Bradley Bourbonnais 5-25-2011 Varsity

5-25-2011 vs. Bradley Bourbonnais Raiders

 

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Wildcats Open Regional with Win

The Normal West Wildcats opened State Regional play with an 8-0 win over Bradley Bourbonnais at West Varsity Field.  With an impending storm coming in, the Wildcats got off to a fast start on a Trey Rogers 1st inning home run and cruised to a weather-shortened five inning victory.  The win ups the Wildcats record to 29-7 and advances them to the Regional Championship on Saturday.

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Trey Rogers (click on photo to see full set)

 In the 1st, Kyle Vaughn led off with a walk before Alex Jefferson sacrificed him to second and he moved to third on an infield out.  Adam McGinnis got him by a pitch and stole second to set the stage for Adam Seifert to drive in the first run of the game with a single to right.  Trey Rogers followed that with a long home run, just to the right of the scoreboard to make it 4-0. 

In the 2nd, Vaughn got a one out infield single, stole second, and moved to third on a passed ball.  With two outs, Wes Sery walked and when he stole second, Vaughn scored as the catchers couldn’t hold on to the return throw.  Sery then scored on Adam McGinnis’ triple over the rightfielder.  In the 3rd, the Wildcats tacked on two more Trey Rogers singled to left and Matthew James doubled over the rightfielder to driver in Rogers.   After Erik Sipes sacrificed him to third, a balk brought him home for the final run of the game.

Rogers and James led the Wildcats with two hits while Rogers drove in three runs.

Matthew James was in control on the mound, picking up his seventh win of the season.   He started and went four innings, allowing no runs on three hits, with 3 strikeouts.  Dustin Detweiler pitched the fifth with a hit, a walk and a strikeout.

The Wildcats will face crosstown rival Normal Community in the Regional Championship on Saturday at 10:00