Appleton North is 2-8 against Kimberly since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Appleton North Lightning will be playing at home against the Kimberly Papermakers at 4:30 p.m.
Appleton North was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 12-1 walloping at the hands of Oshkosh West.
Appleton North saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alyssa Wald, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, while Kimberly put up some runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for Appleton East. Kimberly put the hurt on Appleton East with a sharp 10-0 victory. That's two games straight that Kimberly has won by exactly ten runs.
Appleton North's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Kimberly, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Appleton North suffered a grim 9-1 defeat to Kimberly when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Appleton North avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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