Hortonville came into Thursday's contest having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Neenah Rockets a 1-0 shutout on Thursday. That's more bragging rights for Hortonville, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
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 saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rashaud Kastner, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Hortonville's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-8. As for Neenah, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-7.
Hortonville will head out on the road to take on Appleton East at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Neenah, they will be playing at home against Appleton West at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Neenah is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
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