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Normal University Morton

Pioneers

Potters

The Morton (IL) freshman baseball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Normal University (Normal, IL) by a score of 5-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Normal University	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	5	7	1
Morton	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	9	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Morton (25-26)

Normal University

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.308	33	26	5	8	5	1
1	Rocco Cottone	.667	4	3	0	2	2	1
2	Ean Kieser	.000	3	3	0	0	1	0
4	Ryan Jones	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0
7	Alex Vance	.333	4	3	2	1	0	0
10	Brayden Kaiser	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0
13	Nathan Murukas	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
14	Jamison Rader	.000	4	2	0	0	0	0
15	Ryan Eimer	1.000	3	3	0	3	1	0
18	Parker Smith	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0

Morton

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.321	29	28	1	9	1
1	Logan Whitaker	.667	3	3	0	2	1
4	Jonah Knuppel	.333	3	3	0	1	0
8	Tripp Davis	.000	3	3	0	0	0
9	Cole Rudd	.250	4	4	0	1	0
10	Carter Parrott	.250	4	4	0	1	0
12	Titus Bryant	.000	1	1	0	0	0
16	Griffen Jansen	1.000	1	1	0	1	0
17	B. Westbrook	.333	3	3	0	1	0
22	Ruben DePinto	.667	3	3	1	2	0
44	Blake McMillan	.000	3	2	0	0	0
99	Zane Hilt	.000	1	1	0	0	0

Normal University

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	6	3	1	7	.424	.346	.770
1	Rocco Cottone	1	0	0	0	1	.500	1.000	1.500
2	Ean Kieser	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
4	Ryan Jones	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.666
7	Alex Vance	0	1	0	1	0	.500	.333	.833
10	Brayden Kaiser	0	1	1	0	1	.500	.333	.833
13	Nathan Murukas	0	1	1	0	4	.250	.000	.250
14	Jamison Rader	0	2	0	0	1	.500	.000	.500
15	Ryan Eimer	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
18	Parker Smith	0	1	1	0	4	.250	.000	.250

Morton

#	Athlete Name	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	8	1	1	7	.345	.321	.666
1	Logan Whitaker	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.334
4	Jonah Knuppel	1	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
8	Tripp Davis	2	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
9	Cole Rudd	0	0	1	1	.250	.250	.500
10	Carter Parrott	1	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
12	Titus Bryant	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
16	Griffen Jansen	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
17	B. Westbrook	1	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
22	Ruben DePinto	0	0	0	2	.667	.667	1.334
44	Blake McMillan	2	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333
99	Zane Hilt	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000

Normal University

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
7	Alex Vance	1

Morton

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
1	Logan Whitaker	1
9	Cole Rudd	1
22	Ruben DePinto	1

Normal University

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.935	31	21	8	2	1
7	Alex Vance	.889	9	8	0	1	0
10	Brayden Kaiser	1.000	9	9	0	0	1
13	Nathan Murukas	1.000	3	1	2	0	0
14	Jamison Rader	1.000	2	1	1	0	0
15	Ryan Eimer	1.000	5	2	3	0	0
18	Parker Smith	.667	3	0	2	1	0

Morton

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E	DP
	Team Totals	.913	23	21	2	3
1	Logan Whitaker	.667	3	2	1	1
8	Tripp Davis	1.000	4	4	0	0
10	Carter Parrott	1.000	5	5	0	1
12	Titus Bryant	1.000	2	2	0	0
17	B. Westbrook	1.000	3	3	0	0
22	Ruben DePinto	1.000	1	1	0	0
44	Blake McMillan	1.000	2	2	0	0
99	Zane Hilt	.667	3	2	1	1

Normal University

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	1	1.000	1
1	Rocco Cottone	0		1
4	Ryan Jones	1	1.000	1

Morton

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	2.00	1
4	Jonah Knuppel	7.00	1
9	Cole Rudd	0.00	1
99	Zane Hilt	0.00	1

Normal University

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	1	8	29	28
1	Rocco Cottone	2	2	0	3	8	8
4	Ryan Jones	5	5	1	5	21	20

