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Central Normal West

Rockets

Wildcats

The Normal West (Normal, IL) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Central (Burlington, IL) by a score of 5-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Central	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Normal West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

Final score provided by K. Nelson.

Recap
Matchup

Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Normal West gets by Central

May 20, 2023: Normal, IL 61761

In Saturday's non-league challenge, the Normal West Wildcats (Normal, IL) baseball squad the visiting Central Rockets (Burlington, IL), by a final score of 5-3.

With the win, Normal West upgrades its record to 13-18 on the season. The Wildcats host Washington (Washington, IL) to battle the Panthers in a non-league challenge on Monday, May 22. The Panthers come into the challenge with a record of 23-11. Washington lost 5-0 in their recent non-league challenge against Rock Island (Rock Island, IL)

With the defeat, Central falls to 16-16 on the season. The Rockets travel to Crystal Lake Central (Crystal Lake, IL) to battle the Tigers in a non-league challenge on Monday, May 22. The Tigers come into the challenge with a record of 12-17. Crystal Lake Central won 19-8 in their recent non-league challenge against Woodstock (Woodstock, IL)

Rankings & Records

Central (22-23)

IL	Class
93	20

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
20-17	11-7	11-8	5-7	4-2	.541	.611	245	177

Normal West (22-23)

IL	Class
252	60

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
14-19-1	7-5	8-9	5-7-1	1-3	.426	.583	166	210

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Central	.9	1.0	1.4	1.5	.1	.4	.9	0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	6.6	11.7	2.0
Normal West	1.4	1.4	.8	1.1	.5	.9	1.3	-	-	-	-	-	4.9	6.0	2.0

Head-to-Head

Central won on 5/20/2023

5/20 @ 11a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Central - - - - - - - 10 - -
Normal West - - - - - - - 2 - -

The Central (Burlington, IL) varsity baseball team won Saturday's neutral non-conference game against Normal West (Normal, IL) by a score of 10-2.
Box score
Normal West won on 5/20/2023

5/20 @ 1:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Central - - - - - - - 3 - -
Normal West - - - - - - - 5 - -

The Central (Burlington, IL) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's away non-conference game against Normal West (Normal, IL) by a score of 5-3.
Box score

5/20 @ 11a	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Central	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
Normal West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

Central		Normal West
-	Batting Average	.277
-	On Base Percentage	.396
-	Slugging Percentage	.345
-	Fielding Percentage	.932
-	Win Loss Percentage	.667

Team Leaders

Central		Normal West	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#5 Sam DesCarpentrie.409	.243
-	On Base Percentage	#10 Will Strehl.483	.375
-	Slugging Percentage	#5 Sam DesCarpentrie.590	.307
-	Fielding Percentage	#12 Nicholas Haslett1.000	.861
-	Win Loss Percentage	#10 Will Strehl1.000	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Central	0-3		Normal West	0-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/7/23	Lincoln-Way Central	Central	(L) 11-0	5/6/23	Lincoln-Way Central	Normal West	(L) 15-2
5/10/23	Central	McHenry	(L) 4-3	5/6/23	McHenry	Normal West	(L) 10-0
5/12/23	McHenry	Central	(L) 12-5

Record Breakdown

Central (22-23)		Normal West (22-23)
20-17	Overall	14-19-1
11-7	League	7-5
6-9	Non-League	7-12-1
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
0-3	Common Opponent	0-2
11-8	Home	8-9
5-7	Away	5-7-1
4-2	Neutral	1-3
3-1	Playoff	0-1
18-17	In-State	13-16-1
2-0	Out-of-State	1-3