AppleSox Begin Long Homestand Against Sweets

GAME NOTES

The Wenatchee AppleSox open a lengthy homestand with a 6:35 p.m. game against the Walla Walla Sweets tonight.

This evening marks the first of nine straight home games that the AppleSox will play. The first six come in the next six days before the team is off June 14-17. The AppleSox played two non-league games against the Northwest Star Academy last week and dropped both games.

Wenatchee spent the past weekend on the road and took one-of-three games against the Portland Pickles. The AppleSox bounced back from being one-hit on Friday and won Saturday thanks to five shutout innings of relief from Cole Hatton and six stolen bases, including two steals of home. Ben Leid homered on Sunday but Portland struck early and often to win 11-1.

Walla Walla is coming off taking two-of-three in their season-opening series against the Cowlitz Black Bears. All three games were decided by one run at David Story Field.

The most impressive game was Saturday when the Sweets, trailing by one run after giving up a run in the bottom of the seventh, rallied to score four runs in the top of the eighth. They would give up one run each of the final two innings but held on for the series-clinching win.

Justin Folz led the way for the Sweets at the plate by going 5-for-11 and driving in three runs. He was the catalyst for Walla Walla offensively on Saturday, hitting four-for-five with a solo home run and a double to go along with two runs scored.

Tonight’s starting pitcher is Hunter Salinas, an incoming sophomore at Colorado State Pueblo. He tossed two scoreless innings of relief against the Portland Pickles on Friday night in his first appearance this season. He did appear in a non-league game against the Northwest Star Academy on June 3 in his first appearance in an AppleSox uniform. Salinas tossed two scoreless frames, including working out of a one-out bases-loaded jam in the sixth inning.

Walla Walla will toss Nate Dahle, who is in his second season with the Sweets and is an incoming junior at Southern Idaho. He tossed a scoreless inning of relief against Cowlitz this past Saturday. Dahle recorded a 3.12 ERA in 10 games this spring at school and had a 2.87 ERA in 14 games for Walla Walla in 2019.

Gavin Gorrell and Gauge Lockhart are Head Coach Ian Sanderson’s probables for the final two games of this series with the Sweets.

Tonight's game is a $2 Off Tuesday. Fans can purchase tickets and select concession items for $2 off their regular price. Tomorrow night is AppleSox Lunch Box Giveaway Night. To purchase tickets to tonight’s game and any other June AppleSox home game, please visit applesox.com/tickets.

If you cannot attend tonight’s game, then you can still listen live to the action on Sunny FM. Listeners can tune in at kcsyfm.com on their desktop computer or by tuning in at any of the following stations below.

• Wenatchee: 93.9 FM

• East Wenatchee/Rock Island: 98.1 FM

• Lake Chelan Valley: 95.3 FM

• Brewster/Pateros: 101.3 FM

• Okanogan Valley: 101.9 FM

• Omak/Tonasket/Oroville: 97.7 FM

• Methow Valley: 106.3 FM

Pregame coverage begins at 6:10 p.m. with the Horan Estates Winery Pregame Show and the broadcast wraps up each night with the Denny’s Late Night Postgame Show. Tonight’s game will also have a live video without the radio feed. It can be seen on playsight.com

Pickles Strike Heavy Early, Beat AppleSox.

The Portland Pickles (2-1) overwhelmed the Wenatchee AppleSox (1-2) with crooked innings from the second through fifth to take the rubber match of the weekend series, 11-1, on Sunday.

The PIckles scored four times in the second, twice in the third , twice more in the fourth and three times in the fifth to wrap up the series with a win. Leftfielder Ryan Guardino led the way with three doubles and 3 RBI.

The AppleSox’ only run came in the top of the third when Wenatchee Valley College catcher Ben Leid led off with a home run over the short fence in right field. Adam Grob doubled with one out and Luc Stuka hit a bloop double to left to put runners at second and third, but the Sox failed to drive either in and the deficit only grew from there.

AppleSox starter Reid Rasmussen (0-1) tossed a scoreless first but ran into trouble in the second when he faced eight men and allowed a pair of extra base hits, two walks and balked in a run. Jasper Nelson tossed two scoreless innings and Martin Hawell stuck out the side while not allowing any runs in the ninth.

The AppleSox are off on Monday before playing six games in as many days as home. It all starts on Tuesday with three games against the Walla Walla Sweets, who took two of three games this weekend against the Cowlitz Black Bears. Tuesday’s game is a $2 Off Tuesday with tickets and select concession items $2 off. Wednesday’s game is an AppleSox Lunch Box Giveaway Night. With Apple Blossom Festival and the AppleSox both in town this week, it’s a great time to be in Wenatchee. Tickets to all AppleSox home games can be purchased at AppleSox.com/tickets.

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AppleSox Go For Series Win vs Pickles

GAME NOTES

The Wenatchee AppleSox look to take their first West Coast League series of the season when they face the Portland Pickles at 5:05 tonight at Walker Stadium. The AppleSox won, 4-2, last night thanks to a three-run fourth inning and five shutout innings of relief from Cole Hatton.

The Pickles struck first with a two-run homer in the first inning by Jacob Jablonski but the Sox got one back in third when Luc Stuka doubled and eventually stole home on a pickoff to first. The AppleSox scored three in the fourth thanks to four stolen bases in the inning and RBI singles by Tino Bethancourt and Garrett Cutting.

Hatton carried Wenatchee the rest of the way, only allowing three walks and one base hit the rest of the way. Cutting helped him out defensively with a diving play up the middle on a sharply-hit ball.

