Series Re-cap - Ft Hays State

Series Re-cap - Ft Hays State

Northwest played very well this past weekend in Maryville.  The Cats won three of four games from Fort Hays State.  All four games of the series were exciting ball games.  Approaching this series, statistics would suggest a lot of runs scored and home runs leaving the ball park.  What actually happened was exemplary pitching by both squads with Northwest executing better down the stretch.  Northwest's pitching held a potent offense to three runs or less in three of the four games - nearly half of the season average for the Tigers heading into the series.  Defensively, Northwest played fantastic in two of the four games.  Offensively, Northwest averaged over five runs per game.  I think the story of the series was Northwest's exemplary pitching and solid defense.

I was very impressed with the Bearcats' middle defense with Derek Meyer at Catcher, Nick Gotta at short stop, Paul Johnson at second, and Garrett Fort at center field.  Kolby Greenslade has done a solid job defensively in left field with flashes of brilliance.  I can't wait to see Kolby get a little more seasoning under his belt to pick-up the ball as he gains more experience.  Austin Wullf has been terrific in right field.  Steven Garber is a wall at first base.  Nick Howard is learning on the fly in his first year in the program dealing with "Bearcat field's hops."  Nick definitely shows flashes of range, strong arm, and baseball IQ at the hot corner.  All the guys are working hard and played very well this past weekend.

Game 1 - Northwest won game one of the series with a final score of 4-2.  Anthony Caenepeel earned his 3rd conference win after working an exemplary performance.  The 9-inning game last a mere 1:50.  There were 249 people in attendance.  Anthony worked 8.0 innings pitched, allowed a mere 3 hits, 2 runs (both earned), 4 walks, 12 strike-outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, did not hit a batter, and did not intentionally walk anybody.  In addition, Carson came into the game in the 9th inning to earn his 6th save of 2015.  In total, Carson worked 1.0 inning, allowed 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 0 strike-outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, did not hit a batter, and did not intentionally walk a batter.

Defensively, Northwest did not commit an error and turned one double play.

Offensively, Austin Wulff was the most valuable player for the Bearcats.  Austin went two for three (a double & a home run) with a run scored and four RBIs.  In addition, Derek Meyer went one for three with two runs scored and a walk.  Derek also played a great game behind the dish and did not allow a pass ball or commit an error.  Nick Gotta went one for two with a stolen base, two walks, and played a perfect game as Northwest's starting short stop.  Garrett Fort went one for three with a run scored and a walk.  James Holler and Nick Howard both went one for four in the game.  In total, Northwest scored four runs, earned seven hits, four RBIs, six walks, six strike-outs, and left seven runners on base.

Game 2 - Northwest won game two of the series with a final score of 8-3.  Joseph Hietpas earned his first conference win after working over five innings in the game.  The seven-inning game took 1:59 to complete.  It was the first game of a double header.  In total, Joseph worked 5.1 innings, allowed seven hits, three runs (all earned), four walks, four strike-outs, one wild pitch, 0 balks, did not hit a batter, and did not intentionally walk a batter.  Austin Battaglia came into the game in the 6th inning to close out the final 1.2 innings.  In total, Austin worked 1.2 innings, allowed zero hits, zero runs, two walks, one strike-out, one wild pitch, zero balks, and did not hit a batter in a non-save situation.

Defensively, Northwest did not commit an error and did not turn a double play.

Offensively, Paul Johnson was the most valuable player of the game.  Paul went three for four (two triples) with three runs scored and one RBI while playing the game as the starting second baseman.  In addition, Nick Gotta went two for three with a run scored and a walk while playing the game as the starting short stop.  Garrett Fort went one for two with two RBIs, one walk, and a stolen base.  Steven Garber went one for two with a run scored, one RBI, and one walk.  Kolby Greenslade went one for four (a double) with two runs scored, and one RBI.  In total, Northwest scored eight runs, earned eight hits, six RBIs, six walks, five strike-outs, and left seven runners on base.

