Kimberly outlasts Appleton North in FVA baseball showdown

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KIMBERLY – Kimberly scored three runs early and held off Appleton North 3-2 in a battle of Fox Valley Association baseball leaders on Monday at Sunset Park.

Kimberly remains undefeated at 12-0 overall and 7-0 in the FVA to take over sole possession of first place while snapping Appleton North’s 10-game winning streak.

Kimberly led 3-0 after three innings before the Lightning (10-2, 6-1 FVA) began to peck away.

Three walks and a passed ball led to a run in the fifth, and Griffin Stan had an RBI single in the sixth to bring North to within a run.

However, the Lightning left the bases loaded in both innings and Pierson Hacker got the final two outs with a runner on first in the seventh to save the win for Papermakers’ starter Maddux Hermus.

Hermus struck out five and walked six, but didn’t allow a hit through five innings. North had just two hits in the loss.

Appleton North will host Neenah on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.

Papermakers 3, Lightning 2
Appleton North   000   011   0   –   2   2   0
Kimberly   102   000   –   3   10   1
WP: Maddux Hermus. LP: Cash Christianson. SV: Pierson Hacker.
SO: Christianson (5 1/3 inn.) 2, Thomas Carew (2/3 inn.) 1; M. Hermus (5 inn.) 5, Shaefer Peterson (1 1/3 inn.) 1, Hacker (2/3 inn.) 0. BB: Christianson 0, Carew 0; M. Hermus 6, Peterson 2, Hacker 0.
Top hitters: AN, Griffin Stan 1×2, 2 BBs, run, RBI. K. Lex Kanebe 2×2, 2B, 2 RBI; M. Hermus 2B; Beckett Hermus 2×3, 2 2Bs.
Records: Appleton North 10-2, 6-1 Fox Valley Association; Kimbelry 12-0, 7-0 Fox Valley Association.