JOHNSON HITS LEAGUE-LEADING THIRD HOMER IN SERIES-CLINCHING WIN

Photo Courtesy of Christian J. Stewart Photography - Mason Shaw throws one of his 120 pitches, Wednesday night. He worked 6 2/3 innings in the AppleSox first shutout of the season.

VICTORIA, B.C – The Wenatchee AppleSox (2-4) fought back to win the series over the Victoria HarbourCats (4-3), with a well-rounded 9-0 shutout win at Royal Athletic Park, Wednesday.

Mason Shaw (1-0) was stellar in his collegiate debut. He struck out the second batter to face him, Wednesday, and fired 6 2/3 scoreless innings, while tossing 120 pitches. He scattered six hits and ended up with six strikeouts. All 12 runnerrs that Shaw let on base, were left on.

The AppleSox scored early and often. Dugan Shirer doubled to lead off the game, and pushed his hitting streak to five games. Adrian Vela drove him in later in the inning with a hard hit to left field.

The AppleSox pushed across two more against Collin Ashworth (0-1) in the second on a two-RBI single for Reagan Teegarden.

Evan Johnson broke the game open in the sixth inning with his third home run of the season. He now leads the West Coast League with three home runs and 10 runs batted in.

Claire Eccles made WCL history in the eighth inning, after the AppleSox added a run in the seventh on an RBI double for Jack Machtolf, his first hit of the season.

Eccles became the first woman to pitch in the WCL, and the AppleSox scored two runs off of her. Shirer came around on a Johnson sacrifice fly, after he walked in Eccles’ first batter faced.=

Machtolf drove in his second run of the game in the eighth, scoring Tanner Williams, who was aboard hit by pitch.

In total, every hitter in the AppleSox lineup collected at least one hit (12 total) except for Alex Gonzales, who walked three times.

Jalen Garcia, primarily an outfielder, pitched the final 2 1/3 innings for Wenatchee, and allowed just one hit, while striking out three batters.

The AppleSox play their home opener in Wenatchee Thursday, June 8, in a continuation of the series against Victoria. Colby Nealy (0-0) is slated to make his AppleSox debut for a 7:05 p.m. first pitch. Gates open at 6 p.m. For more information, fans can visit www.applesox.com.

APPLESOX PLAY FOR FIRST SERIES WIN, WEDNESDAY

Photo Courtesy of Christian J. Stewart Photography - Dylan Grogan bumps fist with AppleSox teammates before June 5 game at Victoria. The AppleSox won 9-4.

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APPLESOX (1-4) AT VICTORIA HARBOURCATS (4-2)
6:35 pm
Royal Athletic Park
Victoria, B.C. 
WEN: R- Mason Shaw (0-0) vs.  VIC: R- Collin Ashworth (0-0)

ROAD TRIPIN’
Wednesday marks the end to the season’s opening road trip...at six days, it is the longest road trip on the schedule...Wenatchee has seven three-game trips remaining this year.=

PITCHING STAFF SETTLING IN
The AppleSox pitchers are starting to fall into a rhythm...they have surrendered an average of four earned runs each of the last two games and have the HarbourCats to an opponent low in hits, each of the last two nights, giving up eight knocks Monday and just six last night.

PLAYING FOR THE SERIES
The AppleSox go for series win number one on this young season, tonight...the last AppleSox series win was also on the road, July 23-25, 2016 at Bellingham, two games-to-one.

PACING THE WCL
The AppleSox lead the WCL in home runs, with five, and Vela and Johnson are tied for the league lead with two home runs, each...Johnson’s 7 RBI tie up with Gresham’s Tyler Parker and Yakima’s Mitch Ellis for best in the WCL...Jarrod Molnaa is tied for second in the WCL with 10 strikeouts.

STRONG OFFENSE
Wenatchee’s 9 runs, 13 hits, four extra-base hits, and three home runs, Wednesday, were all season highs...the pitching staff also held its lowest runs against total, at four.

