Appleton West baseball shuts out Appleton North in WIAA Division 1 baseball regional semifinal

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APPLETON – Appleton West’s Loren Georger fired a gem and the No. 13 seed Terrors pulled off a big upset, downing crosstown-rival and No. 4 seed Appleton North 3-0 in a WIAA Division 1 baseball regional semifinal Tuesday at North High School.

West scored twice in the first inning and that was plenty for Georger, who allowed just one hit – a two-out double to William Hoerner in the first inning – as he cruised to the shutout win.

Georger struck out 10 and retired the final 15 batters in order to finish off the win for the Terrors.

Appleton West (7-16) will play a regional final on Thursday against the winner of Wednesday’s game between No. 12 seed Appleton East and No. 5 seed Kaukauna.

Georger and Mason Peterson each had RBI singles in the first inning to give Appleton West a quick 2-0 lead.

Georger and Appleton North pitcher Ethan Wick matched zeroes after that until the Terrors tacked on a run in the seventh when Peterson led off with a single and scored on a triple by Dexter Gerard.

Georger finished off the shutout with a pair of strikeouts in the seventh.

Wick finished with 10 strikeouts in six innings or work for the Lightning (14-8).

Terrors 3, Lightning 1
Appleton West   200   000   1   –   3   7   1
Appleton North   000   000   0   –   0   1   1
WP: Loren Georger. LP: Ethan Wick.
SO: Georger 10; Wick (6 inn.) 10, Ryan Tesch (1 inn.) 1. BB: Georger 0; Wick 2, Tesch 0.
Top hitters: AW, Dexter Gerard 2×3, 2B, 3B, RBI; Mason Peterson 2×3, RBI; Georger 1×3, RBI; Riley Verboomen 2×3. AN, William Hoerner 2B.
Records: Appleton West 7-16; Appleton North 14-8.