Appleton North baseball cruises to win at Appleton West

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APPLETON – Appleton North pitchers Colin Reddy and Thomas Carew combined on a five-inning one-hitter as the Lightning rolled to a 17-1 win over Appleton West in a Fox Valley Association baseball action Thursday at the Nienhaus Sports Complex.

The Lightning scored six times in the second inning and finished off the game via the 10-run rule with an eight-run fifth, improving to 13-6 overall and 10-5 in the FVA.

Reddy allowed one hit through four innings and Carew struck out two in a scoreless fifth for the Lightning.

North had 15 hits, including four by Jack Kangas and three by Levi Watts. Kangas drove in five runs on a pair of doubles and a triple, and Logan Hudson had two hits and four RBI in the win.

Both teams are back in action Friday as Appleton West plays at Neenah and Appleton North hosts Hortonville.

Lightning 17, Terrors 1
Appleton North   162   08   –   17   15   1
Appleton West   100   00   –   1   1   4
WP: Colin Reddy. LP: Loren Georger.
SO: Reddy (4 inn.) 5, Thomas Carew (1 inn.) 2; Georger (1 2/3 inn.) 3, Alex Hammond (1 1/3 inn.) 1, Mason Peterson (2 inn.) 1. BB: Reddy 3, Carew 0; Georger 2, Hammodn 0, Peterson 3.
Top hitters: AN, Levi Watts 3×4, 3 runs, RBI; Brennan Otto 2B, 2 RBI; Jackson Skorr 4 runs; Jack Kangas 4×4, 2 2Bs, 3B, 2 runs, 5 RBI; Logan Hudson 2×3, 2B, 2 runs, 4 RBI; Griffin Stan 2×2, 3 runs. AW, Beau Brown 1×2.
Records: Appleton North 13-6, 10-5 Fox Valley Association; Appleton West 3-14, 3-11 Fox Valley Association.