{"id":87921,"date":"2017-05-16T08:01:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T13:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=87921"},"modified":"2017-05-16T08:01:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T13:01:35","slug":"cougars-defeat-fairview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/05\/16\/cougars-defeat-fairview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cougars defeat Fairview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Van Wert independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SHERWOOD &#8212; The Van Wert Cougars knocked off state ranked Fairview 6-3, in a game that began April 10, and was completed yesterday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87919\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87919\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/VWGut-e1494939137817.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Gutierrez is at bat. Van Wert independent file photo\" width=\"225\" height=\"267\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Nick Gutierrez is at bat.<\/strong> <em>Van Wert<\/em> <em>independent file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Cougars led the Apaches (No. 6 in Division III) 3-1, when played resumed in the fourth inning.<\/p>\n<p>Neither team scored in the fourth, but the Cougars plated three runs in the fifth inning. Nick Gutierrez opened with a double, followed by a single by Caleb Fetzer. A subsequent single by Nathan Temple scored Gutierrez, then Fetzer crossed home plate on an error to increase Van Wert\u2019s lead to 5-1. The final run came, when Temple scored on a wild pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Fairview scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh, but could draw no closer.<\/p>\n<p>Lawson Blackmore pitched four innings of no-hit ball, and was given credit for the win. He struck out two, and walked five.<\/p>\n<p>The Cougars (17-8) will close their season today at Coldwater (No. 8 in Division III).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent sports SHERWOOD &#8212; The Van Wert Cougars knocked off state ranked Fairview 6-3, in a game that began April 10, and was completed yesterday. The Cougars led the Apaches (No. 6 in Division III) 3-1, when played resumed in the fourth inning. Neither team scored in the fourth, but the Cougars plated [&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-87921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 13:31:27","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\/87921","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=87921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}