Appleton Double Days Legion baseball holds off Wisconsin Rapids, extend winning streak to eight

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APPLETON – The Appleton Double Days Legion baseball team used a four-run fifth inning to surge ahead and held off Wisconsin Rapids 7-6 in their opening game of the Appleton Post 38 Round Robin Tournament on Friday at Don Hawkins Field.

Dan Dieck had three hits, and A.J. Thompson and Jackson Bines-Sabrowsky each drove in two runs for the Double Days, who are now 9-2 after winning their eighth-straight game.

Thompson picked up the win, going six innings, and Cade Prestigiacomo earned the save with a scoreless seventh inning for Appleton.

The Double Days will play Kaukauna at noon and Appleton Post 38 at 8 p.m. on Saturday as the tournament wraps up.

Double Days 7, Rangers 6
Wisconsin Rapids   020   202   0   –   6   9   2
Appleton   002   140   x   –   7   9   1
WP: A.J. Thompson. LP: Carsen Orheim. SV: Cade Prestigiacomo.
SO: Orheim (4 2/3 inn.) 2, No. 19 (name not provided) (1 1/3 inn.) 1; Thompson 1, Prestigiacomo 0. BB: Orheim 4, No. 19 (name not provided) 0; Thompson 3, Prestigiacomo 0.
Top hitters: WR, Brett Simonsen 3×4; Jackson Laskowski 2×3, 3B, 2 runs; Jordan Szelagowski 3B, 2 runs, RBI; Nolan Hartmann 2B, 2 RBI; No. 8 (name not provided) 2B, 2 RBI. A, Jackson Bines-Sabrowsky 2B, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Dan Dieck 3×4; Thompson 2×4, 2 RBI.
Records: Wisconsin Rapids 10-8; Appleton 9-2.