After two games on the road, Appleton West is heading back home. They will take on the Appleton North Lightning at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Last Friday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Appleton West had to settle for a 6-5 defeat against Kimberly.
Meanwhile, Appleton North had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They blew past the Evergreens 8-1.
Jack Kangas spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on five hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Nick Bergin, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
Appleton West's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Appleton North, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
Appleton West suffered a grim 13-6 defeat to Appleton North when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Appleton West avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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