Appleton North baseball holds off Fond du Lac for ninth-straight win

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FOND DU LAC – The Appleton North baseball team remains undefeated in the Fox Valley Association after defeating Fond du Lac 3-1 on Thursday at Fond du Lac High School.

Colin Reddy threw five shutout innings, allowing just two hits, to earn the win and Owen Reuland allowed a run in two innings of relief to pick up the save for the Lightning, who are now 9-1 overall and 6-0 in the FVA.

Appleton North scored all three of its runs in the fourth inning as Matthew Hietpas, Reuland and Nathan Ramus had consecutive RBI singles leading the Lightning to their ninth-straight victory.

Appleton North will play a nonconference game at Bay Valley Conference leader Fox Valley Lutheran on Friday at 4:30 p.m.

Lightning 3, Cardinals 1
Appleton North   000   300   0   –   3   13   0
Fond du Lac   000   001   0   –   1   4   0
WP: Colin Reddy. LP: Hudson Burg. SV: Owen Reuland.
SO: Reddy (5 inn.) 2, Reuland (2 inn.) 3; Burg (5 inn.) 6, Brody Haus (1 inn.) 1, 10 (1 inn.) 0. BB: Reddy 2, Reuland 1; Burg 0, Haus 0, 10 0.
Top hitters: AN, Aedan Waterstreet 2×4, 2B; Teegan Karpinske 2×4; Nathan Ramus 2×3, RBI; Logan Gross 2×3. FDL, Burg 2B.
Records: Appleton North 9-1, 6-0 Fox Valley Association; Fond du Lac 6-3, 4-3 Fox Valley Association.