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April 13, 2014May 2, 2014

Varsity Baseball vs. O’Fallon Panthers 4-12-14

4-12-2014 vs. O’Fallon Panthers

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NCWHS Wildcats	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3
O’Fallon Panthers	0	0	1	6	0	0	–	7	10	1

Wildcats have one tough inning and lose to a good O’Fallon team.

The starting pitcher for the Wildcats was Reed Rogers, who went 4 innings, giving up 9 hits, 5 earned runs, and 3 strikeouts. Steven Lorenz came on in relief to pitch the 5^th and 6^th innings, allowing only 1 hit and no runs.

West managed to get a run in the first and sixth innings on only one hit, a double by Reid Birlingmair.

West will play again Wednesday vs. Moline; game time 4:30 P.M.

Normal West record (9-6)

April 13, 2014January 1, 2019

West roars back, come up just short in 6-4 loss to Peoria Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NCWHS	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	7	0
Peoria ND	1	0	1	3	1	0	–	6	7	3

The Wildcats rallied late but couldn’t quite overcome a six run deficit, falling 6-4 to the Irish at Peoria Notre Dame Tuesday evening.

Jake Rutkowski started on the hill and took the loss for Normal West, striking out six while allowing six hits and five earned runs over 4 innings of work. Jake Marti added two more strikeouts, one hit, and one earned run over 2 innings of relief.

Marti (homerun, 2 RBIs) continued his streak, smashing a homerun in his fourth consecutive game – this time to deep left center field – to jump-start the Cats rally in the sixth. McCade Brown (2 singles, RBI) and Ben Smith (2 singles) stayed hot for NCWHS, with Tyler Ott (single) and Rutkowski (single) also delivering key line drives to keep the sixth inning rally alive.

The Wildcats will look to even the score when Peoria Notre Dame travels to Normal West for a rematch at 4:30pm Thursday evening.

April 11, 2014May 2, 2014

Varsity Baseball vs Chatham Glenwood Titans 4-11-14

4-11-2014 vs. Chatham Glenwood Titans

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Titans	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	9	3
NCWHS Wildcats	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	5	6	0

Wildcats win a thriller with a walk-off suicide squeeze.

The Wildcats received another fine pitching performance from Reid Birlingmair. Birly competed for 6.2 innings allowing 9 hits, 4 runs, and 10 strikeouts before giving way to Steven Lorenz for the final out. Lorenz only needed four pitches to earn the win.

West continues to be led by junior, Cody Rogers at the plate. Cody finished with two hits and a RBI. In the 7^th, Ryan Frye led off with a single to left, stole 2^nd, an intentional walk to Birly, a sacrifice bunt by Reed Rogers, another intentional walk this time to Blake Parker and then Mitch Thomas’s suicide squeeze heroics to give the Wildcats their 9^th win of the season.

West will play again tomorrow at O’Fallon; game time 1:00 P.M. (V/JV)

Normal West record (9-5)