QUICK PACE
Four-of-five games have been completed in nine innings for the AppleSox this year...those games average a time of two hours and 19 minutes...about 30 minutes under the AppleSox average time of game last season.

MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT
The AppleSox open the year with 18-straight games, obliterating the previous team record of nine games, set twice in 2007 and 2014.

HARBOURCATS GET GAME-TWO REVENGE, APPLESOX PLAY FOR SERIES, TOMORROW

Photo courtesy of Christian J. Stewart Photography - AppleSox starting pitcher Hugh Smith fires a pitch in Tuesday's 6-2, loss.

VICTORIA, B.C – The Wenatchee AppleSox (1-4) suffered two critical errors, and the Victoria HarbourCats (4-2), were able to capitalize on mistakes for a 6-2 win at Royal Athletic Park, Tuesday.

AJ Block (1-0) threw six strong innings to mostly quiet the AppleSox bats. Wenatchee did bring home a run in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Evan Johnson after a leadoff single and Parker Price double.

The HarbourCats took the lead in the second inning, on a two-run home run for Riley Zayicek. It was his first home run of the season, and it brought home one runner who was on via an error.

In the third, the ‘Cats added two more on RBI single and fielder’s choice groundout, for a 4-1 lead.

The AppleSox got five innings out of Hugh Smith (0-1), two more than expected, and he gave up just three hits and struck out three batters.

Wenatchee cut into the deficit in the fifth, after a Joel Condreay double and Cody Simmons single allowed Jack Machtolf to drive home a run on an infield groundout.

The HarbourCats plated the final two runs off of Dylan Grogan, making his collegiate debut. A wild pitch and a fielder’s choice cemented the 6-2 final. Grogan settled to pitch two scoreless innings to complete his relief outing.

A decisive game three of the series is set for 6:35 p.m., Wednesday. Mason Shaw (0-0) will make his collegiate debut for the AppleSox, and opposes Collin Ashworth (0-0).

APPLESOX GUNNING FOR SERIES WIN AT VICTORIA

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APPLESOX (1-3) AT VICTORIA HARBOURCATS (3-2)
6:35 pm
Royal Athletic Park
Victoria, B.C. 
WEN: R- Hugh Smith (0-0) vs.  VIC: L- AJ Block (0-0)

STREAKS NO MORE
Last night, the AppleSox first win erased a 10-game losing streak to the Victoria HarbourCats...it also ended a four-game skid in league play, a five-game negative trend on the road, and marked Wenatchee’s 200th franchise road win in 18 seasons.

BIG POP
Adrian Vela smashed Wenatchee’s seventh individual multi-HR game in the team’s WCL history...he and Evan Johnson are the first teammates to accomlish the feat in the same season, and four of the seven multi-HR league performances for the AppleSox have come in the last three seasons...the onslaught of multi-HR games started in Victoria June 26-28 when Evan Douglas smashed a pair over the right field fence at Royal Athletic Park.

BIG INNINGS FROM ‘PEN
The AppleSox are short-staffed in terms of arms, on this road trip...after Matthew Young and tonight’s starter Gerald Hein, each threw one inning back on Opening Night, the AppleSox have averaged a little over 5 2/3 innings per individual relief appearance...Young used 3 1/3 to earn his first save a night ago...the 5 2/3 innings per relief appearance over the last three games out-pitches the starters, who average just under 3 1/3 innings per start.

PACING THE WCL
The AppleSox lead the WCL in home runs, with five, and Vela and Johnson are tied for the league lead with two home runs, each...Johnson’s 6 RBI tie up with HarbourCat Ethan Lopez for best in the WCL...Jarrod Molnaa is tied for second in the WCL with 10 strikeouts.

CONGRATS TO SKIP
Kyle Krustangel picked up his first win of his AppleSox head coaching career last night.

NOT A LOT IN THE NORTH
Last night the AppleSox and the Kelowna Falcons were the only two teams who were able to win in the WCL North Division...Victoria, Walla Walla, Bellingham, and Port Angeles all were on the wrong end of Monday scores.

