Category: Varsity

3-22-2014 vs. Moline Maroons

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Maroons	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0	1	5
NCWHS Wildcats	1	0	2	2	1	4	X	10	9	0

West bounces back in second game with win over visiting Moline Maroons.     

Reed Rogers and Reid Birlingmair combined to throw a 1 hit shutout against the visiting Maroons.  Rogers pitched 4 scoreless innings, allowing just 1 hit with 5 strikeouts and 5 walks.  Birlingmair closed the final two innings with no hits, 5 strikeouts and 2 walks.  The Wildcats scored 10 runs on 9 hits.  Led by Mitch Fairfield, Reed Rogers and Mitch Thomas who each had 2 hits.  Reid Birlingmair and Ryan Frye both had 2 run homeruns while Tanner Rutledge added a solo shot in the 6^th inning.  Fairfield, Birlingmair and Frye all had 2 RBI’s apiece, while Rogers and Rutledge each had 1 RBI.  The Wildcats next game will be at Springfield on Tuesday, March 25^th. 

Normal West record (1-1)

3-22-2014 vs. Pekin Dragons

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Dragons	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	10	10	0
NCWHS Wildcats	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	6	4

Wildcats struggle in opener and fall to Pekin.

Noah Johnson threw 4 scoreless innings, before allowing 6 runs, 3 earned in the 5^th inning.  Johnson gave up 7 hits, struck out 3 and walked 1 in 4 2/3 innings.  Mitch Thomas came in and pitched 1 1/3 innings.  Thomas allowed 3 hits, 4 runs all earned, struck out 2 and walked 4.  Steven Lorenz threw a perfect 7^th inning.  Reid Birlingmair led the Wildcats offense with a double on 2 hits.  Ryan Frye also added a double for the Wildcats who had 6 hits in the game. 

Normal West record (0-1)