Oshkosh West holds off Appleton East baseball

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APPLETON – Oshkosh West used a six-run fifth inning to pull ahead and held off a late rally to top Appleton East 10-8 in Fox Valley Association baseball action Friday at Appleton East High School.

After the Wildcats (8-9, 4-7 FVA) scored three times in the seventh inning to take a 10-6 lead, Appleton East tried to rally in its final at-bat.

Jackson Bines-Sabrowsky had an RBI triple and scored on a groundout by Daniel Dieck before Oshkosh West was able to get the final out to end the threat.

Cade Prestigiacomo had two hits and two RBI, and Dieck and Alex Thompson also drove in two runs each for Appleton East (10-5, 6-4 FVA).

Appleton East will host Green Bay Notre Dame for a nonconference game Monday at 4:30 p.m.

Wildcats 10, Patriots 8
Oshkosh West   100   060   3   –   10   12   0
Appleton East   002   040   2   –   8   7   4
WP: Mercado. LP: Mason Winkler.
SO: Mercado (3 inn.) 3, Jaxon Prill (2 inn.) 1, Bryce Reichenberger (2 inn.) 0; M. Winkler (4 2/3 inn.) 4, Brady Kern (1 1/3 inn.) 0, Alex Thompson (1 inn.) 0. BB: Mercado 1, Prill 1, Reichenberger 0; M. Winkler 1, Kern 1, Thompson 0.
Top hitters: OW, Prill 3×4, 3 runs; Landon Ubrig 2×3, 2B, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Avery Mosloski 2×4, 3 RBI; Lee 2 RBI. AE, Thompson 2B, 2 RBI; Cade Prestigiacomo 2×4, 2B, 2 runs, 2 RBI; M. Winkler 2B; Jackson Bines-Sabrowsky 3B, RBI; Daniel Dieck 2 RBI; Nick Verbeten 2 runs.
Records: Oshkosh West 8-9, 4-7 Fox Valley Association; Appleton East 10-5, 6-4 Fox Valley Association.