Tonight, Reid Rasmussen toes the rubber for the AppleSox as they go for back-to-back wins to close out the series. Rasmussen tossed two innings in a non-league game against the NW Star academy on Wednesday. After tossing a scoreless third inning partly thanks to picking off a runner, he allowed three runs on two hits in the fourth in an eventual 7-6 loss. Rasmussen struck out one, walked one and allowed three hits.

Rasmussen had great first season at Central Washington as he earned First Team All-GNAC honors this Spring. He recorded a 4.47 ERA and struck out 25 in 32.2 innings across eight games (all starts) as a COVID freshman. He appeared in three games for Yakima Valley College for the COVID-19 shutdown in 2020, recording a 7.50 ERA and striking out three over six innings across three games.

In between his first two years of college Rasmussen tossed a seven-inning no hitter while pitching for the Yakima Valley Pepsi Pak American Legion Senior Baseball team. He committed to Central Washington five days later.

Rasmussen led Selah High School to a district championship in 2018 but missed his senior season due to Tommy John Surgery.

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Though the AppleSox are on the road, you can still listen live to the action on Sunny FM. Listeners can tune in at kcsyfm.com on their desktop computer or by tuning in at any of the following stations below.

• Wenatchee: 93.9 FM

• East Wenatchee/Rock Island: 98.1 FM

• Lake Chelan Valley: 95.3 FM

• Brewster/Pateros: 101.3 FM

• Okanogan Valley: 101.9 FM

• Omak/Tonasket/Oroville: 97.7 FM

• Methow Valley: 106.3 FM

Pregame coverage begins at 6:40 p.m. with the Horan Estates Winery Pregame Show and the broadcast wraps up each night with the Denny’s Late Night Postgame Show.

Live stats can be found on Pointstreak and tonight’s game can be watched on the Portland Pickles Facebook page.

Hatton Tosses Five Shutout Innings, Sox Top Pickles

Cole Hatton tossed the final five innings of Saturday night’s game without allowing a run and the Wenatchee AppleSox defeated the Portland Pickles, 4-2, on Saturday night at Walker Stadium.

Hatton wasn’t the only star for the AppleSox. Garrett Cutting drove in a run and made a stellar defensive play to save a run in his AppleSox debut. Tino Bethancourt went 2-for-3 with an RBI, Luc Stuka doubled and scored twice and Dakota Duffalo went 3-for-4. The AppleSox stole six bases, including two steals of home. Four of those steals came in the fourth inning.

The AppleSox scored once in the second three times in the fourth inning as their offense recovered after being one-hit the night before. In a thrilling game with teams stranding scoring chances nearly every inning, it was the AppleSox who triumphed to open up the weekend series.

The excitement began in the bottom of the first when Pickles shortstop Jacob Jablonski launched a two-run homer into the AppleSox bullpen.The AppleSox responded in the top of the second when Stuka led of with a double and Duffalo singled to put runners at first and third. Pickles starter Trace Hokkanen tossed a pickoff throw to first and a diving Duffalo got tangled up with first basemen Tanner Haney. Stuka took off from third as the ball popped free and was credited with a steal of home to cut the deficit in half.

Both teams went down quietly in the third but the AppleSox went to work with one out in the fourth. Cutting drove in the first run of the inning after Stuka was hit by a pitch and Duffalo singled. Bethancourt followed with his second hit of the game and then he and Cutting each moved up 90 feet apiece on a double steal. It wouldn’t be the last double steal of the inning. Payton Flynn reached on a fielder’s choice, then took off for second base and, once a throw was drawn, Tino Bethancourt took off from second base and scored the third run of the inning.

Because of Hatton’s strong relief effort, the AppleSox didn’t need anymore runs. He entered in the fifth inning and would only allow two hits for the rest of the game while striking out four. He earned the save for his herculean effort out of the bullpen.

He pitched in and out of a jam in the seventh. With one out, Hatton struck out Evan Leibl, but a passed ball and a throwing error allowed him to reach first. Two more Pickles reached on an infield single and a walk to load up the bases with two outs. Sam Haney hit a sharp ball up the middle just to the right of second base but Cutting slid with one knee and gloved the ball with his extended left hand then flipped to get the force out at second base.

The win marked the first for Ian Sanderson as AppleSox head coach and his first as a head coach at the collegiate level.

The AppleSox will go for the series win on Sunday at 5:05 p.m. as Reid Rasmussen toes the rubber.

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AppleSox Look to Wake Up Bats Against Portland

GAME NOTES

The Wenatchee AppleSox are looking to bounce back from last night's 6-0 loss to Portland. The Pickles scored two runs in the first inning after a bases-loaded single, then broke the game with four more runs in the fourth thanks to three AppleSox errors.

The Pickles struck out 12 Sox hitters and walked just two. Mark Steward got the AppleSox lone hit with one out and one on in the first inning. If the AppleSox score tonight, it will be the first run that they have scored at Walker Stadium after three games being shut out by the Pickles.

The loss to Portland was the Sox first WCL opening shutout loss since Jun 2, 2017 @ Walla Walla (4-0). The AppleSox have now lost their first WCL road game in seven of the last eight seasons. Their only win in their first road game of the season came on June 1, 2018, at the Victora HarbourCats, snapping a five-year winless streak.

Tonight’s starting pitcher is Gauge Lockhart, an incoming sophomore at Brown University. He is looking to build off a stellar Wednesday night against the Northwest Star Academy. He faced six hitters and retired them all including four via strikeouts in two innings on just 20 pitches.

