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Walla Walla Sweets [22-23] [25-20] Wenatchee AppleSox at 4th \\ WCL North \\ 3.5 GB \\ [7-11] [11-8] \\ .5 GB \\ WCL North \\ T2 PAUL THOMAS SR. STADIUM [1,200] | wenatchee, WASH. | GAME #46 [25-20] | HOME #22 [13-8] friday, July 28, 2017 | 7:05 p.m. | Radio: Sunny FM 93.9 (Wenatchee) \ KBSN 1470 AM (Moses Lake) PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS APPLESOX RECORD Day Date Opponnent Time AppleSox Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Overall 25-20 Fri. 7/28 Walla Walla 7:05p RH- Steen Fredrickson (1-2, 5.31) RH- Darius Vines (1-1, 4.30) League 25-20 Sat. 7/29 Walla Walla 7:05p RH- Alek Jacobs (0-0, 0.00) -H- TBA Division 17-7 Non-league 3-1 Sun. 7/30 Walla Walla 6:05p RH- Mike Townsend (0-2, 13.00) LH- Isaac Esqueda (3-1, 3.25) Home games 13-8 Away games 12-12 APPLESOX OPEN PIVOTAL LATE-SEASON HOMESTAND, HOST SWEETS Day games 0-2 The Wenatchee AppleSox (25-20, 10-8 second half), are looking to keep in the WCL Second-Half race, as they are just .5 games Night games 25-18 back of the Victoria HarbourCats and hosting North rival Walla Walla (22-23, 7-11), Friday night...the AppleSox were swept to open vs. RH starter 21-13 vs. LH starter 4-7 the season at Walla Walla...the AppleSox are playing their 18th franchise season (13th in the WCL) and are led by first-year head Extra innings 2-3 coach, Kyle Krustangel (25-20) (.556), who has completed two years as the head coach at Yakima Valley College during the NCAA regular season...Krustangel is assisted by Yakima’s Cash Ulrich and Riley Drongesen, both in their first seasons. SERIES HISTORY The Sweets lead the all-time APPLESOX COTTRELL SHINES IN COMPLETE GAME SHUTOUT, SWEEP series, 31-28...Wenatchee leads McKabe Cottrell stifled the Port Angeles Lefties at Civic Field in Port Angeles to complete a series and season sweep of the Lefties 15-11 at home, and trails 13-20 last night...the AppleSox freshman left-hander retired the first 17 Lefties to face him, and Port Angles broke up a Perfect Game on the road...Wenatchee has lost with two outs in the sixth inning on a bunt single by Aki Buckson...Wenatchee scored early runs in the third inning on an RBI single five of the last six in the series... from Jacob Prater and an RBI groundout for Evan Johnson...Adrian Vela launched his fourth home run of the season to left field in the AppleSox now hold a five-game the fourth inning - a solo shot - to put the AppleSox up 3-0...Prater also hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning, and Jack Reisinger losing streak at Borleske Stadium added an RBI single for a 5-0 AppleSox lead...Cottrell retired 27-of-29 batters on the night and only gave up two hits...he also struck after being swept there to start out 10 Lefties in the game and earned his first win at the collegiate level...in the first 17 batters he faced last night, Cottrell started the year...current five-game losing streak to the Sweets is the longest a first-pitch strike to 14 of the 17. losing streak in series history. TONIGHT’S NOTES LAST 10 VS. WW (3-7) CHEERS TO THE rod Molnaa...it was McKabe’s first MINIMIZING MISTAKES collegiate win and the first start to Last night, the AppleSox were error 6/4/17 @WW L, 6-7(12) WEEKEND reach eight innings for the AppleSox 6/3/17 @WW L, 4-5 The AppleSox are home starting free for an 11th time this year... this season. 6/2/17 @WW L, 0-4 a six-game homestand against Wenatchee is 10-1 when committing 8/4/16 @WW L, 3-7 the Walla Walla Sweets and zero errors in games this season. 