5-13-2010 vs. Bloomington Purple Raiders
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Vaughn Shuts Out Purple Raiders
Kyle Vaughn had the howling wind behind him and his fastball popping as he stymied the Bloomington Purple Raiders on three hits over six innings, leading the Normal West Wildcats to a 9-0 victory. The win raises the Wildcats record to 23-6 overall and 10-0 in the Big 12 conference. Vaughn raised his team-leading record to 8-1, never allowing a runner past second base as he gave up three walks and had four strikeouts. Erik Sipes pitched a perfect 7th inning as well.
The Wildcats played small ball very effectively with the wind blowing in so hard. In the 1st inning, Michael Collins drew a walk to start things off. He stole second and third base before a walk to Jason Cullen put runners on the corners with two out. When Cullen got caught in a rundown, Collins was able to beat the throw home with all runners safe.
In the 2nd inning, the Wildcat bats did most of the damage. Erik Sipes led off with a line drive beyond the shortstops reach and stole second base. Wes Sery singled to left to put runners on the corners again and then stole second as well. On a suicide squeeze, Adam Seifert’s bunt was good enough for a hit, again putting runners on first and third. Seifert stole second before Kyle Vaughn laid down a suicide squeeze to score Sipes. Seifert then did the very unusual, stealing home by beating the pitch to the plate. Michael Collins walked on the play and got moved around to third base on a Brock Stewart line single to right. Stewart took second when the fielder misplayed the ball, leading to a Jason Cullen single to left that scored both Collins and Stewart.
In the 5th inning, Jacob Birlingmaier led off with a bunt single before Sipes got hit by a pitch and Sery walked to load the bases. After a fielder’s choice forced a runner at the plate, Vaughn drove an RBI single to right, making it 7-0. In the 6th inning, Stewart led off by getting hit in the back and then stealing second base. Birlingmaier scored him on a single up the middle. Courtesy runner Alex Jefferson came all the way around to score on a double by Sery to finish the scoring for the Wildcats.
Jacob Birlingmaier led the Wildcats with three hits while Wes Sery had two and Kyle Vaughn and Jason Cullen both had two runs batted in.
The Wildcats next play the Danville Vikings at home on Saturday at 10:00 in Big 12 action. Hopefully the day will be calmer after three straight hurricanes at home.