{"id":116037,"date":"2019-04-07T21:57:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T02:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=116037"},"modified":"2019-04-07T21:57:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T02:57:35","slug":"baseball-cougars-win-dh-vs-napoleon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/04\/07\/baseball-cougars-win-dh-vs-napoleon\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Cougars win DH vs. Napoleon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Van Wert independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Wert enjoyed a doubleheader sweep of Napoleon, winning the first game 4-0, then following up with a five inning, 14-2 win Saturday at Smiley Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the opener, Hayden Maples held the Wildcats to just two hits while striking out six. The senior also had a pair of hits and two RBI, knocking in Jaxson Amweg in the first and allowing Owen Treece to score on fielder\u2019s choice in the sixth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/VW-Cougars_stacked-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96499\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Wert\u2019s other two runs came in the second when Treece drove in TJ Reynolds, and in the fourth when Jalen McCracken\u2019s double to right field plated Parker Conrad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second game, the Cougars were down 2-1 after one inning, then scored 10 of their 14 runs in the second. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turner Witten scored on a walk, then Amweg doubled in Nathan Temple and Treece to give Van Wert a 4-2 lead. Witten scored on a passed ball and Amweg crossed home plate on an error, then Reynolds scored on a grounder by Conrad. A single by Blackmore plated Maples, then Blackmore scored on a single by McCracken. The final two runs of the inning came on an RBI single by Treece and an error that allowed McCracken to score. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCracken scored on a sacrifice fly by Treece in the fourth, then a double by Reynolds plated Witten and Amweg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amweg and McCracken each had a pair of hits, while Reynolds had three RBI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keaton Brown earned the complete game win by allowing just four hits while striking out two and walking two. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cougars (8-1) are scheduled to play at Fairview today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent sports Van Wert enjoyed a doubleheader sweep of Napoleon, winning the first game 4-0, then following up with a five inning, 14-2 win Saturday at Smiley Park. In the opener, Hayden Maples held the Wildcats to just two hits while striking out six. The senior also had a pair of hits and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 03:18:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}