Appleton West is 2-8 against Hortonville since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Appleton West Terrors will look to defend their home field against the Hortonville Polar Bears at 5:00 p.m. Hortonville took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Appleton West, who comes in off a win.
Appleton West can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent game on Friday. They were the clear victor by an 8-2 margin over Oshkosh North. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Appleton West.
Meanwhile, Hortonville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Kaukauna by a score of 6-5.
Griffin Jens put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Jens was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his seven plate appearances.
In other batting news, Kameron Chronis was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 4-for-7.
Even though they lost, Hortonville didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Appleton West's win bumped their record up to 5-8. As for Hortonville, their loss dropped their record down to 6-8.
Appleton West suffered a grim 10-1 defeat to Hortonville in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hortonville's Taiven Gass, who struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Now that Appleton West knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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