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Wildcats Take Third Place in Tourney
The Normal West Wildcats didn’t get the tournament championship they wanted, but did get some consolation by beating the host O’Fallon Panthers 6-4 in the third place game. The Wildcats came from behind with three runs in the bottom of the 5th inning to take a 5-4 lead and held on from there to up their record to 21-6 overall.
The Wildcats got on the board first with Michael Collins driving a single to left field ahead of a Brock Stewart double that scored him. After getting down 3-1, the Wildcats clawed back in the 4th inning when Adam Seifert, Kyle Vaughn and Michael Collins singled to score a run. The Wildcats got three in the 5th with some help from the Panthers. Wes Sery singled to start the rally followed by a Trey Rogers single. Alex Jefferson’s bunt was then thrown down the right field line, scoring Sery and sending the runners to second and third. A wild pitch brought in Rogers easily and a second one resulted in a great leaping slide from Alex Jefferson to get under the tag and give the Wildcats the lead at 5-4. The Wildcats tacked on an insurance run in the 7th inning when Collins led off by getting hit, stealing second, and scoring on a Jason Cullen single.
Cullen started on the mound for the Wildcats and pitched the first four innings. He gave up three runs, only two earned, on five hits with three walks and two strikeouts. Adam Seifert relieved in the 5th inning and got the win due the to the Wildcats rally. He allowed one unearned run on two hits and two walks over his three innings of work.
Seifert, Sery and Collins led the Wildcats with two hits each, while Collins, Stewart and Cullen had the only runs batted in for the Wildcats.
The Wildcats return to action on Tuesday in a conference showdown at Howard Saar Field at 4:30 against second place Bloomington High School.