Lockhart did not pitch this past spring because the 2021 Ivy League athletic season was canceled. He also did not get the opportunity to pitch as a senior for Delta High School in Colorado because the entire season was also canceled. The last time Lockhart played a season, he thrived. He recorded a 3.40 ERA and struck out 47 in 22.2 innings over 15 games as a junior. He was an All-State selection and also was awarded Western Slope Player of the Year.

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Though the AppleSox are on the road, you can still listen live to the action on Sunny FM. Listeners can tune in at kcsyfm.com on their desktop computer or by tuning in at any of the following stations below.

• Wenatchee: 93.9 FM

• East Wenatchee/Rock Island: 98.1 FM

• Lake Chelan Valley: 95.3 FM

• Brewster/Pateros: 101.3 FM

• Okanogan Valley: 101.9 FM

• Omak/Tonasket/Oroville: 97.7 FM

• Methow Valley: 106.3 FM

Pregame coverage begins at 6:40 p.m. with the Horan Estates Winery Pregame Show and the broadcast wraps up each night with the Denny’s Late Night Postgame Show.

Live stats can be found on Pointstreak and tonight’s game can be watched on the Portland Pickles Facebook page.

AppleSox Bats Stymied By Pickles

The Wenatchee AppleSox were held to one hit and fell to the Portland Pickles, 6-0, on Friday night at Walker Stadium.

The Pickles struck with two runs in the first inning on a bases-loaded single to take a 2-0 lead and then add four more runs in the fourth inning to put the game away. Three of the AppleSox’ four errors came in the fourth inning as each of the first five batters reached base in the inning and eight Pickles hit in the inning.

Gavin Gorrell (0-1) allowed six runs, four earned, in four innings and committed a couple of errors. Hunter Salinas and Jacob Hughes each tossed two scoreless innings of relief, striking out three batters apiece.

The AppleSox threatened in the first inning and appeared poised to make some early noise. Jackson Van De Brake was hit by the first pitch he saw with one out and then Mark Steward singled. However, both runners would be stranded and it would not only be the AppleSox’ final hit of the game, it would be the final time that they got a runner into scoring position.

The AppleSox look to bounce back by winning the second games of the series on at 7:05 p.m. on Saturday at Walker Stadium. Gauge Lockhart toes the rubber for Wenatchee and looks to build off his impressive start on Wednesday, when he struck out four of the six Northwest Star Academy hitters that he faced in two innings.

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AppleSox Embark on First Road Trip vs Portland

GAME NOTES

The Wenatchee AppleSox open up the West Coast League portion of their 2021 season this weekend against the Portland Pickles. The series begins tonight with a 7:05 p.m. first pitch.

The AppleSox are 4-5 all-time against Portland. The Sox swept the Pickles in a three-game home series in 2019. Portland swept two home games against the AppleSox before taking three of four in Wenatchee in 2018.

The AppleSox were swept (8-3, 7-6) by the NW Star Academy Nighthawks in two non-league games to open the 2021 season at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium. The Sox started 0-2 for just the fourth time since 2010. Tuesday’s loss snapped a streak of eight consecutive wins against non-league opponents since June 5, 2018.

The Pickles also played two non-league games this week. They lost to the Portland Gherkins, 4-2, on Tuesday and then defeated the Willamette Wild Bills, 15-6, last night. Both games took place at Walker Stadium. Those were the first two of 14 non-league games scheduled, all of which the Pickles will play at home.

Two more players will join the AppleSox this weekend in Portland. Adam Grob and Garrett Cutting have been added today and will provide infield depth. Cashmere native and right-handed pitcher Tyler Chipman has also been added. For the most up-to-date AppleSox roster, please visit applesox.com/roster.

Tonight’s starting pitcher is Gavin Gorrell, a junior this fall at Utah. Gorrell’s collegiate career has taken lots of twists and turns as Utah will be his third different college. He began as freshman at Northern Colorado in 2018 where he recorded a 9.15 ERA and struck out 21 hitters in 19.2 innings over eight games. Gorrell transferred to Boise State and sat out the 2019 season, but his tenure with the Broncos was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic and cancellation of the Boise State baseball program last year. He recorded a 6.55 ERA and struck out eight hitters in 11 innings over three games.

The brunt of Gorrell’s collegiate pitching has come in the summer. In 2019, he recorded a 4.23 ERA and struck out 32 in 38.1 innings over nine games for the AppleSox. Gorrell started the deciding Game 3 of the West Coast League North Division Series against the Victoria HarbourCats. He allowed five runs (four earned) in a gutsy 5.1 innings for a depleted AppleSox pitching staff. Gorrell struck out nine HarbourCats, a personal season-best but he picked up a no-decision in the loss.

Gorrell found an opportunity to pitch last summer in the Northwoods League for the Willmar Stingers. He recorded a 4.13 ERA and struck out 20 in 24 innings over 11 games.

Gauge Lockhart and Reid Rasmussen will follow up Gorrell as the probable starters for Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

Though the AppleSox are on the road, you can still listen live to the action on Sunny FM. Listeners can tune in at kcsyfm.com on their desktop computer or by tuning in at any of the following stations below.

• Wenatchee: 93.9 FM

• East Wenatchee/Rock Island: 98.1 FM

• Lake Chelan Valley: 95.3 FM

• Brewster/Pateros: 101.3 FM

• Okanogan Valley: 101.9 FM

• Omak/Tonasket/Oroville: 97.7 FM

• Methow Valley: 106.3 FM

Pregame coverage begins at 6:40 p.m. with the Horan Estates Winery Pregame Show and the broadcast wraps up each night with the Denny’s Late Night Postgame Show.

