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Late rally pushes Appleton Doubledays past De Pere at Class AAA State Legion Baseball Tournament

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STEVENS POINT – The Appleton Doubledays used a late rally to knocked off De Pere 4-3 on Friday night at the Class AAA Wisconsin State American Legion Baseball Tournament at Bukolt Park.

The Doubledays (18-4) stand one win away from a trip to the Great Lakes Regional in Carol Stream, Ill., as they will take on Middleton (20-5) on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. The winner plays De Pere (23-9-1) for the state championship at 3:30 p.m. De Pere has already secured a spot in the national regional tournament, which will be held Aug. 6-10.

Middleton handed Appleton its only loss of the tournament 4-3 on Wednesday.

Down to its last at-bat and trailing 3-2 in the top of the seventh, Appleton’s Ethan Winkler led off with a single and Dawsen Burington walked. After a line out and a fly out, Winkler scored on a balk to tie the game and Dan Dieck followed with a single to plate Burington to give the Doubledays the lead.

Appleton pitcher Cade Prestigiacomo walked the first two hitters in the bottom of the seventh before garnering a strikeout. He was then lifted for Jacob Bickel, who got the final two outs to end it.

Prestigiacomo struck out eight over 6 1/3 innings, giving up three unearned runs and just four hits.

Dieck had three of Appleton’s seven hits in the victory.

Doubledays 4, De Pere 3
Appleton   010   100   2   –   4   7   1
De Pere   000   030   0   –   3   4   1
WP: Cade Prestigiacomo. LP: Kurtz. SV: Jacob Bickel.
SO: Prestigiacomo (6 1/3 inn.) 8, Bickel (2/3 inn.) 0; Kurtz (6 inn.) 6, Butterfield (1 inn.) 1. BB: Prestigiacomo 3, Bickel 0; Kurtz 3, Butterfield 0.
Top hitters: A, Dan Dieck 3×4, 2B, RBI; Jackson Bines-Sabrowsky 2B, RBI; Lincoln Thede 2 runs. D, Butterfield 2×2.
Records: Appleton 18-4; De Pere 23-9-1.

Class AAA Wisconsin State American Legion Baseball Tournament
July 29-Aug. 2, at Bukolt Park, Stevens Point
Double Elimination – Top two teams qualify for Great Lakes Regional in Carol Stream, Ill., Aug. 6-10
Tuesday, July 29
Game 1: Eau Claire (20-7) 3, D.C. Everest (9-15) 0
Game 2: De Pere (21-8-1) 13, Oconomowoc (12-11) 3
Game 3: Middleton (18-4) 5, Manitowoc (20-9) 4 (9 inn.)
Game 4: Appleton Doubledays (16-3) 7, Stevens Point (9-16) 4
Wednesday, July 30
Game 5: Oconomowoc (13-11) 8, D.C. Everest (9-16) 7
Game 6: Manitowoc (21-9) 5, Stevens Point (9-17) 3
Game 7: De Pere (22-8) 7, Eau Claire (20-8) 0
Game 8: Middleton (19-4) 4, Appleton Doubledays (16-4) 3
Thursday, July 31
Game 9: Manitowoc (22-9) 11, Eau Claire (20-9) 2
Game 10: Appleton Doubledays (17-4) 11, Oconomowoc (13-12) 1
Game 11: De Pere (23-8-1) 8, Middleton (19-5) 7
Friday, Aug. 1
Game 12: Middleton (20-5) 13, Manitowoc (22-10) 0
Game 13: Appleton Doubledays (18-4) 4, De Pere (23-9-1) 3
Saturday, Aug. 2
Game 14: Middleton (20-5) vs. Appleton Doubledays (18-4), 12:30 p.m.
Game 15: De Pere (23-9-1) vs. Game 14 winner, 3:30 p.m.