Author: Ben Matthews

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

 

The NCWHS Wildcats jumped out to an early lead against Peoria Notre Dame in early-season conference action Wednesday evening, but fell to a late inning rally 5-4.

The Cats outhit Peoria Notre Dame 7-5, led by Jeremy Fisher and Jake Marti – who each recorded a double and a single in the loss.  Tyler Ott also added a double in the fourth, with McCade Brown and Ryan Weber rounding out the offense for NCWHS with base hits.

Marti started on the mound for the Wildcats, allowing two earned runs over two innings of work.  Zack Jones pitched three innings, allowing just one earned run and no hits while recording three strikeouts.  Ben Smith closed out the game for West, allowing two runs on two hits.

The NCWHS Freshman Wildcats return to conference action in their next game at home Saturday morning at 10am against Champaign Centennial.

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Lincoln	0	0	1	0	0	–	–	1	1	3
NCWHS	4	2	0	5	–	–	–	11	11	1

 

The NCWHS Wildcats jumped out to an early lead on Lincoln and never looked back, coasting to an 11-1 victory Monday.

An RBI single by Jake Marti, a two-run double by Ben Smith, and an error in the first inning – along with an RBI single by Marti and an RBI double by Smith in the second inning – supplied the early offense for the Wildcats.

Marti racked up four RBIs on three hits, with Smith adding four more RBIs on a pair of doubles for NCWHS.  Tyler Ott and Jake Rutkowski also doubled for the Wildcats, with Ott, Ryan Weber, Holden Lueck, and Max Deffenbaugh all adding base hits to round out the offense.

Lincoln’s lineup had no answer for Chase Hacker.  Lincoln managed just one hit off Hacker, who allowed no earned runs, and struck out six during his three innings of work.  Lueck closed out the game for the Wildcats, allowing no earned runs and recording a pair of strikeouts.

The NCWHS Freshman Wildcats play their next game at Peoria Notre Dame on Wednesday afternoon at 4:30pm.