Category: 2014 Varsity News

                                                 5-10-2014 vs. Urbana Tigers

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NCWHS Wildcats	3	6	4	11	0	–	–	24	13	1
Tigers	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	1	1	5

Wildcats jump out early and then pour it on in a victory over Urbana in game 2.

West receives a fine pitching performance from Noah Johnson who goes the distance in a one-hitter with 2 strikeouts to win game 2 at Urbana.

Offensively, the West bats exploded again for 24 more runs against Urbana pitchers.  Wildcats were led by three batters with 3 hits apiece. Leading the way were Dave Watson, 3 hits and 4 RBIs; Ryan Frye, 3 hits 5 RBIs; and Reed Rogers, 3 hits and 3 RBIs.  Reid Birlingmair also had a great day at the plate, 2 for 2 with 3 RBIs.

Normal West will play again on Tuesday, May 13, at Bloomington, 4:30 P.M.

Normal West record (16-13)

                                                 5-10-2014 vs. Urbana Tigers

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NCWHS Wildcats	3	6	0	0	7	3	5	24	14	1
Tigers	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	11	14	6

Wildcats win in a slugfest over Urbana.

West starting pitcher, Reed Birlingmair, goes 2.2 innings allowing 9 earned runs on 8 hits and 5 strikeouts before giving way to Nick Bronson in the 3^rd.  Bronson allowed 2 earned runs on no hits and 1 strikeout.  Nate Beal finished off the last 3.1 innings for his varsity win.  Beal allowed no earned runs on 3 hits.

Offensively, the West bats exploded for 24 runs. Blake Parker led the way with 2 doubles, 3 hits and 2 RBIs. Other Wildcat batters with multiple hits included Cody Rogers, 2 hits and 2 RBIs; Reed Rogers, 2 hits and 2 RBIs; Evan Mucciolo, 2 hits and 3 RBIs; and Dante Ruffin, 2 hits and a RBI.

Normal West record (15-13)

                                             5-09-2014 vs. Limestone Rockets

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NCWHS Wildcats	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	6	5
Rockets	0	4	0	0	2	3	–	9	8	0

Wildcats’ bats go quiet in loss to Limestone at Dozer Park.

West starting pitcher, Reed Rogers, suffers some early Wildcat miscues in giving up 0 earned runs on 2 hits, and 3 strikeouts in 3 innings.  Steven Lorenz relieves in the 4^th, going 2 innings, allowing 2 earned runs on 4 hits.  Nate Beal gets his first inning of pitching varsity baseball in the 6^th inning, allowing 1 earned run on 2 hits.

Offensively, the West bats were fairly quiet except for Mitch Fairfield.  Fairfield led the Wildcats with two hits.

Normal West will play next on Saturday, at Urbana (DH), 10:00 A.M.

Normal West record (14-13)