{"id":85687,"date":"2017-03-28T08:25:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T13:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=85687"},"modified":"2017-03-28T08:25:43","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T13:25:43","slug":"cougar-9-unbeaten-after-win-over-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/03\/28\/cougar-9-unbeaten-after-win-over-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"Cougar 9 unbeaten after win over &#8216;Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A quick start, and solid pitching helped the Van Wert Cougars in Monday\u2019s 7-2 non-conference victory over the Spencerville Bearcats at Smiley Park.<\/p>\n<p>Van Wert is now 3-0 on the young season, while Spencerville dropped to 1-2.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85688\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/VW-baseball-vs.-Spencerville-3-27-17-Carr.jpg\" alt=\"Van Wert's Mason Carr (3) bats during Monday's win over Spencerville. Carr was 2 of 3 in the game to help key the victory. Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent\" width=\"350\" height=\"275\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Van Wert&#8217;s Mason Carr (3) bats during Monday&#8217;s win over Spencerville. Carr was 2 of 3 in the game to help key the victory.<\/strong> <em>Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Cougars wasted no time, scoring three runs in the first inning. Mason Carr scored on a Nathan Temple ground ball that was ruled an error. A sacrifice fly to left field by Evan Williams plated Caleb Fetzer, then Temple crossed home plate on a wild pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Carr accounted for two of Van Wert\u2019s seven hits, and Williams finished with two RBI.<\/p>\n<p>Van Wert picked up two more runs in the third inning. Temple scored on Williams\u2019 double to deep left center field, then Williams scored on a double by James Acquaviva.<\/p>\n<p>Acquaviva scored on Lawson Blackmore\u2019s two out single in the fifth inning, and Holden Willingham capped off the inning by scoring on another wild pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Trailing 7-0, the Bearcats scored their two runs in the seventh &#8212; Connor Vogt singled home Brady Becker, and JT Thiery scored on an RBI groundout by Tim Market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got sloppy in the last inning, but we had enough of a cushion to be okay,\u201d Van Wert head coach Charlie Witten said.<\/p>\n<p>Blackmore earned the win by striking out eight and walking just one, while scattering six hits over 6.1 innings. Jake Lautzenheiser picked up the save.<\/p>\n<p>Van Wert\u2019s first road trip of the year will be a short one, as the Cougars visit Lincolnview Wednesday. Spencerville will host Parkway today.<\/p>\n<p>Box score:<\/p>\n<p>Spencerville 000 000 2\u2013\u20132<\/p>\n<p>Van Wert \u00a0 \u00a0 302 020 X\u2013\u20137<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor A quick start, and solid pitching helped the Van Wert Cougars in Monday\u2019s 7-2 non-conference victory over the Spencerville Bearcats at Smiley Park. Van Wert is now 3-0 on the young season, while Spencerville dropped to 1-2. The Cougars wasted no time, scoring three runs in the first inning. Mason Carr [&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-85687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 20:07:06","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\/85687","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=85687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}