2015 BASEBALL BLURBS BY BRUCE | WEDNESDAY | JUNE 17, 2015 | VS. MEDFORD ROGUES PAGE 1 BASEBALL BLURBS BY BRUCE Bruce Bennett, AppleSox Statistician Wenatchee 8, Medford 3 last night. Medford (5-6) at Wenatchee (3-5) 7:05 tonight. Miscellany - The Sox are 6-5 vs. Medford and 4-1 in Paul Thomas Sr. Baseball Stadium. - Medford has now dropped five straight. - The local club averaged 2.8 runs for their first five league games and 8.7 in the last three. - 2 hours, 59 minutes, 24 seconds...the average time of the five home league contests. The average for all games the first 15 seasons was 2:34.5. Twenty-five bonus minutes (there are some of us who don’t quite look at it that way). - Two wins in a row by identical scores (8-3 in this case). The last time the Sox did this was 7/14 & 15, 2009 with 3-2 victories over the Portland Dukes...340 games in between. Fascinating stuff. Medford’s baseball past. For 30 years the Rogue Valley community was home to teams in the Far West League and the Northwest League. Medford Nuggets 1948-49 2 Far West League Class C Jackson County Baseball Park Medford Rogues 1950-51 2 Far West League Class C Jackson County Baseball Park Medford Giants 1967-68 2 Northwest League Short Season A Miles Field Medford Dodgers 1969 1 Northwest League Short Season A Miles Field Rogue Valley Dodgers 1970-71 2 Northwest League Short Season A Miles Field Medford Athletics 1979-87 9 Northwest League Short Season A Miles Field Southern Oregon Athletics 1988-95 8 Northwest League Short Season A Miles Field Southern Oregon Timberjacks 1996-99 4 Northwest League Short Season A Miles Field June 17 Games Wenatchee is 8-6 overall, 8-5 league, 0-1 nonleague, 4-5 home, 4-1 away and have a one-game los- ing streak. Standings East: Yakima Valley 7-3, Kelowna 6-3, Walla Walla 5-5, WENATCHEE 3-5 West: Bellingham 7-3, Kitsap 4-5, Cowlitz 3-5, Victoria 4-7 South: Bend 7-3, Corvallis 5-5, Medford 5-6, Klamath Falls 2-8 @applesox | @applesox_radio | www.applesox.com | Wenatchee AppleSox | @applesox.