Live stats can be found on Pointstreak.

AppleSox' Late Rally Not Enough on Wednesday

The Wenatchee AppleSox scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to draw within a run of tying the game but would ultimately fall to the Northwest Star Academy Nighthawks, 7-6, on Wednesday night at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.

With the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth inning, Enzo Apodaca hit a single to left field to plate two runs. As Rece Stapp scored the second run and the throw from left field came home, Ben Leid tried to advance all the way to third from first. Nighthawks catcher Travis Helm fired to third to try to gun down Leid but missed his target and another run scored.

That effort put the AppleSox within a run after allowing two runs in the seventh and two more in the eighth. The AppleSox and the Nighthawks had been tied 3-3 until the Northwest Star Academy broke through in the seventh. The AppleSox would go on to put the tying and winning runs on base in the ninth, but stranded both of them.

Wednesday marked the second straight game that the AppleSox scored first, but it did not matter in either game. In fact, the AppleSox’ first three runs all scored without any base hits in those innings for the second straight night.

Gauge Lockhart started for Wenatchee and impressed in his brief outing. He retired all six hitters he faced and struck out four of them. Hunter Salinas tossed two scoreless innings, including working out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth. Jasper Nelson fired a scoreless ninth to keep the AppleSox in striking range.

The AppleSox are off Thursday before traveling to Portland to face the Pickles this weekend. The series gets started on Friday night as Gavin Gorrell gets the ball for the 7:05 p.m. start.

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AppleSox Look to Bounce Back Tonight

The Wenatchee AppleSox wrap up a brief two-game non-league series with the Northwest Star Academy tonight at 6:35 at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.

The AppleSox dropped the first game of the series and the season, 8-3, last night. Wenatchee matched the Nighthawks with seven errors committed, but they also left 17 men on the basepaths and ultimately dropped the game.

Tonight, the AppleSox look to build off some of the strong points in last night’s game. Enzo Apodaca led off and reached base in five of his six plate appearances. Cole Hatton tossed two scoreless innings of work and only allowed one base-runner in that time.

Shortstop Brooks Dyer led the way for the Nighthawks by going 3-for-5 and reaching base in all five plate appearances while also driving in a pair of runs. Relievers Cale LaFever, Nathan Tastad and Sawyer Parkin combined to toss five scoreless innings of relief.

The biggest keys tonight are to limit defensive miscues and cash in with runners in when runners reach base. Each of the final six runs across three different innings that the Nighthawks scored last night came with two outs. Wenatchee twice batted with the bases loaded and two outs and went back to the dugout without driving any of those runners in both times.

The loss last night snapped the AppleSox’ streak of eight consecutive wins against non-league opponents. Their last loss to an opponent from outside the West Coast League was against the River City Athletics in the 2018 home opener on June 5, 2018.

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To purchase tickets to tonight’s game, please visit applesox.com/tickets.

If you cannot attend tonight’s game, then you can still listen live to the action on Sunny FM. Listeners can tune in at kcsyfm.com on their desktop computer or by tuning in at any of the following stations below.

• Wenatchee: 93.9 FM

• East Wenatchee/Rock Island: 98.1 FM

• Lake Chelan Valley: 95.3 FM

• Brewster/Pateros: 101.3 FM

• Okanogan Valley: 101.9 FM

• Omak/Tonasket/Oroville: 97.7 FM

• Methow Valley: 106.3 FM

Pregame coverage begins at 6:10 p.m. with the Horan Estates Winery Pregame Show and the broadcast wraps up each night with the Denny’s Late Night Postgame Show. Tonight’s game will also have a live video without the radio feed. It can be seen on playsight.com

Errors, Men Left On Base Doom AppleSox on Opening Night

The Wenatchee AppleSox dropped their first non-league game in three years as they fell to the Northwest Star Academy Nighthawks on Tuesday night at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.

Despite scoring first and leading going into the sixth inning, the AppleSox’ bats went cold late and the Nighthawks took advantage of mistakes to retake and then add to the lead. Both teams committed seven errors apiece but the AppleSox stranded 17 men on the basepaths, compared to seven men left on for the Northwest Star Academy.

The Nighthawks scored each of their final six runs (three in the sixth, two in the seventh and one in the ninth) with two outs. The AppleSox twice batted with the bases loaded and two outs (fourth and seventh innings) but were unable to drive any runs home in those situations.

The AppleSox’ three runs all came across without any base hits. Wenatchee scored one run in the first and another in the second thanks to a combined six errors by the Nighthawks. The AppleSox did not collect their first hit until the fourth inning, when Ben Leid poked a single into right field with one out.

Enzo Apodaca led off for the AppleSox and consistently helped set the table for the rest of the order. The freshman at Gonzaga reached base five times via three singles, a hit by pitch and catcher’s interference. He scored the game’s first run in the first inning and also stole a base.

The loss snaps the AppleSox’ streak of eight consecutive wins against non-league opponents. Their last loss to an opponent from outside the West Coast League was against the River City Athletics in the 2018 home opener on June 5, 2018.

The AppleSox look to pick up their first win of the season on Wednesday evening when they wrap up their brief two-game non-league set against the Northwest Star Academy.