Morton

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	5	2	6	3	33	27
4	Jonah Knuppel	2	3	2	2	2	0	11	9
9	Cole Rudd	2	1	0	0	0	1	7	7
99	Zane Hilt	3	3	3	0	4	2	15	11

Normal University

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.250	.276	2	1	102
1	Rocco Cottone	.250	.250	2	0	33
4	Ryan Jones	.250	.286	0	1	69

Morton

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.259	.394	1	123	1
4	Jonah Knuppel	.333	.455	0	36	0
9	Cole Rudd	.143	.143	1	23	0
99	Zane Hilt	.273	.467	0	64	1

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Morton loses to Normal University

April 7, 2026: Morton, IL 61550

The Morton Potters baseball squad (Morton, IL), was overwhelmed 5-1 in Tuesday's non-league contest with the visiting Normal University Pioneers (Normal, IL)

With the triumph, Normal University moves its record to 2-1 on the season. The Pioneers host Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet, IL) to confront the Bulldogs in a non-league contest on Thursday, April 9. The Bulldogs come into the contest with a record of 3-1. Mahomet-Seymour lost 11-4 in their recent non-league contest against Rantoul (Rantoul, IL)

The Potters now possess a 1-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Canton for a non-league contest on Wednesday, April 8. Morton will confront a Little Giants squad coming off a 8-2 non-league loss to Morton (Morton, IL). The Little Giants record now stands at 0-1.

NU @ Morton Baseball Game Info

Tue., Apr. 7, 2026 @ 4:30p

Westwood Park

The Morton (IL) freshman baseball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Normal University (Normal, IL) by a score of 5-1.

Rankings & Records

Normal University (25-26)

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	RF	RA
12-5-1	6-3-1	6-2	.694	144	91

Morton (25-26)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
12-8	3-0	8-4	4-4	.600	1.000	127	79

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Normal University	2.1	.9	2.2	1.1	.6	1.8	.5	-	8.0	8.8	1.9
Morton	1.1	1.0	1.8	.8	.7	.9	.5	1.0	6.4	7.1	1.6

Team Stat Comparison

Normal University		Morton
.334	Batting Average	.265
.447	On Base Percentage	.392
.520	Slugging Percentage	.341
.931	Fielding Percentage	.931
.800	Win Loss Percentage	.647

Team Leaders

Normal University		Morton	National Avg.
#24 Lucas Langellier.545	Batting Average	#24 Brody Miller.500	.265
#24 Lucas Langellier.615	On Base Percentage	#24 Brody Miller.600	.415
#24 Lucas Langellier1.182	Slugging Percentage	#29 Luke Hartnett.750	.332
#12 Heath Francois1.000	Fielding Percentage	#13 Logan Friend1.000	.855
#10 Brayden Kaiser1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#1 Logan Whitaker1.000	.602

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Normal University	7-0-1		Morton	5-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/24/26	Washington	Normal University	(T) 6-6	5/19/26	Morton	Washington	(L) 9-2
				5/20/26	Washington	Morton	(W) 4-2
4/10/26	Illinois Valley Central	Normal University	(W) 4-3	4/14/26	Morton	Illinois Valley Central	(L) 7-3
4/13/26	Normal University	Normal Community	(W) 5-4	3/30/26	Morton	Normal Community	(L) 8-2
4/21/26	Normal University	Normal Community	(W) 13-6
4/23/26	Pekin	Normal University	(W) 3-0	4/20/26	Pekin	Morton	(W) 8-1
				4/22/26	Morton	Pekin	(W) 9-8
5/12/26	Normal University	Normal West	(W) 7-5	5/7/26	Normal West	Morton	(W) 5-2
5/16/26	Limestone	Normal University	(W) 16-1	4/27/26	Morton	Limestone
5/16/26	Limestone	Normal University	(W) 12-2	4/29/26	Limestone	Morton	(W) 12-1

Record Breakdown

Normal University (25-26)		Morton (25-26)
12-5-1	Overall	12-8
0-0	League	3-0
12-5-1	Non-League	9-8
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
7-0-1	Common Opponent	5-3
6-3-1	Home	8-4
6-2	Away	4-4
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
12-4-1	In-State	12-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0