Appleton Doubledays rout De Pere to stay alive at Great Lakes Legion Baseball Regional
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CAROL STREAM, Ill. – The Appleton Doubledays smacked 17 hits and scored multiple runs in three different innings as they blasted De Pere 10-0 in an elimination game at the Great Lakes American Legion Baseball Regional on Friday.
The Doubledays scored four times in the first inning, keyed by a two-run double from Jackson Bines-Sabrowsky, and never looked back to keep their season alive in the double-elimination tournament.
Cade Prestigiacomo allowed one hit over two innings, Jack Schlueter gave up only one hit in 2 2/3 innings, and Rylan Winkler finished off the shutout by retiring all seven batters he faced for Appleton.
Prestigiacomo had a bases-loaded single that led to three runs in the fourth as a De Pere error allowed two extra runs to score.
Appleton put the game away in the seventh with three more runs on RBI singles from A.J. Thompson and Brandon Tobak, and a sacrifice fly from Jacob Bickel.
The Doubledays (20-6) will play Cedar Rapids (Iowa), the lone undefeated team remaining the tournament, at 7 p.m. Saturday. With a win, Appleton would advance to the final day of the tournament on Sunday with a berth in the American Legion Baseball World Series in Shelby, N.C., on the line.
Doubledays 10, De Pere 0
Appleton 400 300 3 – 10 17 0
De Pere 000 000 0 – 0 2 2
WP: Jack Schlueter. LP: Holden Mulloy.
SO: Cade Prestigiacomo (2 inn.) 2, J. Schlueter (2 2/3 inn.) 3, Rylan Winkler (2 1/3 inn.) 4; Mulloy (1 inn.) 0, Trey Butterfield (6 inn.) 0. BB: Prestigiacomo 0, J. Schlueter 1, R. Winkler 0; Mulloy 1, Butterfield 0.
Top hitters: A, Ethan Winkler 2×3, 2B, 2 runs; Lincoln Thede 2×4, 2B; Jackson Bines-Sabrowsky 3×4, 3 2Bs, 2 RBI; T.J. Parker 2×4, 2 runs; Prestigiacomo 2×4, 2 RBI.
Records: Appleton 20-6; De Pere 24-12-1.
Great Lakes American Legion Baseball Regional
Aug. 6-10, at Carol Stream, Ill.
Wednesday, Aug. 6
Game 1: Midland (Mich.) 2, Rockport (Ind.) 0
Game 2: Beverly/Lowell (Ohio) 9, De Pere 4
Game 3: Appleton Doubledays 6, Danville (Ill.) 5 (10 inn.)
Game 4: Cedar Rapids (Iowa) 16, Carol Stream (Ill.) 0
Thursday, Aug. 7
Game 5: Rockport (Ind.) 12, Danville (Ill.) 6
Game 6: De Pere 9, Danville (Ill.) 6
Game 7: Midland (Mich.) 12, Appleton Doubledays 3
Game 8: Cedar Rapids (Iowa) 12, Beverly/Lowell (Ohio) 1
Friday, Aug. 8
Game 9: Appleton Doubledays 10, De Pere 0
Game 10: Rockport (Ind.) 12, Beverly/Lowell (Ohio) 8
Game 11: Cedar Rapids (Iowa) 3, Midland (Mich.) 0
Saturday, Aug. 9
Game 12: Rockport (Ind.) vs. Midland (Mich.), 4 p.m.
Game 13: Appleton Doubledays vs. Cedar Rapids (Iowa), 7 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 10
*If Cedar Rapids wins Game 13
Game 14: Game 12 winner vs. Cedar Rapids (Iowa), 1 p.m.
Game 15: Repeat Game 14 if necessary, 3:30 p.m.
*If Appleton wins Game 13
Game 14: Game 12 winner vs. Appleton Doubledays, 1 p.m.
Game 15: Game 14 winner vs. Cedar Rapids (Iowa), 3:30 p.m.

