Blurbs by Bruce Wenatchee at Bend Friday-Sunday (July 25-27) Game Times: 6:35 p.m. (Fri. and Sat.) 5:05 p.m. (Sun.) Vince Genna Stadium (Bend, Ore.) By: Bruce Bennett, 7/25

Wenatchee 12, Kelowna 1 last night. Wenatchee (21-18) at Bend (24-15) 6:35 tonight.

Wenatchee vs. Bend Started in 2000...and is one close series. Wenatchee- trails 34-32 overall, trails 31-28 in league games, leads 2-1 in playoffs and is tied 2-2 non- league. The Elks are the only league foe with a winning record vs. the AppleSox. - and Bend have played 66 games over 14 years and are only separated by six runs...Bend 317, Wenatchee 311. - and Bend have had 22 of 66 games (33 percent) decided by one run. - trailed 11 wins to 10 at Bend toward the end of 2010, and has since lost nine of 10 in the Oregon town to now trails 20-11. - got swept in three games a year ago...all on the Elks diamond. - will have played nine consecutive games at Bend when this series concludes. Last game in the Apple Capital was June, 2012. - and Bend are in second place in their respective divisions and both are just one game out of first.

Elks Making Tracks In the Elks first 16 games they were 6-10 and averaging 3.25 runs per game. Then things changed. For the last 23 contests they are 18-5 and averaging 7.96 runs per game, and In 10 of those 23 they’ve scored in double figures, including the last three in a row. In their last dozen games at home they are 9-3.

July 25 Games Except for home games this is a rough date for Wenatchee. On the 25th the Sox are 5-6 overall and league, 4-1 home, only 1-6 on the road and they did beat Bellingham last summer 11-3. They played Bend on this date in 2010 and won 8-2.

Did You Know? Three graduates of NCW high schools have played in the major leagues...Steve Kline of Chelan, Don Mc- Cormack of Omak and Jerrod Riggan of Brewster. Kline was a pitcher who spent 1971 to ‘73 with the New York Yankees, and split ‘74 between the Yankees and Cleveland Indians. He came back in ‘76 with the . He had a 43-45 career record. McCormack was a catcher who got the MLB “cup of coffee.” He got in two games in 1980 and three in ‘81 for the . Riggan, a pitcher, played in 67 games between the in 2000 and ‘01, and the Cleveland Indians in 2002 and ‘03. His overall record was 5-4.

Standings East: Yakima Valley 22-17, WENATCHEE 21-18, Walla Walla 19-20, Kelowna 13-26 West: Bellingham 28-10, Victoria 18-21, Cowlitz 17-22, Kitsap 15-23 South: Corvallis 25-14, Bend 24-15, Medford 21-18, Klamath Falls 10-29

Who’s Hot: Bend has won 5 straight and 8 of 9. Wenatchee has won 5 of 6. Who’s Not: Klamath Falls has lost 14 of 16. Yakima Valley has lost 6 of 7.