Kaukauna pushes past Appleton East baseball with seven-run fifth

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APPLETON – Kaukauna used a seven-run fifth inning to break open a one-run game and defeated Appleton East 10-2 in a Fox Valley Association baseball game Tuesday at East High School.

Drew Luckow threw a complete game for Kaukauna (13-10, 10-7 FVA), allowing just five hits.

Appleton East (7-15, 6-11 FVA) scored once in the second on an RBI single by Mason Winkler, and added another in the fourth on a bases-loaded walk to Nick Verbeten, cutting Kaukauna’s lead to 3-2.

The Ghosts then erupted for seven runs in the top of the fifth, as five walks and back-to-back doubles by Kyle Kress and Tyler Jezeski broke it open.

Appleton East will finish its regular-season schedule at Appleton North on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

Ghosts 10, Patriots 2
Kaukauna   002   170   0   –   10   10   0
Appleton East   010   100   0   –   2   5   1
WP: Drew Luckow. LP: Alex Thompson.
SO: Luckow 1; T.J. Parker (2 inn.) 0, Thompson (2 inn.) 0, Noah Larson (2/3 inn.) 0, Michael Morales (2 1/3 inn.) 1. BB: Luckow 0; Parker 0, Thompson 3, Larson 5, Morales 0.
Top hitters: K, Bron Schaefer 2 runs; Kyle Kress 3×5, 2B, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Tyler Jezeski 2×4, 2B, RBI; Aiden Boylan 2×3. AE, Rylan Winkler 2×2, 2 runs; Mason Winkler 1×2, RBI; Nick Verbeten 1×2, RBI.
Records: Kaukauna 13-10, 10-7 Fox Valley Association; Appleton East 7-15, 6-11 Fox Valley Association.