Bearcats sweep Lincoln, Finishes week at 3-1
Your Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats baseball team experienced both sides of lopsided victories this past week. On Tuesday, March 15, Northwest lost to Quincy University by the score 14-3 in a game that got out of hand in the 6th inning. Then, Northwest upheld its Cardiac Cats mentality and walked-off an extra inning contest on Friday, March 18, versus Lincoln University. Saturday and Sunday resulted in huge lopsided victories for Northwest with a 16-1 final score in Game 2 and a 15-6 final score in Game 3. Speaking of both sides of a spectrum, Game 2 was shortened due to snow and Game 3 was a bright and sunny afternoon. You just have to love weather in Missouri.
With the three-game sweep, Northwest is now in a 3-way tie for 3rd place in the MIAA baseball standings. Interestingly enough, Northwest will travel to Nebraska-Kearney to play UNK who is another ball club in a 3rd place tie with Northwest. Those schedule-makers sure do know what they are doing.
In short, Northwest swept a MIAA Conference opponent and have won 3 of 4 Conference series so far in 2016. Here is a recap of this past week's games:
Quincy University
Quincy, Illinois - Quincy University defeated Northwest Missouri State 14-3 in a mid-week non-conference match-up on March 15, 2016, in Quincy, Illinois. Northwest's pitching could not contain Quincy's powerful offense and this game was not close through much of contest. The game was played at QU Stadium in Quincy, Illinois. It took three and a half hours to complete the game. The announced attendance was 312. With the loss, Northwest's 2016 record fell to 10-9 overall.
Offense - Garrett Fort, Ozzie Adams, and Jay Hrdlicka were the offensive MVPs for Northwest in the game. Garrett Fort went 2 for 5 (including a double) and a stolen base in the game. Ozzie Adams also went 2 for 5 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored in the game. Jay Hrdlicka went 2 for 5 with a run scored in the game. Jake Lewis went 1 for 3 with a stolen base and got hit by a pitch while playing first catcher. Kevin Handzlik went 1 for 3 with a RBI while playing third base. Austin Wulff went 1 for 4 while playing right field. James Holler went 1 for 4 while playing first base. Kolby Greenslade went 1 for 3 with a run scored and a stolen base while playing left field. Aaron Barratt earned a RBI and a stolen base as a late-game pinch hitter. In total, Northwest scored 3 runs off of 11 hits, 3 RBIs, 2 walks, 5 strike-outs and left 12 runners on base.
Defense - Northwest was charged with 3 errors in the game (Fort, Adams, and Handzlik) and turned 2 double plays in the game.
Pitching - Northwest had a tough day on the mound against Quincy University. Austain Battaglia earned the start but picked-up the loss to see his 2016 record fall to 1-2. In total, Austin worked 2.1 innings, allowed seven hits, five runs (four earned), one walk, two strike-outs, no balks, no wild pitches, and he did not hit a batter in the game. In the third inning, Hondo Pearcy came into the game and worked 3.1 innings, allowed three hits, three runs (all earned), one walk, no strike-outs, one wild pitch, no balks, and he did not hit a batter. With 2 outs in the 6th inning, John Osborne came into the game and worked 0.1 of an inning, allowed three hits, three runs (all earned), no walks, no strike-outs, no wild pitches, no balks, and he did not hit a batter. In the seventh inning, Jacob Wagner came into the game and worked 1.0 of an inning, allowed no runs, no hits, no walks, one strike-out, no wild pitches, no balks, and he did not hit a batter. In the eighth inning, Bryce Shea worked 1.0 inning, allowed two hits, three runs (all earned), two walks, no strike-outs, no wild pitches, no balks, and he did not hit a batter.
Lincoln University
Maryville, Mo. - Northwest swept Lincoln University in Maryville this weekend. Game 1 was an exciting thriller with an extra-inning walk-off to win 3-2. Game 2 was a bizarre weather-shortened game that Northwest won 16-1. Game 3 was close until the 6th inning when the Bearcats separated and won big by the final score 15-6.
Game 1
Northwest defeated Lincoln University by the score 3-2 in an extra-inning thriller. Northwest's 2016 record climbed to 11-9, 6-4 MIAA.
Offense - Garrett Fort was the offensive MVP in Game 1. Fort went 2 for 3 with a sacrifice and a stolen base in the game. Nick Gotta picked-up 3 walks in the game. Ozzie Adams went 1 for 3 with a walk and a run scored in the game. Jay Hrdlicka went 1 for 4 with a RBI and a walk in the game. Jake Lewis went 1 for 4 (including a double) with a RBI and a walk. Austin Wulff went 1 for 1 with a RBI in the game. Kolby Greenslade went 1 for 4 in the game. In total, Northwest scored 3 runs off of 7 hits, 3 RBIs, 10 walks, 4 strike-outs, and left 11 runners on base.
