Appleton East baseball picks up road win at Stevens Point

AppletonSportsPage.com

PLOVER – Rylan Winkler threw a complete-game four-hitter as the Appleton East baseball team hit the road and picked up a 6-1 nonconference win over Stevens Point on Monday at Memorial Field.

Stevens Point scored in the opening inning before Appleton East rallied, tying the game in the fifth on a single by Nick Verbeten, and taking the lead with a three-run sixth.

Winkler doubled home two runs to cap the sixth inning as the Patriots improve to 3-1 this spring.

Alex Thompson and Winkler each had two hits for East.

Appleton East will host Kimberly for a Fox Valley Association game Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.

Patriots 6, Panthers 1
Appleton East   000   013   2   –   6   9   1
Stevens Point   100   000   0   –   1   4   1
WP: Rylan Winkler. LP: Caden Weinfurter.
SO: R. Winkler 6; Weinfurter (5 inn.) 1, Trelka (1 inn.) 0, Seuhs (1 inn.) 1. BB: R. Winkler 1; Weinfurter 0, Trelka 1, Suehs 1.
Top hitters: AE, Alex Thompson 2×4, 2B, 2 runs; Cade Prestigiacomo 1×4, 2 RBI; R. Winkler 2×4, 2B, 2 RBI; Brandon Tobak 2B. SP, Roth 2B.
Records: Appleton East 3-1; Stevens Point 1-2.