Kaukauna edges Appleton West baseball in pitchers’ duel

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APPLETON – The Kaukauna and Appleton West baseball teams were locked up in a pitchers’ duel and the Ghosts were able to scratch out a run to win 1-0 in a Fox Valley Association game Thursday at the Nienhaus Sports Complex.

Kaukauna’s Bron Schaefer struck out 14, walked two and allowed just one hit in the complete-game shutout.

Appleton West’s Michael Gwiazdon nearly matched him, also giving up just one hit while walking two, but a fourth-inning unearned run handed him the loss.

Isaac Maas reached on an error to lead off the fourth for Kaukauna (10-6, 8-4 FVA), went to third on a single by Kyle Kress – the Ghosts’ lone hit – and scored on a sacrifice fly by Aiden Boylan.

Schaefer sent down the next 12 Terrors in a row over the final four innings to finish off the victory.

A single by Loren Georger with two outs in the third inning was Appleton West’s lone hit as the Terrors drop to 5-10 overall and 5-6 in the FVA.

Appleton West will travel to Neenah for another FVA game Friday at 4:30 p.m.

Ghosts 1, Terrors 0
Kaukauna   000   100   0   –   1   1   0
Appleton West   000   000   0   –   0   1   3
WP: Bron Schaefer. LP: Michael Gwiazdon.
SO: Schaefer 14; Gwiazdon 1. BB: Schaefer 2; Gwiazdon 2.
Top hitters: K, Kyle Kress 1×3; Aiden Boylan RBI. AW, Loren Georger 1×2.
Records: Kaukauna 10-6, 8-4 Fox Valley Association; Appleton West 5-10, 5-6 Fox Valley Association.