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04-12-2010 vs. Springfield Senators

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Springfield Senators	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	5	0
NCWHS Wildcats	2	5	0	0	2	0	X	9	15	1

Wildcats Beat Springfield 9-4

The Normal West Wildcats jumped on the Springfield Senators early and cruised to a 9-4 victory at sunny and warm Wildcat field today.  The Wildcats improved to 7-5 with the win.  Jason Cullen got the win on the mound, going five strong innings while Kyle Vaughn led the offensive attack with three hits and two runs batted in.

Cullen only allowed three singles over the first five innings, plus a walk to start the 6^th and struck out three.  Erik Sipes pitched the remainder of the 6^th, giving up a walk and a single before getting ground balls to get out of the inning.  Brandon Brittin worked the 7^th inning, giving up two walks and a single and striking out two.

 The Wildcats took an early lead when Adam Seifert led off with a walk and moved around to third on wild pitches.  Michael Collins also walked and stole second to set the table.  Erik Sipes brought them both home with a single to right.   In the 2^nd, Brandon Brittin led off with a hit, followed by a Brock Stewart double down the right field line.  Kyle Vaughn brought them both home with a double down the left field line.  Adam Seifert then singled and stole second and third base ahead of a Jason Cullen RBI single.  Cullen stole second and Jacob Birlingmaier got hit by a pitch, leading to a Wes Sery 2-RBI single.  In the 5^th, Stewart singled to get things started.  Vaughn moved him up with a single and both stole a base to put runners in scoring position.  Stewart then scored on a wild pitch and Michael Collins singled home Vaughn   To go with Vaughn’s three hits, Collins, Sipes, Sery and Stewart all had two hits with Sery and Sipes also getting two RBIs.

The Wildcats return to action Friday at home against hometown rival University High School.

04-10-2010 vs. Lasalle Peru Cavaliers

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NCWHS Wildcats	0	1	0	2	3	4	6	16	17	0
LP Cavaliers	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	7	6

Wildcats Cruise Past the Cavaliers 16-3

The Normal West Wildcats continued their hot hitting on Saturday against the LaSalle Peru Cavaliers, mashing out 17 hits in a 16-3 win.  Nine Wildcats reached safely, led by Jacob Birlingmaier and Adam Seifert with three hits each.  Birlingmaier knocked in four runs with a bases clearing triple and a single, while Erik Sipes drove in three runs with a home run and a double.  Wes Sery drove in four runs and had a double and single on the day and Kyle Vaughn knocked in two runs and had two singles.  Jason Cullen had two hits and an RBI as well.

Michael Collins was the starting pitcher for the Wildcats and got the win, going five strong innings.  The curveball was particularly effective as Collins fanned nine Cavaliers.  He allowed six hits and gave up three walks as well.  Brandon Brittin was overpowering in relief.  He fanned six of the seven hitters he faced, allowing only one hit.

The Wildcats started their scoring in the 2^nd on a Tyler Emmerson triple to center and a Kyle Vaughn sacrifice fly.  In the 4^th, Birlingmaier singled to lead off.  Brittin, the courtesy runner, moved to second and third base on wild pitches and scored on a double steal after Erik Sipes had walked.  In the 5^th, the Cavaliers kicked the ball around a bunch, allowing the Wildcats to score three times on five errors highlighted by a Birlingmaier RBI single. 

After the Cavaliers made things interesting with three runs in the bottom of the 5^th to cut the lead in half, the Wildcats put it out of reach in the 6^th.  With two outs, the Wildcats scored four runs on an Adam Seifert single, walks to Michael Collins and Jason Cullen and a Jacob Birlingmaier triple to deep right center.  Wes Sery then brought home Birlingmaier.  In the 7^th, Vaughn, Brittin and Collins singles loaded the bases before a Cullen RBI single. A Sery double brought in two more and Sipes finished it with a three run shot to left field.   

The Wildcats upped their record to 6-5 in front of a Monday home game with the Springfield Senators.   

JV Wins 11-8

In the junior varsity second game, the Wildcats prevailed 11-8 as they scored five in the first and one in every inning after that.  Trey Rogers had three hits, including a three-run home run and Erik Sipes had three hits with a homer.  Nolan Caldwell doubled, Brandon Zwaga had an RBI single and Zack Boicken was on base three times on a double and two walks.  Trey Rogers got the win for the Wildcats on the mound, pitching the first three innings.   Wes Sery threw two scoreless innings as well.

04-09-2010 vs. Chatham Glenwood Titans

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CG Titans	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	7	8	0
NCWHS Wildcats	1	0	4	3	1	0	X	9	11	3

Hot Wildcat Bats Beat the Titans

 

The Normal West Wildcats have been relatively quiet for two games in a row, but they came alive in a 9-7 victory over previously undefeated Chatham Glenwood.  Jason Cullen smacked a three-run home run over the left field fence in the 4^th inning to put the Wildcats up for good at 8-5.  It was Cullen’s second hit in as many innings as the middle of the Wildcat order all had two hits on the game.  Kyle Vaughn moved to 3-0 on the season with another strong pitching performance, as the first five runs he gave up were all unearned.  The Wildcats evened their overall record at 5-5.

Vaughn threw the first six innings on a nice day for baseball.  He allowed seven runs, but only two were earned on eight hits with a strikeout and two walks.  Erik Sipes earned his first save of the season, relieving Vaughn with a runner on first and no outs in the 7^th.  He got two strikeouts and a groundout to close out the win.

The Wildcats scored in the 1^st inning for the eighth time in ten games as Brock Stewart singled to left and Jason Cullen walked to move him up.  Jacob Birlingmaier stroked an RBI single up the middle to put the ‘Cats on the board first.  After going down 4-1 in the 3^rd inning, the Wildcats got four of their own.  Adam Seifert led off with a single to right and Brock Stewart doubled to left center.  Jason Cullen hit an RBI single to left put runners on the corners ahead of a Jacob Birlingmaier single off the pitcher to plate Stewart.  After  Kyle Vaughn sacrificed the runners up, Erik Sipes doubled down the left field line to drive them in.

In the 4^th inning, Seifert and Stewart walks were followed by Cullen’s 5^th homer of the year.  The Wildcats added their final run in the 5^th inning on a Michael Collins walk and an Adam Seifert double to left center.  Seifert, Stewart, Cullen and Birlingmaier all had two hits and Cullen had four runs batted in while Birlingmaier and Sipes both had two.

The Wildcats play a doubleheader in Lasalle-Peru tomorrow at 11:00 against the Cavaliers.