O’Fallon 4-9-2011 Varsity

4-9-2011 vs. O’Fallon Panthers

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
O’Fallon Panthers	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	5	9	2
NCWHS Wildcats	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	6	0

 

Wildcats Fall to the Panthers

The Normal West Wildcats faced a state ranked opponent for the second day in a row, but couldn’t get the win against O’Fallon on a beautiful day for a ballgame.  Sunswept Jack Horenberger Stadium at IWU was the site for a matchup of perennially strong programs.   The Panthers came into the game with a 9-1 record and a no. 8 ranking in Prep Baseball Report.  The Wildcats brought a 9-3 record and a 11-0 victory the day before over Chatham Glenwood.  The Panthers came out on top with a 5-2 win that moves the Wildcats record back to 9-4.

 

Dustin Detweiler silenced the Panthers bats on the first trip through the order, retiring the first nine batters he faced, including striking out the meat of the order in the 2^nd inning.  The Panthers broke loose in the 4^th, tallying a run on a double and a single and then in the 5^th on another double and RBI single.  Detweiler was the hard luck loser against a very strong Panther offense, going five innings and giving up two runs on four hits with no walks and five strikeouts.  Kyle Vaughn pitched the 6^th inning and Adam Seifert the 7^th.

Panther lefty Matt Meadows had the Wildcats number as well, moving his record to 4-0, by going six innings and allowing two runs on four hits.  The Wildcats did break on the scoreboard first in the bottom of the 3^rd when Erik Sipes tripled to right to lead off the inning.  Ryan Speller drove him in with an infield ground out.  The Wildcats other run came on an Alex Jefferson blast over the left field fence in the 6^th inning.  Kyle Vaughn and Erik Sipes led the Wildcats with two hits each.

In the junior varsity game, the Wildcats won 8-6.

The Wildcats return to action Tuesday at Morton against the Potters.