Baseball Recap: Thursday's Win Is Kimberly's Fifth in Last Six Outings

Papermakers

Margin (Wins)

04/15/25 @ Appleton East	17
05/08/25 vs Appleton West	15
05/01/25 @ Oshkosh North	10
04/14/25 @ Appleton West	8
04/10/25 vs Neenah	6

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Hudson, Kimberly was happy to have turned things around on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Appleton West Terrors a 15-0 shutout. The Papermakers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by six runs or more this season.

The team relied heavily on Shaefer Peterson, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBI. Benny Kieffer was another key player, going 1-for-3 with four RBI.

Kimberly always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .517. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Appleton West only posted an OBP of .118.

Kimberly is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-3-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Appleton West, their loss dropped their record down to 2-9.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Kimberly is set to take on their familiar foe Neenah at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Appleton West will face off against rival Oshkosh North at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.