Baseball Preview: Appleton East Patriots vs. Hortonville Polar Bears
Appleton East is 0-10 against Hortonville since May of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Appleton East Patriots will be playing in front of their home fans against the Hortonville Polar Bears at 4:30 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Appleton East is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Oshkosh West onto the board and left with a 13-0 victory on Friday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Appleton East considering their two-run performance the game before.
Meanwhile, Hortonville came into Thursday's matchup having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They had just enough and edged Neenah out 1-0.
Not much got past Taiven Gass, who gave up just four hits to keep Neenah off the board. Those seven innings set a new season-high mark for him.
At the plate, Hortonville's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Rashaud Kastner, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Appleton East's victory ended a nine-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-9. As for Hortonville, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-8.
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