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AppleSox Open 2021 Season Against NW Star Academy

GAME NOTES

The Wenatchee AppleSox open the 21st season in team history with a pair of non-league games against the Northwest Star Academy. The AppleSox are 122-43 all-time against non-league opponents, including a perfect 5-0 record against non-WCL teams in 2019.

Tonight is the AppleSox' first game since 656 days ago they lost to the Victoria HarbourCats, 8-7, in Game 3 of the 2019 WCL Division Series. The AppleSox last played at home 658 days ago in Game 1 of that Division Series, a 5-1 win.

The AppleSox are 14-6 in season openers, 12-8 in home-openers. They have won each of their last two season openers. This is the third consecutive season that the AppleSox' Home Opener is against a non-WCL opponent.

Tonight the AppleSox face the Northwest Star Academy for the first time since June 30, 2018. Their team is made up of players from Oregon and Southwest Washington who are between their senior year of high school and freshman year of college.

The AppleSox are 7-2 all-time against the NW Star Academy and have outscored them 67-14, averaging 7.44 runs per game. The AppleSox are 5-0 against the NW Star Academy since June 9, 2007 and have shut out their non-WCL foe in four straight games.

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Fans attending this evening’s game will receive an AppleSox magnetic schedule. To purchase tickets to tonight’s game, please visit applesox.com/tickets.

If you cannot attend tonight’s game, then you can still listen live to the action on Sunny FM. Listeners can tune in at kcsyfm.com or by tuning in at any of the following stations below.

• Wenatchee: 93.9 FM

• East Wenatchee/Rock Island: 98.1 FM

• Lake Chelan Valley: 95.3 FM

• Brewster/Pateros: 101.3 FM

• Okanogan Valley: 101.9 FM

• Omak/Tonasket/Oroville: 97.7 FM

• Methow Valley: 106.3 FM

Pregame coverage begins at 6:10 p.m. with the Horan Estates Winery Pregame Show and the broadcast wraps up each night with the Denny’s Late Night Postgame Show. Tonight’s gave will also have a live video feed. It can be seen on playsight.com

June Single-Game Tickets on Sale May 31

The 21st season in AppleSox history is less than one week away but fans won’t have to wait as long to purchase single-game AppleSox tickets. This coming Monday, May 31, single-game AppleSox tickets in June will be available for all fans to purchase. The AppleSox will provide a link at applesox.com/tickets for fans to purchase their seats this summer.

If you are a season-ticket holder and have not reserved your seats for the June home games that you wish to attend, please refer to the video below for the process of how to do so.

The AppleSox are going digital with ticketing and will stagger ticket sales this season. All tickets will be scanned at both the home plate entrance as well as the new third-base entrance (which will be for vaccinated fans), between the souvenir shop and concession stand.

Eight hundred seats will be available for each home game this season, unless there is a change in capacity size at Washington State outdoor venues. Season-ticket holders will have first priority at tickets and then, if any seats are still available, the remaining seats will go on sale to the general public on the day of the specified home game.

Fans at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium are strongly encouraged to wear masks at all times except when eating or drinking. Fans in the vaccinated section are not required to wear a mask after showing proof of vaccination and will be given a wristband at the ballpark. Regardless of where fans are seated, whether in a vaccinated section or not, they may enter the third-base gate if they have proof of vaccination at least two weeks prior and can receive a wristband.

For questions about 2021 ticket information, please by call 509-665-6900 and speak with General Manager Allie Schank or email info@applesox.com. Please “like” the Wenatchee AppleSox on Facebook for news on where to go to purchase tickets this season.

Update On Reserving AppleSox tickets for June

AppleSox season ticket holders,

Thank you all for your continued support and patience as we navigate this new system together. We have less than two weeks until Opening Day and I am so excited to see everyone back at the ballpark, celebrating summer and baseball with one another.

I wanted to be transparent about keeping everyone up to date with the current ticketing system. While we had initially planned on opening up ticket reservations today, May 20th, we are delaying the release until Sunday at noon on May 23rd. We want to make this process as simple as possible this season to reserve season tickets. In the meantime, we apologize for the delay, we have been working extremely hard to ensure you all have the best season possible.

We will not be reserving tickets for July and August games until we have further clarification about our capacity limitations and guidelines provided by the Department of Health and the Washington State government. We are anticipating that guidance will allow us to open in full capacity by July 1st. I will email you a week before July games open to the public to ensure you all have enough time to decide what games you wish to reserve seats at.

In addition, we've established new guidance for masking at games after communicating with other venues in our state for their guidance. Unvaccinated fans at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium are required to wear masks at all times except when eating or drinking. Fans in the vaccinated section are not required to wear a mask after showing proof of vaccination and will be given a wristband at the ballpark. Regardless of where fans are seated, whether in a vaccinated section or not, they may enter the third-base gate if they have proof of vaccination at least two weeks prior and can receive a wristband. Providing proof of vaccination is not something we are forcing upon anyone; we're simply trying to mitigate the current regulations to the best of our ability.

You will receive, on Sunday, a specific reservation code which will allow you to select your seats. We will send you another email on Sunday as a reminder to reserve. This email will contain your ticket code, a video detailing how to reserve tickets, and the link for the new ticketing website.

If you have any questions, then please email info@applesox.com.

Jose Oglesby (Owner) and Allie Schank (General Manager)

AppleSox Tickets Available for Season-Ticket Holders This Thursday

UPDATE: We are looking to make the claim process as smooth as possible and have pushed the date for season-ticket holders to claim their seats to each to SUNDAY, MAY 23. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

The Wenatchee AppleSox open up their 2021 season on June 1 at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium. Here's what you need to know before the return of baseball this summer.
 

