Beaver Dam outlasts Appleton East baseball

AppletonSportsPage.com

APPLETON EAST – Cade Prestigiacomo and Mason Winkler allowed just two hits on the mound for Appleton East, but Beaver Dam was able to eke out a pair of runs in the sixth inning to defeat the Patriots 3-1 in a nonconference baseball game Friday at Appleton East High School.

Appleton East scored its only run in the fifth on a groundout by Jackson Bines-Sabrowsky, tying the game at 1-1.

Beaver Dam (3-1) then scored twice without a hit, scoring on a bases-loaded walk and a squeeze bunt.

Appleton East (2-1) did not have another baserunner, striking out four times over the final two innings in suffering its first loss.

Alex Thompson had two of East’s four hits.

Appleton East will travel to Plover to take on Stevens Point for another nonconference game on Monday at 5 p.m.

Golden Beavers 3, Patriots 1
Beaver Dam   001   002   0   –   3   2   0
Appleton East   000   010   0   –   1   4   2
WP: Westover. LP: Mason Winkler. SV: Bryant.
SO: Westover (5 inn.) 5, Bryant (2 inn.) 4; Cade Prestigiacomo (5 inn.) 6, M. Winkler (2 inn.) 1. BB: Westover 7, Bryant 0; Prestigiacomo 1, M. Winkler 2.
Top hitters: BD, Freund 2×2, run. AE, Alex Thompson 2×3.
Records: Beaver Dam 3-1; Appleton East 2-1.