Appleton East baseball blanks Oshkosh West for first win of season

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APPLETON – The Appleton East baseball team picked up its first victory of the season with a 2-0 shutout of Oshkosh West in a Fox Valley Association contest on Monday at East High School.

After East starting pitcher Matthew Bixler loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the seventh inning with a hit batter, Cade Prestigiacomo entered and coaxed a groundout to end the threat and save the win for Bixler.

Bixler struck out two and walked two in 6 2/3 innings, scattering five hits.

The Patriots scored the game’s only two runs in the third inning without the aid of a hit. Two walks, an error and a wild pitch plated Prestigiacomo and Alex Thompson.

Jackson Bines-Sabrowsky had two hits, including a double, for Appleton East (1-4, 1-2 FVA).

Appleton East will play at Hortonville on Tuesday.

Patriots 2, Wildcats 0
Oshkosh West   000   000   0   –   0   5   2
Appleton East   002   000   x   –   2   5   1
WP: Matthew Bixler. LP: Ryan Williamson. SV: Cade Prestigiacomo.
SO: Williamson (4 inn.) 3, Logan Egnoski (2 inn.) 2; Bixler (6 2/3 inn.) 2, Prestigiacomo (1/3 inn.) 0. BB: Williamson 4, Egnoski 1; Bixler 2, Prestigiacomo 0.
Top hitters: OW, Gavin Ruh 2×3. AE, Jackson Bines-Sabrowsky 2×2, 2B; Alex Thompson 2B, run.
Records: Oshkosh West 1-4, 0-3 Fox Valley Association; Appleton East 1-4, 1-2 Fox Valley Association.