Normal West Baseball

4-2-2011 vs. Ottawa Pirates

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Ottawa Pirates	1	0	2	0	3	X	X	6	10	5
NCWHS Wildcats	7	1	2	3	3	X	X	16	15	3

 

Wildcats Blast the Pirates 16 – 6

The Normal West Wildcats jumped on the Ottawa Pirates early and cruised to a 16-6 victory at windy Wildcat Varsity Field today.  The Wildcats improved to 7-3.  Mac Byrd took the win in his first varsity start, holding the Pirates in check for 4 2/3 innings.  Byrd pitched with the lead throughout the game, getting clutch outs with runners on base in several of the early innings.  Byrd gave up six runs on the day, from ten hits, three walks, a hit batter and four strikeouts.  Nick Barnhill came on to record the last out with a strikeout in his first varsity appearance.

The Wildcats bats struck quickly in the 1^st inning, putting a 7 spot on the board.  Alex Jefferson walked and got bunted to second base, balked to third and scored on an Adam McGinnis single.  McGinnis stole second, moved up on a wild pitch and after Wes Sery walked, scored on a Matthew James single to right.  Adam Seifert kept the train moving with a single that scored Sery.  An infield error plated James and then Jake McDowell got a base hit to load the bases.  Garrett Cook walked to bring in one and Alex Jefferson singled to drive in another run.

In the 2^nd, Sery doubled and then Seifert doubled him in to make it 8-1.  In the 3^rd, Jefferson singled and took second on a bad throw.  Kyle Vaughn doubled him home and then scored on an RBI single from McGinnis.  In the 4^th, Adam Seifert led off with a double before McDowell walked and a fielder’s choice put McDowell and Cook at second and first.  Jefferson doubled both of them in and scored on a Vaughn single. 

 

It looked like a run-rule game, but the Pirates got three in the top of the 5^th to avoid that.  The Wildcats, though, got them back in the bottom half on a walk to Jacob Davis, an infield error when Dustin Detweiler batted and a triple by Erik Sipes that drove both of them in.  Unfortunately, Erik broke the third baseman’s nose on the play at third and the blood was a mess.  Sipes scored on a wild pitch when play resumed to close out the game.

Jefferson, Vaughn and Seifert had three hits for the Wildcats while McGinnis had two and Jefferson led the Wildcats with three runs batted in as McGinnis, Seifert and Sipes had two.

The Wildcats return to action on Tuesday with a trip to Lanphier Park in Springfield to face the Springfield Senators.

4-2-2011 vs. Metamora Redbirds

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Metamora Redbirds	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	5	6	1
NCWHS Wildcats	2	2	3	3	0	1	X	11	13	1

 

Wildcats Shoot Down the Redbirds

The Normal West Wildcats offense came alive against the Metamora Redbirds at West Varsity Field, pounding out 13 hits in an 11-5 victory.  The Wildcats upped their record to 6-3 with the win.

The offensive show started early as Alex Jefferson led off the bottom of the 1^st with a single and Adam McGinnis launched a two run shot over the left field fence.  After the Redbirds briefly got the lead 3-2, the Wildcats jumped back on top in the 2^nd on a Ryan Speller walk, sacrifice bunt to move him, single by Jefferson and double steal that put Jefferson on second base and scored Speller.  Jefferson then moved up on a ground out and scored on a wild pitch.  In the 3^rd, the Wildcats tacked on three more when Wes Sery singled, Adam Seifert singled, Speller walked and Sery and Seifert both scored on a squeeze bunt by Garrett Cook.  Jefferson then singled for the third time to drive in Speller.

In the 4^th, the Wildcats broke the game open when James led off with a double high off the fence in left.  Jake McDowell singled to right to put runners at the corners and Seifert drove in James with a hit.  Ryan Speller got a bunt hit to load the bases before Garrett Cook drove two in with a base hit.  Jake McDowell manufactured the run in the 7^th when he got aboard on a dropped strikeout and stole second base.  He moved up on a groundout and drew a balk to get home.

 

Alex Jefferson and Adam McGinnis led the Wildcats with three hits, while Adam Seifert had a pair.  McGinnis and Garrett Cook both drove in two.

Alex Jefferson and Adam McGinnis split the game on the mound with Jefferson starting and going 3 2/3 innings for the win while McGinnis pitched the final 3 1/3 for the save .  Jefferson gave up five runs on five hits with four walks and four strikeouts while McGinnis gave up no runs on a hit and a walk with six strikeouts, including the final six batters he faced.

This was the first game of a split doubleheader as the Wildcats face the Ottawa Pirates after Metamora and Ottawa have played.