CARDIAC CATS TAKE SERIES
Edmond, OK - In a thrilling series, your Cardiac Cats evened the series then took extra innings to win the series on the road 2-1. In an epic clash, Northwest used offense in game 2 to power a deciding game three. In game three, Northwest's pitching and defense carried the day with the help of timely hitting. In the end, the Bearcats used all three aspects of the game to win a hard fought match-up with a quality non-conference opponent. But, let's get back to the good stuff, your Northwest Bearcats finished the 2016 opening road trip to Southern schools and will return to Maryville with a 5-4 record. The Bearcats are living on pitching and defense and both are delivering for the team. I can't be more excited for the 2016 Bearcats baseball team. These guys are a resilient bunch. Stay tuned - the Cats will play their home opener and open conference play this weekend. Bring your popcorn, its gonna be a remarkable season.
Game 2 - Northwest defeated Oklahoma Christian University 10-7 to even the 3-game series. Northwest's offense exploded for 6 runs in the 1st inning and 4 runs in the 4th to carry the day. The game took 2 hours and 45 minutes to compete on a sunny and 75 degree day. The announced attendance was 110.
Offense - Northwest had several offensive MVPs in this game. Garrett Fort went 2 for 4 (including a triple) with one RBI, 2 runs scored, and was hit by a pitch. Nick Howard went 2 for 5 with 2 RBIs and one run scored. Derek Meyer went 2 for 4 (including a double) with 3 RBIs in the game. Kolby Greenslade went 2 for 3 (including a double) with one run scored in the game. Nick Gotta went 1 for 3 with 2 walks, 2 runs scored, and 2 stolen bases. Ozzie Adams went 1 for 5 with one RBI and one run scored in the game. Jay Hrdlicka went 1 for 4 with one walk and 2 runs scored in the game. Jake Lewis went 1 for 3 (a double) with one RBI, one stolen base, was hit by a pitch, and one run scored in the game. In total, Northwest scored 10 runs off of 12 hits, 9 RBIs, 3 walks, 2 strike-outs, and left 5 runners on base.
Defense - Northwest was not charged with an error in the game.
Pitching - Joseph Hietpas picked-up the win and saw his 2016 record advance to 3-0. In total, Joseph worked 5.1 innings, allowed 5 hits, 3 runs (all earned), 2 walks, 6 strike-outs, 2 wild pitches, 0 balks, and he hit one batter. Austin Battaglia came into the game in the 6th inning and worked 2.0 innings, allowed 0 hits, 2 runs (both earned), 2 walks, 2 strike-outs, did not hit a batter, 0 wild pitches, and 0 balks in the game. Jacob Wagner came into the game in the 8th inning and worked 0.1 inning, allowed 2 hits, 1 earned run, 0 walks, 1 strike-out, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and he did not hit a batter. Bryce Shea came into the game with 2 outs in the 8th inning and worked 0.2 inning, allowed 1 hit, 1 earned run, 1 walk, 0 strike-out, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and he did not hit a batter. With one out in the 9th inning, Carson Smith came in and closed out the game. In total, Carson worked 0.2 inning, allowed 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 0 strike-outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and he did not hit a batter.
Link - Here is Northwest's link to the game summary:
Game 3 - Northwest defeated Oklahoma Christian in extra innings by the score 5-4 in a thrilling game. With the win, Northwest's 2016 record climbed to 5-4, 0-0 MIAA. The teams matched up in weather that was nearly 20 degrees colder than only 24 hours earlier at 56 degrees. The announced attendance was 85. Carson Smith was the MVP of the game with his 3.0 innings pitched, picked-up the win, and worked a perfect 9th and 10th innings.
Offense - Kolby Greenslade was the offensive MVP of the game. Kolby went 3 for 5 with one RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base. Ozzie Adams went 2 for 5 with one RBI and two runs scored in the game. Nick Gotta went 2 for 4 (including a double), with 1 RBI and 2 walks in the game. Jay Hrdlicka went 1 for 4 with two walks in the game. Garrett Fort went 1 for 5 with one RBI, one run scored and one walk in the game. Nick Howard went 1 for 5 in the game. Jake Lewis went 1 for 3 in the game. Aaron Barratt went 1 for 5 with a run scored in the game. In total, Northwest scored 5 runs off of 12 hits, 4 RBIs, 5 walks, 10 strike-outs, and left 11 runners on base in the game.
Defense - Northwest was not charged with an error in the game.