• AppleSox tickets are now being sold virtually only. Tickets for all games in June go on sale to all fans on May 31. The AppleSox will post a link on Facebook and AppleSox.com when they are live.

• On May 20, AppleSox Season-Ticket Holders will receive their first opportunity to claim their seats to each game in June. Seats will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis. With seating limited to just 800 fans and social distancing required, we cannot guarantee anyone their previously-reserved seats.

• The best way for season-ticket holders to have a chance at getting your seats is to claim them as soon as you receive the link. The AppleSox will post a link on Facebook and AppleSox.com and email fans with a link to claim seats.

• Season-ticket holders: YOU MUST claim your ticket for each game to guarantee that you will have a ticket to the game. If you do not claim your ticket, it will become available for someone else to purchase. Any games that AppleSox season-ticket holders do not attend will be credited to their account and applied toward 2022 season tickets. The AppleSox will email a link to season-ticket holders to claim their tickets.

• Please note that general admission seats are being reserved this year and specific spots must be claimed. Fans will not be able to sit in one general admission spot and then move to another this season due to local guidelines and social distancing requirements.

• 800 seats will be available for each home game this season, unless there is a change in Washington State state health guidelines.

• The AppleSox will use Sections A and B behind home plate as a vaccinated ticket section this season. AppleSox fans who have received their second shot of the vaccine or the singular shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine two weeks prior to the day of the game are eligible to sit in the vaccinated section. They must provide either their vaccination card or a picture of it as they enter Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium as proof that they are eligible to sit in the vaccinated section.

• Fans at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium are strongly encouraged to wear masks at all times except when eating or drinking. Fans in the vaccinated section are not required to wear a mask after showing proof of vaccination and will be given a wristband at the ballpark. Regardless of where fans are seated, whether in a vaccinated section or not, they may enter the third-base gate if they have proof of vaccination at least two weeks prior and can receive a wristband.

• The AppleSox are looking for a couple more host families to house players this summer. To learn more, click here.

We're excited to have fans back this season. Things will be different in the seating area and concourses with the AppleSox following state health guidelines, but the baseball on the field will be just as exciting as you remember before.

If you have any questions about any changes coming for the 2021 season, please email info@applesox.com or call 509-665-6900.

Become an AppleSox Host Parent This Summer!

The Wenatchee AppleSox are three weeks away from returning to the field after sitting out the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The AppleSox are looking for a few more host families to house players for the 2021 season from early June through mid-August.

AppleSox players are enrolled in colleges across the country and will begin coming to the Wenatchee Valley in late May. Because the players are student-athletes and unable to be paid for their play, they stay with host parents for the two-and-a-half month season. 

Hosting an AppleSox player is a unique opportunity to become part of the team. Though families and players meet as strangers, they become bonded through friendship once the season ends.

“This season will be my 13th hosting an AppleSox player,” AppleSox Host Family Coordinator Marcey Skelton said. “We love watching baseball and hosting a player gives us a new favorite player to root for each season.”

Requirements for host parents are as simple as having an extra bed for the player to sleep on, feeding them when they are home and providing transportation to the ballpark if they do not have a vehicle (many players do).

Host parents will receive many benefits for hosting an AppleSox player. They’ll be given priority access at getting tickets to all AppleSox home games this season. Tickets are limited each game as the AppleSox are allowed to have up to 50-percent of their normal capacity. Tickets will be reserved online with season-ticket holders needing to claim their seats prior to each game to guarantee that they will be able to attend the game. The AppleSox will have a vaccinated ticket section with 80-percent capacity and all other ticket sections will have 25-percent capacity to meet Washington State guidelines for health and safety of fans.

AppleSox host families will also receive an invitation to the annual Host Family Appreciation Dinner, free registration for host family children to the AppleSox youth instructional clinics and recognition on field at the final regular season home game.

The AppleSox are taking special measures to ensure that host families and players stay healthy as our country continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. All AppleSox players either have received or will receive the COVID-19 vaccine prior to arriving in Wenatchee this summer.

“Opening your home up and welcoming a stranger is about the kindest thing you can do.” AppleSox General Manager Allie Schank said, “We want to make sure that everyone involved stays safe and healthy.” 

If you live in Wenatchee, East Wenatchee or Cashmere, have a spare room, and would be interested in housing a player, please call the AppleSox team office at (509) 665-6900 or email info@applesox.com.

15 AppleSox Alums Appear on MiLB Rosters

Minor League Baseball returned this week after not playing in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and 15 former AppleSox players appeared on a Major League affiliate’s roster.

Three players listed below (Stainbrook, Toglia, Wu-Yelland) are making their professional debut this season. The players listed below are just those who made their respective club’s Opening Day roster. The number of AppleSox alums in MiLB figures to grow following the MLB First-Year Player Draft July 11-13.

Here’s a full list of AppleSox alums at each level of MiLB. Their teams are included as are the parent organization and the season that they played in Wenatchee.