Game 3 - Northwest lost game three of the series with a final score 10-5.  Brad Roberts earned the start but had a tough day and picked up a loss to see his 2015 record move to 1-4.  In total, Brad worked 2.2 innings, allowed six hits, four runs (three earned), two walks, 0 strike-outs, two wild pitches, 0 balks, and he did not hit a batter.  Luke Wilkinson came in to pitch for Brad and worked 0.2 inning, allowed two hits, one run (earned), one walk, 0 strike-outs, one wild pitch, one balk, and hit two batters.  Jacob Wagner came in to pitch for Luke and worked 2.0 innings, allowed, three hits, three runs (all earned), three walks, one strike-out, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and did not hit a batter.  In the sixth inning, Austin Battaglia came into the game.  In total, Austin worked 0.2 inning, allowed two hits, two runs (one earned), 0 walks, 0 strike-outs, one wild pitch, 0 balks, and hit one batter.  In the seventh, John Osborne came into the game and worked 1.0 inning, allowed one hit, 0 runs, 0 walks, 0 strike-outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and did not hit a batter.

Defensively, Northwest committed two errors and turned one double-play.

Offensively, Nick Gotta was the most valuable player in the game.  Nick went two for four (including a double) with a run scored and two RBIs.  Paul Johnson also went two for four (two doubles) with a run scored and a RBI.  Derek Meyer went two for three with a run scored.  Austin Wulff went one for three with a run scored.  Kolby Greenslade went one for four with a RBI.  Zach Douglas went one for one with a run scored.  In total, Northwest scored five runs, nine hits, five RBIs, 0 walks, five strike-outs, and left four runners on base.

Game 4 - Northwest won game four of the series with a final score 4-3.  Nikko Pablo earned the start and worked 6.2 innings, earned six hits, one run (unearned), one walk, eight strike-outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, hit three players.  Carson Smith came into the game in the 7th inning and worked the final 2.1 innings, allowed three hits, two runs (both earned), 0 walks, three strike-outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and he hit one batter to pick-up his second win of the year.

Defensively, Northwest committed three errors and did not turn a double play.

Offensively, Nick Gotta was the most valuable offensive player in the game.  Nick went two for five with a run scored.  Paul Johnson, Luke Wilkinson, Derek Meyer, and Austin Wulff each earned a hit in the game.  In total, Northwest four runs off of six hits, four RBIs, six walks, six strike-outs, and left 11 runners on base.

2015 Overall Statistics -

Player	avg	gp-gs	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	tb	slg%	bb	hbp	so	gdp	ob%	sf	sh	sb-att	po	a	e	fld%
Gotta,Nick	.413	24-23	80	19	33	7	1	1	13	45	.563	20	2	12	0	.539	0	2	5-8	36	53	10	.899
Johnson,Paul	.351	23-22	74	13	26	4	2	0	14	34	.459	9	2	5	1	.430	1	3	3-5	35	46	5	.942
Garber,Steven	.301	24-24	83	16	25	7	0	0	19	32	.386	14	2	20	1	.402	3	0	1-1	161	15	2	.989
Meyer,Derek	.286	20-17	49	8	14	3	0	0	7	17	.347	6	2	5	2	.379	1	0	1-1	85	17	0	1.000
Greenslade,Kolby	.282	19-19	78	14	22	2	2	1	12	31	.397	5	0	10	2	.318	2	0	5-7	24	4	2	.933
Holler,James	.267	17-12	45	7	12	0	0	0	5	12	.267	4	1	6	2	.340	0	0	2-2	9	2	0	1.000
Howard,Nick	.263	24-22	80	14	21	5	0	3	21	35	.438	8	3	20	1	.348	1	3	0-0	17	26	8	.843
Wulff,Austin	.239	24-23	67	17	16	5	0	4	14	33	.493	16	11	17	0	.457	0	1	2-3	42	3	2	.957
Fort,Garrett	.232	23-21	56	18	13	1	0	0	4	14	.250	18	1	18	0	.421	1	2	4-7	46	2	1	.980
Barratt,Aaron	.231	16-3	13	9	3	0	0	0	1	3	.231	1	0	5	0	.286	0	0	2-2	5	0	1	.833
Handzlik,Kevin	.200	9-7	25	2	5	0	0	1	3	8	.320	1	0	5	1	.231	0	1	0-0	5	8	2	.867
Douglas,Zachary	.200	5-1	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.200	1	0	0	0	.333	0	0	0-0	11	0	0	1.000
Wilkinson,Luke	.179	15-12	39	4	7	2	0	0	7	9	.231	3	5	11	0	.313	1	0	0-0	3	5	2	.800
Hardegree,Blake	.167	15-7	30	4	5	1	0	0	1	6	.200	2	0	7	0	.212	1	1	0-0	55	8	0	1.000
Pablo,Nikko	.000	3-3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1	0	3	0	.125	0	0	0-0	5	9	1	.933
Pennington,Adam	.000	2-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	1	0	1	.500	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	.277	24-24	732	147	203	37	5	10	121	280	.383	109	30	144	11	.388	11	13	25-36	552	229	36	.956

