Appleton East baseball falls to Wausau East, Notre Dame

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GREEN BAY – The Appleton East baseball team lost twice at the Notre Dame Triangular at Harold Neville Field on Saturday, falling to Wausau East 5-2 and host Notre Dame 5-1.

Wausau East scored three times in the top of the seventh inning to pull out the win in the Patriots’ first game.

T.J. Parker had two hits and drove in one of East’s two runs in the fifth inning that gave the Patriots a brief 2-1 lead.

Wausau East responded with a run in the top of the sixth to tie it before pulling away in the seventh.

The Patriots were held to three hits in the loss to Notre Dame (18-6), which including an RBI single by Alex Thompson.

Notre Dame blanked Wausau East (13-8) 9-0 in the other game of the triangular.

Appleton East will wrap up its regular season with Fox Valley Association games at home against Kaukauna on Tuesday and Appleton North on Thursday.

Lumberjacks 5, Patriots 2
Wausau East   000   011   3   –   5   11   2
Appleton East   000   020   0   –   2   6   2
WP: Ryan Rodemeier. LP: Matthew Bixler. SV: Zach Pagel.
SO: Rodemeier (6 inn.) 9, Pagel (1 inn.) 1; Mason Winkler (6 inn.) 7, Bixler (1 inn.) 1. BB: Rodemeier 5, Pagel 0; M. Winkler 1, Bixler 0.
Top hitters: WE, Oliver Turjaski 2×4, run; Davis Winter 2 runs; Jed Vander Sanden 2×4, run; Bodee Beversdorf 2×4, 2B, run. AE, T.J. Paker 2×3, RBI.
Records: Wausau East 13-7, Appleton East 7-13.
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Tritons 5, Patriots 1
Appleton East   000   010   0   –   1   3   3
Notre Dame   230   000   x   –   5   9   0
WP: Donatello Badalamenti. LP: Cade Prestigiacomo. SV: Aaron Heyroth.
SO: Prestigiacomo 4; Baldalamenti (4 inn.) 5, Heyroth (3 inn.) 4. BB: Prestigiacomo 2; Baldalamenti 2, Heyroth 3.
Top hitters: AE, Alex Thompson 1×4, RBI. ND, Micah Marzec 2B, 2 RBI; Bryson Koehne 2×4, RBI; Drew Siudzinski 2B; Jack Froelich 2×3, run.
Records: Appleton East 7-14; Notre Dame 18-6.