Fond du Lac attack proves too much for Appleton North baseball

AppletonSportsPage.com

APPLETON – A nine-run third inning broke open a close game for Fond du Lac as it rolled to a 16-5 win over Appleton North in a Fox Valley Association baseball game Friday at North High School.

The teams exchanged three-run first innings before the Cardinals pulled away, scoring twice in the second inning and nine times in the third as they improve to 9-7 overall and 5-6 in the FVA.

The Lightning (9-5, 6-4 FVA) was held to five hits, with Teegan Karpinske driving in a pair of runs with a single in the first inning.

Appleton North heads to Oshkosh West for an FVA game on Tuesday.

Cardinals 16, Lightning 5
Fond du Lac   329   20   –   16   10   1
Appleton North   302   00   –   5   5   3
WP: Hudson Burg. LP: Cash Christianson.
SO: Burg (3 inn.) 3, Neubauer (1 inn.) 1, Noah Ditter (1 inn.) 0; Teegan Karpinske (1 inn.) 0, Christianson (1 inn.) 0, Logan Gross (1/3 inn.) 1, Rieckman (1 2/3 inn.0 0, Kangas (1 inn.) 1. BB: Burg 4, Neubauer 0, Ditter 0; Karpinske 1, Christianson 1, Gross 2, Rieckman 3, Kangas 0.
Top hitters: F, Keyton Killian 2 runs, RBI; Alex Demos 3 runs; Brenner 2×3, 2 runs, RBI; Greyson Wenger 3×4, 2 runs, 4 RBI; Burg 2×3, 2B, 3 RBI; Brady Streblow 2 runs. AN, Nathan Ramus 2B; Karpinske 2 RBI.
Records: Fond du Lac 9-7, 5-6 Fox Valley Association; Appleton North 9-5, 6-4 Fox Valley Association.