Fox Valley Lutheran baseball falls to NEC-leader Wrightstown

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WRIGHTSTOWN – Wrightstown scored six times in the third inning and cruised to a 7-2 win over Fox Valley Lutheran in a North Eastern Conference baseball game Thursday at Wrightstown High School.

Aiden Humphreys struck out nine over six strong innings as the Tigers (13-5, 11-2 NEC) maintain their one-half game lead over Little Chute in the conference standings.

Fox Valley Lutheran (12-8, 7-6 NEC) was held to three hits and scored both of its runs in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly by Jack Schlueter and Jacob Bickel was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

Fox Valley Lutheran will play a North Eastern Conference doubleheader at Marinette on Saturday.

Tigers 7, Foxes 2
Fox Valley Lutheran   000   002   0   –   2   3   1
Wrightstown   016   000   x   –   7   10   0
WP: Aiden Humphreys. LP: Jack Schlueter.
SO: J. Schlueter (3 in.) 2, Ben Beyer (3 inn.) 2; Humphreys (6 inn.) 9, Mason Driscoll (1 inn.) 0. BB: J. Schlueter 2, Beyer 0; Humphreys 2, Driscoll 0.
Top hitters: W, Trevor Vande Hey 2×4, 3B; Driscoll 2×2, 3B, 2 RBI; Humphreys 2×4; Ryan Leahy 2 RBI.
Records: Fox Valley Lutheran 12-8, 7-6 North Eastern Conference; Wrightstown 13-5, 11-2 North Eastern Conference.