STRONG OFFENSE
Wenatchee’s 9 runs, 13 hits, four extra-base hits, and three home runs were all season highs...the pitching staff also held its lowest runs against total, at four.

APPLESOX SPOIL HARBOURCATS’ HOME OPENER, VELA BLASTS TWO HOME RUNS

Photo Courtesy: Christian J. Stewart Photography

VICTORIA, B.C – The Wenatchee AppleSox (1-3) bats came alive in a 9-4 victory over the Victoria HarbourCats (3-2), in the ‘Cats’ 2017 home-opener at Royal Athletic Park, Monday. Adrian Vela homered twice in the game, and Cody Simmons also left the yard, in Wenatchee’s most prolific offensive game of the season.

Collin Maier (1-0) was solid through the first three innings. He didn’t surrender a hit in the opening three frames, and ended up lasting 5.2 innings while allowing just two runs. Matthew Young fired the remaining 3.1 innings to get Wenatchee and head coach Kyle Krustangel their first wins of the season.

Joel Condreay singled in a run in the fourth inning, to open the scoring for the AppleSox. Wenatchee native Cody Simmons followed up the hit with the first home run of his college career. He hit his home run over the left field fence, just below the scoreboard.

Reigning WCL Player of the Week, Evan Johnson smashed home a 2-RBI single in the fifth off of Ethan Fox (0-1), after the HarbourCats cut the AppleSox 3-0 lead to a 3-2 margin in the fourth.

Adrian Vela followed up Johnson’s single with a two-run home run to left field, to put Wenatchee up, 7-2.

The score held until Victoria plated two more runs in the seventh inning off of Young. Adrian Vela creamed his second home run in the ninth inning, clearing the foul pole in left field on a towering shot.

After Johnson hit two home runs Saturday, he and Vela are now the first two AppleSox players to have multi-home run games in the same season. Vela joins five other AppleSox in the multi-home run game club, and Monday’s performance marked the seventh time it has occurred in AppleSox history.

The AppleSox play the second game of the series, Tuesday night at 6:35 p.m. AJ Block (0-0) will start for the HarbourCats, while the AppleSox will send Hugh Smith (0-0) to the mound.

The Wenatchee AppleSox wrap up the series at Victoria, Wednesday night at 6:35 p.m. Then, the AppleSox play their home opener in Wenatchee Thursday, June 8 in a continuation of the series against Victoria. For more information, fans can visit www.applesox.com.

SOX TRYING TO PLAY SPOILER AT VICTORIA, MONDAY

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APPLESOX (0-3) AT VICTORIA HARBOURCATS (3-1)
6:35 pm
Royal Athletic Park
Victoria, B.C. 
WEN: R- Collin Maier (0-0) vs.  VIC: R- Ethan Fox (0-0)

 

BACK FOR MORE
After opening their 2016 road schedule at Victoria, the AppleSox are the HarbourCats Home Opening Night opponent for the second time in as many years...the AppleSox will try to flip the script this time around, after being beaten 11-1 in front of a WCL-record crowd of 5,133...the HarbourCats featured tall right-hander Dalton Erb, who threw eight one-hit innings, and had a Perfect Game bid broken up in the eighth inning by leadoff batter Steven Machtolf...his younger brother, Jack Machtolf, plays for the AppleSox this year...Erb was drafted in the 2016 MLB Draft after his first start, and signed a professional contract...ending his brief summer with the HarbourCats.

FREE BASES AND BASEBALL...
Last night, the Sweets and AppleSox issued a total of 14 walks...7 per side...Walla Walla and Wenatchee also plunked three total batters...another five combined errors allowed a total of 22 free bases for the two teams...both left 14 runners on...Wenatchee was 2-13 wRISP and Walla Walla finished 3-15, in a clunky contest.

ALL-TIME IN EXTRAS
The 12-inning affair last night was the 68th extra-inning game in AppleSox history...Wenatchee is now an even 34-34 in games that last past the regular nine.

