Hortonville shuts out Appleton North baseball

AppletonSportsPage.com

HORTONVILLE – Taiven Gass threw a five-inning three-hit shutout to lead Hortonville to a 10-0 win over Appleton North in a Fox Valley Association baseball game Tuesday at Commercial Club Park.

Gass struck out four and walked just won as the Polar Bears rolled to the win, improving to 10-9 overall and 9-6 in the FVA.

Levi Watts had two of the three hits for Appleton North (13-5, 11-4 FVA).

The Lightning committed four errors and starting pitcher Matthew Hietpas had six walks in the loss.

Appleton North hosts Appleton West on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

Polar Bears 10, Lightning 0
Appleton North   000   00   –   0   3   4
Hortonville   202   6x   –   10   5   2
WP: Taiven Gass. LP: Matthew Hietpas.
SO: Hietpas (3 2/3 inn.) 4, Ryan Tesch (1/3 inn.) 0; Gass 4. BB: Hietpas 6, Tesch 0; Gass 1.
Top hitters: AN, Levi Watts 2×2; Braden Schopf 1×2. H, Jack Coenen 2×3, 2B, 2 RBI; Rashaud Kastner HR, 3 runs, 2 RBI; Nathan Grams 3 runs.
Records: Appleton North 13-5, 11-4 Fox Valley Association; Hortonville 10-9, 9-6 Fox Valley Association.