Appleton North baseball snags walk-off win over Menomonee Falls

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APPLETON – Logan Hudson knocked in a pair of runs to cap a six-run seventh inning as the Appleton North baseball team rallied to defeat Menomonee Falls 8-7 in a nonconference game Saturday at North High School.

The Lightning trailed 5-0 after 5½ innings before scoring twice in the bottom of the sixth.

After Menomonee Falls (2-4) got both runs back in the top of the seventh, Appleton North got to work.

The Lightning sent 10 players to the plate in the inning, which started with back-to-back hit batters.

Logan Gross had a two-run single and scored on an error, and Jackson Skorr had a sacrifice fly to make it 7-6.

With two outs, Teegan Karpinske was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Hudson, who connected on a line drive to left to plate Levi Watts and Thomas Carew with a double for the walk-off win for the Lightning.

Griffin Stan had two of North’s seven hits as the Lightning (5-1) won for the fourth-straight time.

Appleton North will host Oshkosh West in Fox Valley Association action Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.

Lightning 8, Phoenix 7
Menomonee Falls   101   102   2   –   7   12   1
Appleton North   000   002   6   –   8   7   4
WP: Thomas Carew. LP: Dorian Wegner.
SO: Cail Geiger (3 inn.) 4, Wegner (3 2/3 inn.) 4; Colin Reddy (2 inn.) 0, Cash Christianson (2 inn.) 3, Gus Rieckman (1 inn.) 1, Logan Gross (1 inn.) 1, Carew (1 inn.) 2. BB: Geiger 2, Wegner 1; Reddy 0, Christianson 2, Rieckman 0, Gross 1, Carew 0.
Top hitters: MF, Henry Lynde 2×5, 2 RBI; Riley Kempf 2×4, 2 2Bs, 3 runs, RBI; Niemec 2×3, RBI; Browne 4×4, RBI. AN, Levi Watts 2B, RBI; Carew 2 RBI; Logan Hudson 2B, 2 RBI; Gross 2 RBI; Griffin Stan 2×3, 2 runs.
Records: Menomonee Falls 2-4; Appleton North 5-1.