WALKOFFS
Last night marked the first lost lead for a loss this season, and was also the first walkoff for the AppleSox or their opposition...did you know, the AppleSox haven’t had a walkoff hit since 2014, when temporary catcher Taylor Johnson walked off the Kitsap BlueJackets in back-to-back games June 10 and 11 at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium...those ended up being the last two games of Johnson’s collegiate career, as he did not play his next available season at George Fox.

SAVVY SOX
Wenatchee’s 37-man preseason roster (7 temporary players) is made up of 20 players entering their junior, senior, or redshirt-senior seasons of college baseball in 2018...only six members of the roster have yet to spend time on a college campus.

JOHNSON WINS PLAYER OF THE WEEK AFTER STELLAR WEEKEND

WENATCHEE, Wash. – The first WCL Player of the Week honor (June 1-4) went to AppleSox outfielder, Evan Johnson, the league announced, Monday. Adam McKillican from Victoria took home the title of WCL Pitcher of the Week.
 

Johnson went 5-for-12 (.417) in the AppleSox season-opening series against the Walla Walla Sweets, and clubbed two home runs to left field in Wenatchee’s 5-4, loss Saturday.

All four of his RBI came by way of the home runs, and Johnson is currently riding a three-game hitting streak.

His multi-home run performance was just the sixth in the all-time history of the AppleSox, and the third in as many years. Four other AppleSox players have hit two home runs in a game, and one of those players accomplished the feat twice.

Johnson also stole a base on the weekend.

The Wenatchee AppleSox will head to Victoria for a three-game series, June 5-7. All three first pitches are at 6:35 p.m. The AppleSox play their home opener in Wenatchee Thursday, June 8 against Victoria. For more information, fans can visit www.applesox.com.

APPLESOX STUNNED IN EXTRA-INNING HEARTBREAKER, SWEPT AT WALLA WALLA

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – In a game featuring three ties and four lead changes, the Wenatchee AppleSox (0-3), fell 7-6 to the Walla Walla Sweets (3-0), in a 12-inning affair at Borleske Stadium. The win capped a series sweep for the Sweets, Sunday.

The back-and-forth game lacked rhythm most of the afternoon. The Sweets scored first, in the opening inning, following two, two-out walks and a single.

The AppleSox answered back in the third with an RBI groundout for Reagan Teegarden. Then, Wenatchee took its first lead of 2017 in the fourth inning on a Dugan Shirer fielder’s choice, followed by Parker Price reaching base on a dropped third strike, which also allowed a third AppleSox run to score.

Walla Walla erased the AppleSox lead in the fifth, chasing Gerald Hein (0-1) with one out and the bases loaded. Hunter Boyd entered and walked in a run. A fielder’s choice and wild pitch scored the other two runs, and the Sweets took a 4-3 advantage.

Boyd stayed on for the AppleSox in relief and fired scoreless innings in the fifth and sixth. He struck out four batters, to add to Hein’s nine strikeouts on the day.

Errors were critical in the early innings for both teams. The AppleSox committed three, while Walla Walla suffered two. The miscues set up run-scoring opportunities.

Wenatchee tied the game in the fourth inning on an Alex Gonzales double that brought home Evan Johnson. Later in the inning, Dugan Shirer also connected on a double in the inning to plate two more runs and a 6-4 AppleSox lead.

Shirer went 3-for-5 with a run scored, three RBI and two stolen bases.

Walla Walla got to Wenatchee for a run in each of the eighth and ninth innings. Boyd pitched the AppleSox through the 10th and 11th innings, but Wenatchee was unable to plate a go-ahead run.

In the 12th, Walla Walla won the game with a base hit off of Steen Fredrickson (0-1). Vinny Capra, the Sweets’ leadoff hitter, drove in the game winning run.