• Triple-A

  • Nate Esposito, Omaha Storm Chasers (Kansas City Royals), 2014

  • Eric Filia, Tacoma Rainiers (Seattle Mariners), 2011

  • Blaine Hardy, Nashville Sounds (Milwaukee Brewers), 2006

  • James Kaprielian, Las Vegas Aviators (Oakland Athletics), 2012

• Double-A

  • Brhet Bewley, Northwest Arkansas Naturals (Kansas City Royals), 2015

  • Trenton Brooks, Akron RubberDucks (Cleveland Indians), 2014

  • Ryan Kreidler, Erie SeaWolves (Detroit Tigers), 2016

  • Tanner Nishioka, Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox), 2014

• High-A

  • Matt Frazier, Greensboro Grasshoppers (Pittsburgh Pirates), 2016 

  • Michael Toglia, Spokane Indians (Colorado Rockies), 2016

  • Hugh Smith, West Michigan WhiteCaps (Detroit Tigers), 2017  

• Low-A

  • Nate Hadley, Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (Minnesota Twins), 2014

  • Casey Legumina, Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (Minnesota Twins), 2016

  • Troy Stainbrook, Fredericksburg Nationals (Washington Nationals), 2018

  • Jeremy Wu-Yelland, Salem Red Sox (Boston Red Sox), 2018

  • Jeremy Ydens, Fredericksburg Nationals (Washington Nationals), 2016

AppleSox Unveil 2021 Ticket Information

The AppleSox are going digital with ticketing and will stagger ticket sales this season. Tickets to games from June 1-20 will go on sale on May 15.

Four hundred seats will be available for each home game this season, unless there is a change in capacity limits at Washington State outdoor venues. You'll receive a link from the AppleSox to select tickets. Tickets will be received electronically this year. Fans will be able to access tickets electronically, similar to how MLB fans attend games. 

Season-ticket holders will have priority access. Before any fans have access to purchasing seats to individual games, they will have a choice on whether or not they want to attend each of those games or not. Tickets will be socially distant and properly spaced out. Masks will be required when not consuming food or drink. While season ticket holders receive first opportunity at purchasing tickets, they are not guaranteed to get their regular seats due to social distancing requirements. 

For questions about 2021 ticket information, please call 509-665-6900 or email info@applesox.com. Please “like” the Wenatchee AppleSox on Facebook for news on where to go to purchase tickets this season.

AppleSox Announce 2021 Broadcast Team

The Wenatchee AppleSox will have two broadcasters for a season for the first time this summer.

Joel Norman returns for his third season as the “Voice of the AppleSox” and will be joined by Reily Chestnut this summer.

Chestnut is a 2019 graduate of Texas State University and worked as a morning show host and high school football and basketball play-by-play broadcaster for Hub City Radio in Aberdeen, South Dakota, after graduation. His most recent broadcasting work was calling Canyon High School football in New Braunfells, Texas, this past fall.

He was the sports director at Texas State’s radio station, KTSW-FM, in college and broadcast Bobcat baseball, softball, volleyball, soccer and basketball for the station while also hosting a show and a couple podcasts. In 2019 he was the TIPA Award Winner for “Best Live Sports Audio” after doing play-by-play of Texas State Volleyball’s first NCAA tournament win.

Norman graduated from West Virginia University in 2018 and called AppleSox games solo in 2018 and 2019. He left the team in March 2020 after being hired by the Fredericksburg Nationals (Low-A, Washington Nationals), but never started his job after COVID-19 cancelled the 2020 MiLB season and the team opted not to keep the position in budget cuts for the 2021 season.

Norman returned to Wenatchee this spring and broadcast Brewster High School football games on KOZI-FM Radio Lake Chelan for the third straight season. Last spring, he called Brewster basketball games, including their 2020 State Championship victory. He broadcast Wenatchee and Eastmont High School baseball games in 2019 for the NCWLIFE Channel. Norman wrote a book on the AppleSox in 2019 titled One Inning At A Time; 20 Years of Wenatchee AppleSox Baseball.

The 21st season in AppleSox history begins on June 1 against the Northwest Star Academy. Sunny FM will broadcast all 58 games for the seventh straight season AppleSox games can be heard all season long online at kcsyfm.com as well as on the radio at the following signals…

• Wenatchee: 93.9 FM

• East Wenatchee/Rock Island: 98.1 FM

• Lake Chelan Valley: 95.3 FM

• Brewster/Pateros: 101.3 FM

• Okanogan Valley: 101.9 FM

• Omak/Tonasket/Oroville: 97.7 FM

• Methow Valley: 106.3 FM

For any media information, please email applesoxmedia@gmail.com

AppleSox Add NWAC, More State of Washington College Players

AppleSox head coach Ian Sanderson announced on Wednesday the addition of eight new players for the 2021 season. Sanderson now has 42 players signed to contracts for the 57-game 2021 season.

“We’re bringing aboard some guys this week,” Sanderson said, “who are going to do some big things at their schools this year. A lot of them are in-state guys and a few of them are transferring to Division-I schools this fall.”

Lowell Dunmire

Right-handed pitcher Lowell Dunmire did not appear in any games last season before the COVID-19 shutdown and returns to Lower Columbia College this year. He is looking to make his first appearance for the Red Devils. He graduated from Skyview High School in Vancouver in 2019.  

Cole Hatton

Cole Hatton was named Pacific League MVP his sophomore and junior years at Ocosta High School (WA). In each of his first two high school seasons he posted an ERA below 1.00. Hatton has an 8.38 ERA over 19.1 innings in five games for Saint Martin’s University this spring.

Cameron Liss

Cameron Liss is a sophomore left-handed pitcher at Spokane Falls. The southpaw has a 4.50 ERA and 15 strikeouts in two games (both starts). Liss appeared in three games (all starts) last year and recorded a 4.26 ERA with 17 strikeouts. He posted a 2.08 ERA and struck out 66 batters in 11 appearances (10 starts) as a freshman at Spokane Falls in 2019.