Defense - Northwest was not charged with an error in the game.
Pitching - Joseph Hietpas earned the start in the game and worked 6.0 innings, allowed 7 hits, 1 run (earned), 1 walk, 7 strike-outs, 1 wild pitch, 0 balks, and did not hit a batter. Nikko Pablo came into the game in the 7th inning and worked 3.1 innings, allowed 1 hit, 1 run (earned), 1 walk, 4 strike-outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and he did not hit a batter. In the 10th inning, Carson Smith came into the game and worked 0.2 inning, 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 1 strike-out, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and did not hit a batter. For his effort, Carson picked-up the win to see his 2016 record climb to 3-1.
Game 2
Northwest defeated Lincoln University by the score 16-1 in a game shortened by weather. Northwest's 2016 record climbed to 12-9, 7-4 MIAA.
Offense - There are several offensive MVPs in this game for Northwest. Ozzie Adams went 3 for 4 (including a double) with 3 RBIs and a run scored in the game. Jake Lewis went 3 for 3 with 2 RBIs, was hit by a pitch, and 3 runs scored in the game. Aaron Barratt went 2 for 3 with 3 RBIs and a run scored in the game. Nick Gotta earned 2 walks, 1 RBI, and a run scored in the game. Jay Hrdlicka went 1 for 4 (including a double) with 1 RBI and a run scored in the game. Kevin Handzlik went 1 for 2 with 1 RBI, 2 walks, and 2 runs scored in the game. Garrett Fort went 1 for 3 (including a double) with 2 RBIs, 1 walk, 1 stolen base, and 3 runs scored in the game. Derek Meyer went 1 for 2 (including a double) with 3 RBIs, 2 walks, and 2 runs scored in the game. Kolby Greenslade went 1 for 2 with 2 runs scored in the game.
Defense - Northwest was charged with 1 error (Caenepeel) and did not turn a double play in the game.
Pitching - Anthony Caenepeel earned the start and the win to see his 2016 record climb to 2-4. Anthony worked 5.0 innings, allowed 3 hits, 1 run (earned), 1 walk, 5 strike-outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and he did not hit a batter in the game.
Game 3
Northwest defeated Lincoln University by the score 15-6. The Bearcats 2016 record climbed to 13-9, 8-4 MIAA.
Offense - Nick Gotta and Kolby Greenslade were the Bearcats offensive co-MVPs in the game. Nick Gotta went 3 for 6 (including a home run) with 4 RBIs, 1 stolen base and 2 runs scored in the game. Kolby Greenslade went 3 for 4 with 1 RBI, 1 walk, 1 stolen base, and scored 2 runs in the game. Ozzie Adams went 1 for 3 with 1 RBI, 2 walks, 1 sacrifice fly, 1 stolen base, and 3 runs scored in the game. Jay Hrdlicka went 1 for 5 (including a double) with 2 RBIs, a sacrifice fly, and a run scored in the game. Jake Lewis picked-up 1 RBI, a sacrifice fly, was hit by a pitch, and a walk in the game. Kevin Handzlik went 2 for 4 with 1 walk, 3 stolen bases, and a run scored in the game. Austin Wulff went 1 for 4 with a run scored in the game. Derek Meyer went 2 for 5 with 2 runs scored in the game. Aaron Barratt picked-up 2 walks and scored 2 runs in the game. In total, Northwest scored 15 runs off of 13 hits, 9 RBIs, 7 walks, 4 strike-outs, and left 9 runners on base.
Defense - Northwest was not charged with an error in the game. Northwest turned 2 double plays in the game.
Pitching - Brad Roberts earned the start in the game and worked 4.0 innings, allowed 8 hits, 5 runs (all earned), 2 walks, 3 strike-outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and he did not hit a batter in the game. Jacob Wagner worked 0.1 inning, allowed 0 hits, 1 run (earned), 1 walk, 1 strike-out, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and he hit 1 batter in the game. Nikko Pablo came into the game with 1 out in the 5th inning and picked-up the win for his effort to see his 2016 record climb to 1-0. In total, Nikko worked 1.2 innings, allowed 2 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 2 strike-outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and he did not hit a batter in the game. Bryce Shea came into the game in the 7th inning and worked 2.0 innings, allowed 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 walk, 4 strike-outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and did not hit a batter in the game. Carson Smith came into the game in the 9th inning and worked 1.0 inning, allowed 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 2 strike-outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and he did not hit a batter.
Next - Northwest will travel to Kearney, Nebraska, to play at UNK for a mid-week MIAA Conference game on Tuesday, March 22, 2016. First pitch is set for 3pm.
Go Cats!!
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