Legends crush Manitowoc in playoff game
August 2, 2015
The Appleton Legends baseball team pounded out 32 hits in their 28-5 victory over Manitowoc in a first-round Northeastern Baseball League playoff game on Sunday.
APPLETON – The Appleton Legends baseball team pounded out 32 hits in their 28-5 victory over Manitowoc in a first-round Northeastern Baseball League playoff game on Sunday.
The Legends’ Tyler Nehring led the offensive assault, finishing 4-for-5 with two doubles, two home runs and five RBI. Jason Malkowski also had four hits for Appleton with Trent Whitcomb finishing 3-for-4 with a triple and four RBI. Kevin Kangas also had three hits, including two doubles and five RBI.
John Hendrick got the win for Appleton (28-12).
| Manitowoc… | …000 | 010 | 4 | — | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Appleton… | …382 | 348 | x | — | 28 | 32 | 0 |
WP: John Hendrick. LP: Phil Clark. Leading hitters: Brian Tladhe M 2×4, 2 RBI; Clark M 2×4; Bryan Afzali M 2B; Courtney Watkins A 3×5, 2B; Tanner VandeHey A 2B, 2 RBI; Jake Smith A 2 RBI; Nick Kukurich A 2 RBI; Tyler Nehring 4×5, 2 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI; Trent Whitcomb A 3×4, 3B, 4 RBI; Kevin Kangas A 3×4, 2 2B, 5 RBI; BJ Chase A 2×2; Earl Vorhagel A 3×6, 2B, 2 RBI; Jason Malkowski A 4×6, 2B, 2 RBI; Peter Feldkamp A 2×4, 2B; Chris Erm A 2×2.
The Northeastern Wisconsin Baseball League is a top-tier, wooden bat, adult semi-professional baseball league located in northeastern Wisconsin. Players in the league are considered amateur status, are not paid and consist mostly of current college baseball players, as well as former college and professional players.
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