Wenatchee heads to Victoria (3-1) to continue it’s lone six-game road trip of 2017. First pitch is at 6:35 p.m. tomorrow from Royal Athletic Park. The pitching matchup pits right-hander Collin Maier (0-0) up against HarbourCat righty Ethan Fox (0-0).

The Wenatchee AppleSox will head to Victoria for a three-game series, June 5-7. The AppleSox play their home opener in Wenatchee Thursday, June 8 against Victoria. For more information, fans can visit www.applesox.com.

APPLESOX WRAP WEEKEND AT WALLA WALLA, 3:05 START DUE TO RAIN

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MEDIA GUIDE

APPLESOX (0-2) AT WALLA WALLA SWEETS (2-0)
1:05 pm
Borleske Stadium
Walla Walla, Wash. 
WEN: L- Gerald Hein (0-0) vs.  WW: L-Haydn King (0-0)

BACK, BACK, BACK...
Evan Johnson launched his first two home runs of 2017 in last night’s loss...he became the fifth AppleSox player to hit two home runs in a single game, in franchise history...just the third in the team’s WCL history...he joins Otis Statum (2016), Evan Douglas (2015), Justin Ehlers (2004) and Nate Flemens (2000)...after going ten years without a single player multi-home run game, the AppleSox have now had a player accoplish the feat in each of the last three seasons...he also collected the first AppleSox 4-RBI game since Michael Toglia drove in four at Kelowna, July 27, 2016.

MOLNAA, WITH A ‘K’...
Jarrod Molnaa became the first AppleSox pitcher to strike out 10 hitters in a game since CJ Gettman fanned 10 San Francisco Seals at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium, June 4, 2015...Gettman had nine innings to rack up his total, Molnaa got his in 7 1/3 innings of work.

QUICK GAMES
The first two AppleSox games of the season have totaled two hours and 14 minutes each...just about 7.5 minutes per half inning.

DAY BASEBALL
Sunday’s 1:05 p.m. start marks the first of three ‘day’ games for the AppleSox this year...Wenatchee plays a 1:05 game at Cowlitz on July 4, and will play at 3:05 to finish the regular season, Aug. 6 at Bellingham.

WRONG END OF THE STREAK
The AppleSox current 4-game losing streak to Walla Walla (Aug. 3-present) is the longest losing streak to the Sweets in team history.

EVAN JOHNSON BLASTS TWO HOME RUNS, SOX BEATEN BY ONE

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Evan Johnson smashed two home runs for the Wenatchee AppleSox (0-2), but the Walla Walla Sweets (2-0), scored enough early runs to hold on for a 5-4 win at Borleske Stadium.

Johnson’s first home run, was a solo shot over the hand-operated scoreboard in left field. The second home run of the night, a three-run shot, came in the ninth inning and trimmed the 5-1 deficit. It was also to left field, this time clearing the 353-foot marker in left field.

The AppleSox were put in a tough spot early when starter Keegan Romig (0-1) had to exit the game with an apparent arm injury. He left in the first inning with two outs and runners at second and third.

Having to take over off the bench, Jarrod Molnaa had trouble settling in. A wild pitch brought home a run and a two-run home run for Jake Suddleson made it 3-0, Sweets after an inning.

Walla Walla added runs in the fourth and fifth, for the 5-1 lead.

After Romig’s early exit, Molnaa lasted the rest of the game and settled into a nice rhythm. The right-hander struck out 10 batters, becoming the first AppleSox pitcher to do so since CJ Gettman, June 4, 2015.

Scott Parker (1-0) got the win for Walla Walla, tossing five two-hit innings. Matt Amrhein came on to get the save for Wenatchee, by retiring the last two AppleSox batters to preserve the 5-4 victory.

Game three is Sunday at 1:05 p.m. In a battle of left-handers, the AppleSox Gerald Hein (0-0) will face the Sweets’ Haydn King (0-0).

The Wenatchee AppleSox will head to Victoria for a three-game series, June 5-7. The AppleSox play their home opener in Wenatchee Thursday, June 8 against Victoria. For more information, fans can visit www.applesox.com.