{"id":119873,"date":"2019-07-02T05:40:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T10:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=119873"},"modified":"2019-07-02T05:40:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T10:40:50","slug":"halker-throws-no-hitter-van-wert-wins-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/07\/02\/halker-throws-no-hitter-van-wert-wins-big\/","title":{"rendered":"Halker throws no-hitter, Van Wert wins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Van Wert independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WAPAKONETA &#8212; Josh Halker tossed a no-hitter with five strikeouts and Van Wert blasted Wapakoneta 10-0 in ACME baseball on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cougars fared well at the plate, scoring three runs in the first inning and four more in the second. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ethan Rupert scored on a wild pitch, then Levi Eddins doubled in Turner Witten and Ries Wise to give Van Wert a 3-0 lead. A second inning RBI single by Kaiden Bates scored Hunter Bolenbaugh, then three batters later, Bates scored on a bases loaded walk. Jacob Place scored on a fielder\u2019s choice and Rupert stole home, giving the Cougars a 7-0 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two more runs came in the sixth. Bates scored on a grounder by Rupert, then Witten singled in Place. The final run was scored in the seventh inning when Bolenbaugh scored on a fielder\u2019s choice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bates, Place, Rupert and Bolenbaugh each scored a pair of runs for Van Wert, while Place, Witten and Levi Eddins each had a pair of hits. Bates, Witten and Eddins finished with two RBIs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Wert (6-2-3) is scheduled to play at Delphos St. John\u2019s on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent sports WAPAKONETA &#8212; Josh Halker tossed a no-hitter with five strikeouts and Van Wert blasted Wapakoneta 10-0 in ACME baseball on Monday. The Cougars fared well at the plate, scoring three runs in the first inning and four more in the second. Ethan Rupert scored on a wild pitch, then Levi Eddins [&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-119873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 22:48:46","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\/119873","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=119873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}