Huge fifth inning pushes Hortonville past Appleton East baseball

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APPLETON – Hortonville scored 11 times in the top of the fifth inning to completely flip around the game and went on to defeat Appleton East 14-5 in Fox Valley Association baseball action Tuesday at Appleton East High School.

East led 3-0 after four innings before Hortonville erupted in the fifth.

The Polar Bears (8-2, 4-1 FVA) finished with 12 hits, all singles, and used four East errors and five walks to roll to the win.

Brandon Tobak had two hits and drove in three runs for Appleton East, which drops to 4-3 and 3-2 in the FVA.

Appleton East will play at Appleton West on Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Nienhaus Sports Complex.

Polar Bears 14, Patriots 5
Hortonville   000   0(11)0   3   –   14   12   0
Appleton East   030   000   2   –   5   5   4
WP: Braylon Brantner. LP: Rylan Winkler.
SO: Brantner (6 2/3 inn.) 1, Griffin Jens (1/3 inn.) 0; R. Winkler (4 inn.) 1, Matthew Bixler (1 inn.) 0, Alex Thompson (2 inn.) 3. BB: Brantner 3, Jens 0; R. Winkler 3, Bixler 2, Thompson 0.
Top hitters: H, Kameron Chronis 2 runs, 2 RBI; Turner Kuhnke 2×3, 2 RBI; Jack Tennie 2 RBI; Kael Konrad 2 RBI; Kaden Kreski 2×3, 2 runs; Broden Butzin 2 runs; Jens 2×3, 2 runs, RBI. AE, R. Winkler 2 runs; Brandon Tobak 2×3, 2B, 3 RBI.
Records: Hortonville 8-2, 4-1 Fox Valley Association; Appleton East 4-3, 3-2 Fox Valley Association.