4-28-2011 vs. Rantoul Eagles
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Wildcats Soar Past the Eagles
After quiet bats for two innings, the Normal West Wildcat’s Matthew James opened the floodgates on a four run, six hit third inning with a triple to deep left center. James stuffed the Rantoul Eagles on the mound too, leading the Wildcats to a 13-0 five inning victory. The Wildcats upped their record to 15-4 on the season with the win.
Following up his perfect game in his last outing, James was dominant again allowing only one baserunner, a leadoff single in the first. He struck out 12 didn’t walk a batter. The only plays the defense made were a foul pop to third base, a looper to third and Garrett Cook’s diving catch in left field to end the game. James moves to 4-0 on the season.
James led off the 3rd inning with a triple. Garrett Cook then singled to left field on a nice piece of batwork, slapping an 0-2 curve between the drawn in infield to score James. Alex Jefferson blasted a double to left center to score Cook and moved up on a nice Kyle Vaughn sacrifice bunt. Adam McGinnis found the left side hole for an RBI single before Wes Sery doubled to put runners at second and third. Erik Sipes loaded the bases and Adam Seifert’s infield hit scored Jefferson to give the Wildcats a 4-0 lead.
In the 4th, Garrett Cook singled to center for his second hit of the game. He moved to second on an infield error and third on Vaughn’s second nice sacrifice bunt. McGinnis scored Cook and Jefferson with a single to center before Sery got aboard on an infield error. After they both stole a base to move up, Seifert drove them in with an RBI single.
In the 5th, James tripled again to the same spot to lead things off. Cook walked and Jefferson got a hit in front of the right fielder to score James. After McGinnis and Sery walked, Seifert cleared the bases with a triple over the center fielder.
Seifert led the Wildcats with four hits in the game while Jefferson, McGinnis, James and Cook had two hits. Seifert had six runs batted in, while McGinnis had three and Jefferson two.
The Wildcats return to action tomorrow against Decatur Eisenhower at Stephen Decatur in a Big 12 Conference matchup.