8/3/16 @WW L, 1-6 8/2/16 @WW W, 6-4 Corvallis Knights...it begins with GETTING IT RIGHT AT 6/16/16 @WEN L, 4-8 a weekend series with the Walla HOME 6/15/16 @WEN W, 5-4 Walla Sweets...the AppleSox are a There’s no better time than now 6/14/16 @WEN W, 5-1 8/6/15 @WEN L, 2-9 combined 12-7 on Friday, Saturday, for the Wenatchee AppleSox to Sunday games this year and have improve their recent home record... SOX STREAKS four wins on each of those calendar Wenatchee has won six of its last days. nine road games, but is just 1-5 at Current Streak W3 home in its last six home contests... Homestand/Trip 0-0 for the AppleSox to stay in close Last 15 Games 7-8 COTTRELL’S GEM Last 10 Games 5-5 McKabe Cottrell threw the first contention in the North, they will Last 5 Games 3-2 AppleSox complete game shutout likely seek a series win in the first Last 5 Games/Home 1-4 since 2011, last night...Owen Jones three-game series of the six-game Last 5 Games/Away 3-2 Last 5 Games/Division 4-1 was the last AppleSox pitcher to homestand...the AppleSox are 5-2 in home series play this year...they throw a complete-game shutout LOOKING AHEAD (June 9, 2011 vs. Kitsap), and hadn’t lost a home series until their also holds a share of Wenatchee’s last two tries. AppleSox vs Corvallis single-season wins record...Cottrell Aug. 1 / Aug. 2 / Aug. 3 also became the third AppleSox 7:05p / 7:05p / 7:05p pitcher this year to toss 10 strike- Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium outs, joining Hunter Boyd and Jar- Wenatchee, Wash. @applesox | www.applesox.com | Wenatchee AppleSox | @applesox APPLESOX GAME INFORMATION | FRIDAY | JULY 28, 2017 | VS WALLA WALLA SWEETS PAGE 2 APPLESOX UPDATE AT A GLANCE WCL SECOND HALF STANDINGS WHEN APPLESOX... NORTH GB Score first 17-7 Victoria (11-8) (25-21) -- Score second or shutout 8-13 Bellingham (10-8) (26-19) .5 Score 3 runs or fewer 1-10 WENATCHEE (10-8) (25-20) .5 Score 4 runs or more 24-9 Walla Walla (7-11) (22-23) 3.5 Lead/Trail/Tie | 6th 17-5//5-15//3-0 Port Angeles (6-13) (16-30) 5 Lead/Trail/Tie | 7th 17-3//4-15//4-2 Kelowna* (5-13) (22-23) 5.5 Lead/Trail/Tie | 8th 19-3//1-16//5-1 Out-hit opponent 19-3 SOUTH GB Out-hit by opponent 3-13 Cowltiz (12-5) (23-21) -- Opponent hits equal 3-3 Corvallis* (11-8) (28-18) 2 AppleSox 10+ hits 14-3 Yakima Valley (9-8) (22-22) 3 Opponent 10+ hits 6-9 Bend (10-10) (22-25) 3.5 AppleSox hit home run 12-8 Gresham (8-11) (18-28) 5 Opponent hits home run 8-12 AppleSox commit error(s) 15-14 NUMBER OF DAYS (55)... AppleSox errorless 10-1 Leading Division 11 Play after an off day 4-1 In second place 22 In third place 8 HOW MANY... In fourth place 7 Come-from-behind wins 12 In fifth place 4 Blown leads/result in loss 9 In last place 4 Innings batting around 10 Wins/loses in final at bat 2-2 BY SERIES... (W-L-T) Players used (pitchers) 39 (21) Series records 9-6 One-run games 8-8 Home series 5-2 Two-run games 1-3 Away series 4-4 Shutouts 3 Divisional series 6-1 Times shut out 1 League series 9-6 Non-league series 2-1-0 THE RECORD... First-Half series 6-3 June 14-10 Second-Half series 3-3 July 11-10 First game series 12-3 August 0-0 Second game series 7-8 First Half 15-12 Third game series 6-9 Second Half 10-8 Rubber match 2-3 Pre All-Star 21-15 Series sweeps 4-3 Post All-Star 4-5 Monday 3-2 VS... Tuesday 2-4 WCL North 17-7 Wednesday 5-3 WCL South 8-13 Thursday 3-4 Teams/Winning Record 10-6 Friday 4-3 Teams/Losing Record 11-11 Saturday 4-2 Teams/Better Record 7-4 Sunday 4-2 Teams/Worse Record 17-14 Teams/Leading North 1-1 WHEN APPLESOX WEAR... Teams/Leading South 0-0 Home White 6-1 Played in Washington 17-16 Road Blue 3-6 Played in Oregon 3-3 Alternate Red 15-8 Played in Canada 5-1 Chiefs Throwback 1-5 WENATCHEE VS... CURRENT SERIES... WCL 2017 All-time* Record 0-0 Bellingham 1-2 43-29 Team average .000 (0x0) Bend 1-2 30-36 Corvallis 0-0 36-39 Runs per game 0.00 (0R/0G) Cowlitz 1-5 19-14 Fielding errors 0 Gresham 4-2 7-5 Team ERA 0.00 (0ER/0IP) Kelowna 6-0 74-27 Starter’s W-L 0-0 Port Angeles 6-0 6-0 Victoria 4-2 15-15 Starter’s ERA 0.00 (0ER/0IP) Walla Walla 0-3 28-31 Bullpen W-L-S 0-0-0 Yakima Valley 2-4 12-18 Bullpen ERA 0.00 (0ER/0IP) Saves/opp. 0/0 CURRENT WCL^ 270-213 TOTAL WCL 389-267 Best homestand 3-0 (6/27-29) *All-time marks WCL since 2005 Worst homestand 1-2 (7/22-24) ^Does not include former WCL Best road trip 3-0 (7/25-27) Worst road trip 0-3 (7/19-21) @applesox | www.applesox.com | Wenatchee AppleSox | @applesox APPLESOX GAME INFORMATION | FRIDAY | JULY 28, 2017 | VS WALLA WALLA SWEETS PAGE 3 THE LAST TIME THE APPLESOX..