Pitching - Brad Roberts earned the start and worked 5.1 innings, allowed 7 hits, 2 runs (both earned), 0 walks, 3 strike-outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and he did not hit a batter in his statistically his best outing in 2016. Nikko Pablo came into the game in the 6th inning and worked 2.2 innings, allowed 4 hits, 2 runs (both earned), 1 walk, 1 strike-out, 1 wild pitch, 0 balks, and he did not hit a batter in the game. In the 9th, Carson Smith came into the game to close it out and picked-up the win in the process. In total, Carson worked 3.0 innings, allowed 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks, 0 strike-outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and he did not hit a batter in the game.
Link - Here is Northwest's link to the game summary:
2016 NWMSU Statistics -
• Record: 5-4 • Home: 0-0 • Away: 3-4 • Neutral: 2-0 • MIAA: 0-0 •
| 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 | .364 | 9-9 | 33 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 20 | .606 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .488 | 1 | 0 | 3-5 | 14 | 25 | 1 | .975 |
| Greenslade,Kolby | .333 | 9-9 | 33 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .455 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .371 | 0 | 0 | 4-6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Fort, Garrett | .333 | 9-9 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .400 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 5-6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Hrdlicka,Jay | .276 | 9-9 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .379 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .462 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .964 |
| Adams,Ozzie | .229 | 9-9 | 35 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .257 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .341 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 10 | 24 | 1 | .971 |
| Douglas,Zachary | .200 | 3-1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .933 |
| Meyer,Derek | .188 | 6-4 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .188 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Wulff,Austin | .182 | 9-6 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .227 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .321 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Lewis,Jake | .179 | 8-8 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .321 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .258 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Howard,Nick | .176 | 6-4 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .176 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Handzlik,Kevin | .176 | 5-5 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .875 |
| Barratt,Aaron | .125 | 4-2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .111 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Holler,James | .095 | 7-5 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .095 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .095 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Wilkinson,Luke | .000 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Pablo,Nikko | .000 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .857 |
| Totals | .239 | 9-9 | 297 | 50 | 71 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 97 | .327 | 39 | 12 | 57 | 7 | .347 | 4 | 1 | 15-23 | 231 | 94 | 6 | .982 |
| Opponents | .240 | 9-9 | 279 | 37 | 67 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 86 | .308 | 26 | 5 | 65 | 2 | .312 | 4 | 9 | 7-8 | 240 | 113 | 18 | .951 |
| LOB - Team (63), Opp (55). DPs turned - Team (4), Opp (8). IBB - Team (2), Gotta,Nick 2. Picked off - Fort,Garrett 2, Hrdlicka,Jay 1, Lewis,Jake 1. |
| 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 |
| Smith,Carson | 0.00 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 5.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pearcy,Hondo | 0.00 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osborne,John | 0.00 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pablo,Nikko | 2.16 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 8.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | .208 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Roberts,Brad | 3.60 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 15.0 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 59 | .305 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Hietpas,Joseph | 3.78 | 3-0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 16.2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | .217 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wagner,Jacob | 3.86 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .375 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caenepeel,Anthony | 5.06 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 16.0 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | .258 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Shea,Bryce | 5.14 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Battaglia,Austin | 7.71 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 4.2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3.86 | 5-4 | 9-9 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 77.0 | 67 | 37 | 33 | 26 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 279 | .240 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Opponents | 4.16 | 4-5 | 9-9 | 0 | 1/1 | 2 | 80.0 | 71 | 50 | 37 | 39 | 57 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 297 | .239 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| PB - Team (1), Hrdlicka,Jay 1, Opp (3). Pickoffs - Team (4), Pablo,Nikko 2, Caenepeel,An 1, Meyer,Derek 1, Opp (4). SBA/ATT - Meyer,Derek (3-3), Douglas,Zach (2-3), Roberts,Brad (2-2), Hrdlicka,Jay (2-2), Hietpas,Jose (2-2), Smith,Carson (1-1), Wagner,Jacob (0-1), Caenepeel,An (1-1), Pablo,Nikko (1-1). |
Next up for the Bearcats - Northwest will play its home opener and open conference play this weekend in Maryville. Northwest will play Northeastern State University in a 3-game series. Game 1 starts at 2pm on Friday, 2/26/16. Game 2 is 2pm on Saturday, 2/27/16. Game 3 is 1pm on Sunday, 2/28/16.
Go Cats!!
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