AppleSox Close Non-League Set With Seals, Friday
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The AppleSox wrap up a short two-game nonleague set with the San Francisco Seals, Fridat at 7:05 p.m. at Paul Thomas Sr. Field.
APPLESOX COMPLETE FIRST NON-LEAGUE SET
The Wenatchee AppleSox (1-0, 0-0), tied for first in the WCL East, will complete their first non-league series, Friday, vs. the San Francisco Seals (3-7)...The AppleSox are playing their 16th franchise season (11th in the WCL) and are led by first-year skipper, AJ Proszek (1-0) (1.000), who is in his 3rd season with the Sox, after managing the pitching staff in 2013 and 2014s...Proszek is assisted by Miles Kizer and Cory LeBrun, both in their first seasons.
LAST NIGHT
The AppleSox are now 12-4 all-time in Opening Night games...Wenatchee has won its last four openers, now a franchise-best mark...the Sox have a 8-4 record in home-opening contests...the AppleSox have played on the road four times to open their season...they are a perfect 4-0 in those contests (all league games)...against non-league opponents, the AppleSox are 6-2 in opening games...2-0 against the Seals...3-0 vs. teams from San Francisco.
GETTMAN’S MARATHON
CJ Gettman tossed the AppleSox first complete game of 2015, Thursday night...it was the first complete game for the AppleSox, since Trevor Lubking lasted the full nine Aug. 19, 2013 vs. Corvallis.
A LOOK BACK
For just the third time in 15 years, the AppleSox missed the playoffs in 2014 (34-25), ending a streak of 12-consecutive postseasons reached...they finished second in the WCL East behind Yakima Valley, and fifth in the WCL, 1.5 games away from clinching a playoff berth... Wenatchee lead the league in hitting with a .291 batting average...they had five players bat over .300, the most of any Sox team in the past five seasons...there were more than five, but to be eligible for the batting title a player needs 146 plate appearances (2.7 plate appearances times per team game...in a 54-game season that is 146)...Tyler Frost hit .373 (third-WCL), Caleb Wood .360, Sam Brown .340, Ty Jackson .337 and Michael McCann .318.
RECORDS SET/TIED 2014
Team, Batting
- Most hits season: 559. Old record 538 in 2012.
- Most singles season: 450. Old record 419 in 2012.
- Most total bases season: 719. Tied with 2012.
- Most runs season: 324. Old record 312 in 2011.
- Most walks game: 17. Old record 12 in 2008.
Team, Pitching
- Most strikeouts: 468. Old record 397 in 2010.
- Most batters hit by pitch: 49. Old record 45 in 2009
Individual
- Most hits game: 5, Nick Brooks. Tied record with three others.
- Most walks game: 4, Kyle Vanderkin and Joe Gillette. Tied record with three others.
- Most triples season: 4, Sam Brown. Tied record with three others.
ED KNAGGS BY THE NUMBERS
In 14 seasons as an AppleSox Head Coach, Ed Knaggs owned a 497-274 overall record (.645)...he was 377-221 in league play (.630)...Knaggs won five WCL titles and one PIL Championship...the AppleSox first coach, Gary Lewallen, was 16-23.
APPLESOX ALL-TIME
Through the first fifteen franchise seasons and 811 games, the AppleSox own a 514-297 (.633) record...the AppleSox are 374-197 (.654) since the inception of the WCL in 2005...Wenatchee is 324-180 (.641) all-time in WCL league games (including playoffs), and 53-14 (.785) all-time in non-league contests since 2005...all-time, the AppleSox are 407-255 (.613) against league opponents (including playoffs) and 105-39 (.725) vs. non-league teams...Wenatchee owns a 310-153 (.669) all-time home record, and is 214-163 (.568) on the road...Wenatchee is 32-25 all-time in extra-inning games, and the Sox set a record for free baseball last summer, playing eight extended contests (previous high: 6).
