The Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats baseball team lost the 3-game series versus Pitt State in Pittsburgh, Kansas, 2 games to 1 this past weekend. By losing the series, Northwest concluded its 2013 season in 12th place and therefore did not qualify for the MIAA Post-Season tournament. Eight seniors concluded their collegiate careers: Nick Crouse (student coach), Jacob Rafaelle, Chase Anderson, Nathanial Horton, Eric Swain, Tyler Durant, Cameron Bedard, and JJ Baccari.
Northwest played a double header versus Pitt State on Sunday, April 28, 2013, after weather changed the schedule. Northwest split the Sunday double header by losing game 1 by the score 5-3 and winning game 2 by the score 17-6.
In game 1, Pitt State beat Northwest by the score 5-3 in a 7-inning contest. With the loss, Northwest's 2013 record fell to 21-27, 18-24 MIAA. With the win, Pitt State's 2013 record improved to 26-20, 22-18 MIAA.
Offensively, Tyler Durant, RF, led the way with his 2 for 3 performance at the plate. Durant also scored a run in the game. Ryan Abernathy, CF, went 1 for 3 (including a home run) with 2 RBIs and a run scored. Brandon Huske, Steven Garber, and Charlie Krueger all earned a hit in the game. In total, Northwest scored 3 runs off of 6 hits, 3 RBIs, 0 walks, 3 strike outs, and 1 runner left on base.
Defensively, Northwest committed 3 errors (2 by Huske and 1 by Durant) and did not execute a double play.
Pitching, Marcus Garrett earned the start and received the Loss in the game to see his 2013 record fall to 3-3. Pitt State did not score any runs in the 1st inning, scored 1 run in the 2nd inning, scored 2 runs in the 3rd inning, and did not score any runs in the 4th or 5th innings. Marcus started the 6th inning but did not record an out. In total, Marcus worked 5.0 innings, allowed 2 hits, 4 runs (3 earned), 3 walks, 4 strike outs, 2 wild pitches, 0 balks, and hit one batter. Pitt State scored 2 runs in the 6th inning with one run charged to Marcus and the other run charged to the reliever, Tyler Barth. In total, Barth worked 1.0 inning, allowed 2 hits, 1 run (earned), 0 walks, 0 strike outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and did not hit a batter.
In game 2, Northwest beat Pitt State by the score 17-6 in a 9-inning game. With the win, Northwest concluded its 2013 season with the record 22-27, 19-24 MIAA. With the loss, Pitt State's 2013 record fell to 26-21, 22-19 MIAA. The Gorillas were not too sad at the end of the day with the fact that they qualified for the 8th and final play-off spot for the MIAA baseball post-season conference tournament.
Offensively, Ryan Abernathy, CF, and Eric Swain, 3B, were the big stars of the game. Ryan went 4 for 7 (including a double and a home run) with 3 RBIs, a stolen base, and 3 runs scored. Swain went 4 for 6 (including a home run) with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored. Tyler Durant, RF, went 3 for 6 with 2 RBIs in the game. Eric McGlauflin, DH, went 3 for 6 with 1 RBI and 3 runs scored in the game. Charlie Krueger, LF, went 3 for 6 (including 2 doubles) with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored. Steven Garber, 1B, went 2 for 3 with 3 walks, 1 RBI, and 1 run scored. Luke Lawyer, C, went 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored in the game. Cameron Bedard, 2B, went 1 for 4 (including a double) with 2 walks, 2 RBIs, a stolen base, and a run scored in the game. Brandon Huske, SS, went 1 for 5 with a walk and a run scored in the game. In total, Northwest scored 17 runs off of 23 hits, 15 RBIs, 6 walks, 3 strike outs, and left 12 runners on base.
Defensively, Northwest committed one error (Huske) and did not execute a double play in the game.
Pitching, Jacob Rafaelle earned the start in the game but did not receive the game's decision. In total, Jacob worked 4.0 innings, allowed 6 hits, 4 runs (3 earned), 0 walks, 3 strike outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and did not hit a batter. Blane Reutter came into the game in the 5th inning and worked 2.0 innings, picked-up the win to see his 2013 record improve to 3-3, allowed 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks, 2 strike outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and did not hit a batter. Tyler Barth came into the game in the 7th inning and worked 1.0 inning, allowed 3 hits, 2 runs (both earned), 0 walks, 1 strike out, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and did not hit a batter. Rob Henrichs came into the game in the 8th inning and worked 1.0 inning, allowed 0 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 1 strike out, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and hit one batter in the game. Nathanial Horton came into the game in the 9th inning and worked 1.0 inning, allowed 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 walks, 2 strike-outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and did not hit a batter in his outing.
Allow me one more favor - many of God's angels were taken during the bombing of the Boston Marathon, one of which was 8 year old Martin Richard of Dorchester, Massachusetts. The Boston Red Sox produced a pre-game tribute that absolutely wrecks me every time I watch it.
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