Appleton Double Days Legion baseball pulls out extra-inning win at Oshkosh

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OSHKOSH – T.J. Parker smacked a two-run single in the top of the ninth inning for the only runs of the game, lifting the Appleton Double Days to a 2-0 win over Oshkosh in an American Legion baseball game Wednesday night at E.J. Schneider Field.

Cade Prestigiacomo and Lincoln Thede had back-to-back walks to lead off the ninth for Appleton. After a fielder’s choice, wild pitch and a strikeout, Parker knocked a single up the middle to score two runs.

Jack Schlueter finished off the shutout, earning the win with four innings of two-hit ball. Parker had pitched the first five innings, allowing five hits with three strikeouts.

Appleton (7-2), winners of six in a row, will play at Bay Port on Thursday.

Double Days 2, Oshkosh 0 (9 inn.)
Appleton   000   000   002   –   2   5   0
Oshkosh   000   000   000   –   0   7   0
WP: Jack Schlueter. LP: Alex Duel.
SO: T.J. Parker (5 inn.) 3, J. Schlueter (4 inn.) 3; Hunter Stelzer (8 inn.) 4, Duel (1 inn.) 2. BB: Parker 0, J. Schlueter 0; Stelzer 2, Duel 1.
Top hitters: A, Parker 2×4, 2 RBI. O, Colin Nigl 2×3; Mason Dorn 2×3.
Records: Appleton 7-2; Oshkosh 7-8.