Appleton Double Days Legion baseball rolls past Bay Port for seventh-straight win

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SUAMICO – The Appleton Double Days Legion baseball team upped its winning streak to seven with an 8-1 rout of Bay Port on Thursday night.

Brady Kern picked up the pitching win with 4 1/3 innings of shutout relief as he struck out three without a walk.

Lincoln Thede had a sacrifice fly to plate Dawsen Burrington in the first inning and Brandon Tobak had a two-run double in the second to give Appleton (8-2) a 3-1 lead

The Double Days would add another run in the fourth thanks to a two-out error, and piled on four more in the sixth as three runs scored on two separate errors, and T.J. Parker had a sac fly.

The Double Days will play at the Appleton Post 38 Round Robin Tournament on Friday and Saturday, taking on Wisconsin Rapids at 5:30 p.m., and Post 38 will host Kaukauna at 8 p.m. Friday. The Double Days will take on Kaukauna at noon Saturday, followed by Wisconsin Rapids against Post 38 at 2:30 p.m. Kaukauna and Wisconsin Rapids will play each other at 5 p.m., with a Post 38 and the Double Days closing the tournament at 8 p.m. in the second matchup between the teams this week.

Double Days 8, Bay Port 1
Appleton   120   104   0   –   8   11   1
Bay Port   100   000   0   –   1   3   4
WP: Brady Kern. LP: Jack Huben.
SO: Brandon Tobak (1 2/3 inn.) 3, Kern (4 1/3 inn.) 3, A.J. Thompson (1 inn.) 2; Huber (5 inn.) 4, Sawyer Larson (2 inn.) 2. BB: Tobak 3, Kern 0, Thompson 0; Huber 3, Larson 1.
Top hitters: A, Dawsen Burrington 2×4, 2 runs; Cade Prestigiacomo 2×5; Dan Dieck 3×4; Tobak 2B, 2 RBI. BP, Larson 2B.
Records: Appleton 8-2; Bay Port 7-9.