Liss previously pitched in the West Coast League in 2019 with the Yakima Valley Pippins. He recorded a 1.08 ERA across 8.1 innings in two appearances (one start). Liss’s WCL debut came at the expense of the AppleSox as he tossed 4.1 shutout innings of relief against Wenatchee on June 14.

“The NWAC is also being represented on the mound by Nelson and Liss,” Sanderson said “Liss is a lefty with a tough arm slot making it an uncomfortable at bat for hitters.”

Jasper Nelson

Jasper Nelson is in his freshman year at Spokane Falls. Nelson allowed one run in two innings in his only appearance this spring to date. He recorded a 2.17 ERA in five games over two seasons of varsity baseball at Palo Verde High School (NV).

Nelson and Liss were both originally signed by the Kelowna Falcons before they ultimately opted out of the 2021 season.

Reid Rasmussen 

Reid Rasmussen appeared in three games last season for Yakima Valley College before the COVID-19 shutdown and transferred to Central Washington. He has a 5.94 ERA in 16.2 through four games this spring for the Wildcats. Rasmussen led Selah High School (WA) to a district championship in 2018 but missed his senior season due to Tommy John Surgery. Rasmussen tossed a no hitter last summer while pitching for the Yakima Valley Pepsi Pak American Legion Senior Baseball team. 

Sam Stuhr

Sam Stuhr graduated from Madison High School last year. He went 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA as a sophomore in 2018. Stuhr has appeared in one game for Lower Columbia College this spring (April 3) and tossed two scoreless innings with two strikeouts in it. He is transferring to Oregon State this fall.

Stuhr joins Dunmire as the second member of this year’s Lower Columbia College team to join the AppleSox. Sanderson, who is also the associate head coach and pitching coach for the Red Devils, is excited to see how the duo will do perform both this spring and this summer.

“Sthur and Dunmire are going to play a big part in the NWAC this year,” Sanderson said. “Dunmire is a lefty who’s up to 88 and Sthur is 92-95 and will give us a boost on the mound.”

Mark Steward

Mark Steward had a brilliant junior year of high school on the diamond before his senior year was cut short. The catcher hit .395 in 24 games in 2019 and then .250 in just three games last spring. He is batting .350 with one home run through 11 games.

Jackson VanDeBrake

Jackson VanDeBrake is in his freshman season at Tacoma Community College and has two hits in six at-bats in his first two games this season. He graduated from West Valley High School in Yakima last spring. 

“VanDeBrake comes from a family of ball players,” Sanderson said. “His oldest brother played at Gonzaga and his other brother is currently playing for Washington State so he knows what it takes to be a good ball player.”

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The 2021 AppleSox season begins on June 1. For 2021 ticket information, please call 509-665-6900 or email info@applesox.com.

AppleSox Add Talent From Six Different Schools

AppleSox head coach Ian Sanderson announced on Wednesday the addition of seven new members of the 2021 AppleSox. These seven players come from six different schools across the country ranging from states as far east as South Carolina.

“One of my goals,” Sanderson said, “has been to utilize contacts not just on the West Coast but elsewhere in the country to bring talent to Wenatchee. It’s exciting to have guys come here who might play a different brand of ball.”

Adam Grob

Adam Grob started out his collegiate career at Wabash Valley College (Illinois) before transferring to South Carolina Upstate. Grob hit .429 in 16 games as a freshman and then .358 with seven home runs in 19 games last season. He’s batting .200 with one home run through his first 11 games with the Spartans this spring.

Lucas Kolovitz

Lucas Kolovitz is coming off an abbreviated freshman year in which he hit .275 in 13 games for Purdue University Fort Wayne. He is hitting .179 with one home run and six walks in 15 games this year.

Cole Mayes

Cole Mayes is a graduate of Lake Travis High School in Texas in 2018. Mayes did not appear in any games for Temple Junior College last season after undergoing Tommy John Surgery and has not played in any this season either.

Trey Miller

Trey Miller was born in Washington but moved to Danville, PA, in 2018 and graduated from Danville High School last year. He did not pitch as a senior but went 7-4 with a 1.82 ERA over 65.1 innings in 12 games as a junior. Miller tossed six complete games and struck out 84 batters.

Miller has a 1.69 ERA with nine strikeouts and just two walks over 16 innings-pitched in six games this spring. His first four appearances were all out of the bullpen, but Miller has made back-to-back starts and has not allowed any runs in 10 innings.

Justin Simpson

Justin Simpson transferred from Golden West College to Central Michigan and is hitting .362 with 12 walks through 17 games for his new school so far. He hit .326 in 2019 to earn All-Orange Empire Conference Second Team honors prior to transferring and did not play in 2020.

Rece Stapp

Rece Stapp redshirted last season and retains freshman status this spring at Ohio University. He is looking to make his season debut for the Bobcats.

Jacob Wyeth

After two impressive junior college seasons, Jacob Wyeth will join the AppleSox this summer. He batted .433 with three doubles and one homer in 11 games for Cisco College last season and was named a Texas Junior College All-Star the season before. Wyeth threw out 15 of 32 base-stealers, 46-percent, last season (by comparison, San Diego Padres catcher Austin Hedges led the National League by throwing out 46.2-percent of attempted base-stealers). 

Wyeth is hitting .167 through 12 games this spring.

The 2021 season begins on June 1 against the Northwest Star Academy. For information on tickets, please call 509-665-6900 or email info@applesox.com.