Appleton Post 38 rolls past Sheboygan in Class AAA Legion regional opener
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APPLETON – Appleton Post 38 had the bats going, scoring four early runs, and cruised to an 11-2 win in its opening game of the Class AAA American Legion baseball regional on Wednesday night at Don Hawkins Field.
Logan Hudson allowed two runs over six innings, striking out five, and added two hits on offense as Post 38 (9-11) moves on to a winners’ bracket game Thursday night at 8 p.m. against Manitowoc, which was a 6-3 winner over Neenah on Wednesday.
Ethan Wick had an RBI single in the second inning, and two-out singles from Reed Flick and Alex Brokaw plated three more runs in the third to give Appleton a 4-0 lead.
Leading 5-2 after six innings, Post 38 poured on six more runs to finish off the victory.
Nick Bergin walked with the bases loaded, Brandon Schopf had a three-run double, Alex Ramus followed with another BRI double and he scored on an error to make it 11-2.
Quinn Comerford worked around an error to retire Sheboygan in the seventh to end it.
Flick finished with three hits as Appleton pounded out 11 in the victory.
Appleton Post 38 11, Sheboygan 2
Appleton 013 010 6 – 11 11 2
Sheboygan 000 101 0 – 2 5 5
WP: Logan Hudson. LP: Jacob Norris.
SO: Hudson (6 inn.) 5, Quinn Comerford (1 inn.) 0; Norris (5 1/3 inn.) 3, Griffin Knight (1 inn.) 3, Rhett Albright (2/3 inn.) 0. BB: Hudson 3, Comerford 0; Norris 3, Knight 3, Albright 0.
Top hitters: A, Alex Ramus 2B, RBI; Brandon Schopf 2×4, 2B, 2 runs, 3 RBI; Hudson 2×3; Reed Flick 3×4, 4 runs, RBI; Alex Brokaw 1×2, 2 RBI. S, Oelhafen 2B.
Records: Appleton 9-11; Sheboygan 4-6.
Class AAA American Legion Baseball Regional
July 23-26, at Don Hawkins Field, Appleton
Wednesday, July 24
Game 1: Kaukauna 8, Appleton Double Days 2
Game 2: Manitowoc 6, Neenah 2
Game 3: Appleton Post 38 11, Sheboygan 2
Thursday, July 25
Game 4: Appleton Double Days vs. Neenah, 3 p.m.
*Game 5: Kaukauna vs. Sheboygan, 5:30 p.m.
Game 6: Manitowoc vs. Appleton Post 38, 8 p.m.
*If Winner of Game 1 wins Game 5 schedule is as follows:
Friday, July 26
Game 7: Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 6, 3 p.m.
Game 8: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 5:30 p.m.
Game 9: Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 27
Game 10: Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9, 5:30 p.m.
Game 11: Winner Game 10 vs. Loser Game 10 if Loser of Game 10 suffered first loss of tournament, 8 p.m.
*If Loser of Game 3 wins Game 5 schedule is as follows:
Friday, July 26
Game 7: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 3 p.m.
Game 8: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 5:30 p.m.
Game 9: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 8 p.m.
If Winner of Game 6 wins Game 9:
Saturday, July 27
Game 10: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 8, 5:30 p.m.
Game 11: Repeat if Winner Game 8 wins Game 10, 8 p.m.
If Winner of Game 6 loses Game 9:
Game 10: Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 9, 5:30 p.m.
Game 11: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 8 p.m.