Fox Valley Lutheran baseball wins home opener over Clintonville

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APPLETON – Fox Valley Lutheran scored four runs in the fourth inning and defeated Clintonville 4-1 in a North Eastern Conference baseball game Tuesday at Fox Valley Lutheran High School.

Jack Schlueter drove in a pair of runs with a double to break open a scoreless game and the Foxes tacked on two more.

Jordan Sanders (four innings) and Aidan Rachoner (two innings) shut out Clintonville (0-3, 0-2 NEC) for FVL before the Truckers scored their only run in the seventh.

Dawson Burington had two of FVL’s five hits as the Foxes improve to 2-0 overall and in the NEC.

Fox Valley Lutheran returns to action Monday at home against Little Chute.

Foxes 4, Truckers 1
Clintonville   000   000   1   –   1   4   2
Fox Valley Lutheran   000   400   x   –   4   5   3
WP: Jordan Sanders. LP: Gavin Christopherson.
SO: Christopherson (5 inn.) 5, Wegner (1 inn.) 0; Sanders (4 inn.) 6, Aidan Rachoner (2 inn.) 2, Spencer Bromm (1 inn.) 0. BB: Christopherson 3, Wegner 0; Sanders 1, Rachoner 2, Bromm 2.
Top hitters: C, Zachary Johnson 2×3; Linken Korth 2B. FVL, Dawson Burington 2×3; Jack Schlueter 2B, 2 RBI.
Records: Clintonville 0-3, 0-2 North Eastern Conference; Fox Valley Lutheran 2-0 overall and North Eastern Conference.