Player	era	w-l	app-gs	cg	sho	sv	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	2b	3b	hr	ab	b/avg	wp	hbp	bk	sfa	sha
Osborne,John	0.00	0-0	1-0	0	0/0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	0	0	0	0	0
Smith,Tanner	0.00	0-0	1-0	0	0/0	0	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.667	0	0	0	0	0
Smith,Carson	1.15	2-0	10-0	0	0/1	6	15.2	6	2	2	3	16	1	1	0	52	.115	0	1	0	0	1
Wilkinson,Luke	2.08	0-0	4-0	0	0/1	0	4.1	3	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	14	.214	1	2	1	0	0
Caenepeel,Anthony	4.30	3-0	6-6	0	0/0	0	37.2	34	21	18	20	33	3	0	8	134	.254	1	6	1	0	6
Pablo,Nikko	4.34	2-2	7-4	0	0/1	0	29.0	31	18	14	4	17	4	2	0	117	.265	0	9	0	2	1
Hietpas,Joseph	4.39	1-3	7-5	0	0/0	1	26.2	30	19	13	16	28	10	1	0	107	.280	1	1	0	0	4
Wagner,Jacob	5.40	2-0	9-0	0	0/0	0	8.1	9	5	5	8	2	1	0	1	29	.310	0	1	0	0	1
Battaglia,Austin	6.75	0-2	9-1	0	0/0	0	13.1	16	11	10	8	13	4	0	2	52	.308	4	4	1	1	1
Roberts,Brad	7.82	1-4	6-6	0	0/0	0	25.1	31	25	22	15	17	4	1	5	97	.320	5	0	0	0	4
Brady,Patrick	10.50	0-0	8-0	0	0/0	0	6.0	5	7	7	13	8	1	0	0	22	.227	2	1	0	0	0
Bruch,Taylor	13.50	0-0	2-0	0	0/0	0	2.0	2	3	3	2	4	0	0	2	7	.286	0	1	0	1	0
Pearcy,Hondo	14.29	0-0	5-0	0	0/0	0	5.2	15	13	9	4	3	2	0	0	30	.500	2	2	0	2	1
Henrichs,Rob	18.56	1-1	6-0	0	0/0	0	5.1	15	11	11	4	1	4	1	1	28	.536	1	1	0	0	1
Klocko,Kole	32.40	0-0	5-2	0	0/0	0	3.1	13	14	12	8	1	2	0	1	21	.619	0	2	1	1	0
Totals	6.21	12-12	24-24	0	1/1	7	184.0	213	150	127	107	145	37	7	20	717	.297	17	31	4	7	20

Next up - 

Northwest travels to Canton, Missouri, to play Culver-Stockton College on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, with first pitch at 2pm.  After the game, the 'Cats will then board the team bus and travel to Quincy, Illinois, to play Quincy University that same day at 6:30pm.  The guys should sleep well on the way back home after Wednesday's day/night double header.

Go Cats!!

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