Hortonville rolls past Appleton West baseball

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APPLETON – Appleton West committed nine errors and walked 11 Hortonville batters in a 20-1 loss in a Fox Valley Association baseball game Tuesday at the Nienhaus Sports Complex.

The Polar Bears (5-2, 2-1 FVA) scored seven times over the first two innings and put up 10 runs in the fourth to cruise to the win.

Appleton West (1-5, 1-2 FVA) was held to four hits. Michael Gwiazdon had an RBI single in the fourth inning for the Terrors’ lone run.

Appleton West hosts Kaukauna on Thursday.

Polar Bears 20, Terrors 1
Hortonville   340   (10)3   –   20   7   1
Appleton West   000   10   –   1   4   9
WP: Braylon Brantner. LP: Cameron St. John.
SO: Brantner 8; St. John (1 1/3 inn.) 1, Quinn Mueller (2 inn.) 2, Reeder Luedtke (1/3 inn.) 0, Quinn Meyers (1/3 inn.) 0, Dominic Ruzzicone (1/3 inn.) 0, Mason Peterson (2/3 inn.) 0. BB: Brantner 3; St. John 4, Mueller 1, Luedtke 3, Meyers 0, Ruzzicone 2, Peterson 1.
Top hitters: H, Kameron Chronis 3 runs; Turner Kuhnke 5 runs, 2 RBI; Rashaud Kastner 4 runs, 2 RBI; Jack Tennis 2×3, 2 runs, 3 RBI; Gary Wuest 2×4, 4 RBI; Brock Wolter 4 RBI; Kolten Jens 3 runs. AW, Michael Gwiazdon 1×1, RBI.
Records: Hortonville 5-2, 2-1 Fox Valley Association; Appleton West 1-5, 1-2 Fox Valley Lutheran.