Series Re-cap: Truman State University
The Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats baseball team swept the Truman State Bulldogs by winning all three games of the series this weekend. Northwest played exemplary offense and defense in the series. Northwest's pitching was terrific. The Bearcats unloaded on the Bulldogs this weekend. I thought the Rocky training scenes were appropriate for this report because the team has taken some punches, had some adversity, but is battling through the adversity. Like Rocky Balboa getting better with the guidance of Apollo Creed, the Bearcats played better in all phases of the game this weekend.
Media reports -
Maryville Daily Forum - http://www.maryvilledailyforum.com/article/20130321/SPORTS/130329649/1020/SPORTS
Northwestbearcats.com (Game 1) - http://www.nwmissouri.edu/sports/baseball/2013/pressreleases/13bb0322.htm
Northwestbearcats.com (Games 2 & 3) - http://www.nwmissouri.edu/sports/baseball/2013/pressreleases/13bsb0323.htm
Trumanbulldogs.com - http://www.trumanbulldogs.com/news/2013/3/22/BB_0322135848.aspx
The Bearcats won game 1 by a score of 8-3 over the Truman State University Bulldogs on Friday, March 22, 2013, in Kirksville, Missouri. With the win, Northwest's 2013 record advanced to 7-16, 5-13 MIAA. With the loss, Truman fell to 6-16, 6-15 MIAA in 2013.
Offensively, Northwest had a balanced attack with 7 different players contributing to the 7 total hits in the game. In addition, 5 different players earned 6 walks in the game. Ryan Abernathy, CF, went 1 for 3 (including a double) with a run scored and two walks. JJ Baccari, DH, went 1 for 2 with 2 RBIs. Steven Garber, 1B, went 1 for 3 with 2 RBIs and a walk. Paul Johnson, 2B, earned his first start at 2B this season (at least the B2R thinks its the 1st start), and went 1 for 4 with a RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored. Brandon Huske, SS, went 1 for 4 with 2 runs scored and a walk. Cameron Bedard, 3B, went 1 for 4 (including a double) with 3 runs scored, 2 stolen bases, and a walk. Charlie Krueger, LF, went 1 for 4. In total, Northwest scored 8 runs off of 7 hits, 5 RBIs, 6 walks, 4 strike-outs, and left 7 runners on base.
Defensively, Northwest did not commit an error and executed one double play.
Pitching, Marcus Garrett earned the start and the win to see his 2013 record advance to 2-1 in a superb performance. The Bearcats offense got on the board early in the game by scoring 5 runs in the 2nd inning. Marcus did not allow a run until the 4th inning and it was a single run at that. Marcus allowed another single run in the 5th inning to see the Northwest lead narrow to 5-2 heading into the top of the 6th inning. After both teams failed to score any more runs in the 6th inning, the Bearcats scored 2 more runs in the top of the 7th inning. Marcus finished his 7th and final inning without allowing another run. In total, Marcus worked 7.0 innings, allowed 3 hits, 2 runs (both earned), 0 walks, 2 strike-outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and hit 2 batters. Blane Reutter came in to relieve Marcus in the 8th inning and did not allow a run in the 8th inning. In the Top of the 9th, Northwest added an additional run. Blane Reutter closed out the game and pitched the 9th inning. Blane allowed one run to Truman in the 9th and final frame. In total, Blane worked 2.0 innings, allowed 2 hits, 1 earned run, 0 walks, 0 strike-outs, 0 wild pitches, 1 balk, and hit 1 batter.
The Bearcats won game 2 by a score of 8-0 over the Truman State University Bulldogs on Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Kirksville, Missouri. With the win, Northwest's 2013 record advanced to 8-16, 6-13 MIAA. With the loss, Truman fell to 6-17, 6-16 MIAA in 2013.
Offensively, Northwest was led by Ryan Abernathy, Charlie Krueger, and Eric McLaughlin. Ryan Abernathy, CF, went 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs, a stolen base, and a run scored. Eric McLaughlin, DH, went 2 for 4 (including a home run) with a RBI and 2 runs scored. Charlie Krueger, LF, went 2 for 3 with a walk and a run scored. Brandon Huske, SS, went 1 for 3 (including a home run), a RBI, a walk, and a run scored. JJ Baccari, C, went 1 for 4 with 2 RBIs and a run scored. Steven Garber, 1B, went 1 for 2 with a walk. Eric Swain, 3B, went 1 for 3 with a RBI and a walk. In total, Northwest scored 8 runs off of 10 hits, 7 RBIs, 3 walks, 6 strike-outs, and left 7 runners on base.
Defensively, Northwest did not commit an error and executed one double play.
Pitching, Ryker Fox earned the start and complete game victory to see his 2013 record advance to 2-4. The Northwest offense scored a run in the 1st inning but did not add to that total until the 5th inning. Ryker nursed a 1-0 lead from the 1st through the 4th inning. With the score 2-0 heading to the 6th inning, Northwest's offense exploded for 6 additional runs. With the 8-0 lead heading into the bottom of the 6th inning, Ryker Fox blew through the Truman bats and blanked the Bulldogs for the complete game shut-out. In total, Fox worked 7.0 innings, allowed 5 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 3 strike-outs, 1 wild pitch, 0 balks, and hit 0 batters.
The Bearcats won game 3 by a score of 15-8 over the Truman State University Bulldogs on Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Kirksville, Missouri, to complete the 3-game series sweep. With the win, Northwest's 2013 record advanced to 9-16, 7-13 MIAA. With the loss, Truman fell to 6-18, 6-17 MIAA in 2013.
Offensively, Alex Singleton and Steven Garber led the way for the Bearcats. Alex Singleton, RF, went 3 for 4 with a walk, 2 stolen bases, and a run scored. Steven Garber, 1B, went 3 for 4 with a RBI and 2 runs scored. Cameron Bedard, 2B, went 2 for 6 (including a double and a home run), 2 RBIs, a stolen base, and 2 runs scored. Eric Swain, 3B, went 2 for 5 (including a home run) with 3 RBIs, 2 runs scored, and a walk. Eric McLaughlin, DH, went 2 for 6 (including a home run) with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored in the game. Ryan Abernathy, CF, went 1 for 5 with 2 RBIs in the game. Brandon Huske, SS, went 1 for 4 with 2 walks and 2 runs scored. JJ Baccari, C, went 1 for 3 (including a double) with 2 runs scored. Derek Meyer, C substitute for JJ Baccari, went 1 for 2 with a run scored. Charlie Krueger, LF, earned a RBI in the game. Paul Johnson, LF substitute for Krueger in the game, went 1 for 2 with a run scored. In total, Northwest scored 15 runs off of 17 hits, 11 RBIs, 4 walks, 2 strike-outs, and left 10 runners on base.
Defensively, Northwest committed one error (Huske) and executed one double play in the game. For the series, Northwest only committed one error and executed 3 double plays.
Pitching, Chase Anderson earned the start and victory to see his 2013 record advance to 3-3. In the game, neither team scored a run in the 1st inning. Northwest scored 2 runs in the top of the 2nd inning while Truman remained scoreless. The Bearcats' offense exploded for 5 runs in the 3rd inning while the Bulldogs remained scoreless. Through three innings, Northwest lead 7-0 and Chase was cruising along very well. In the 4th inning, Northwest scored 2 additional runs and Truman finally broke through with a single run in the bottom of the frame. Northwest added another run in the 5th while the Bulldogs did not score meaning Northwest led 10-1 heading into the 6th inning. Northwest added two additional runs in the 6th inning. Chase finally ran into trouble in the bottom of the 6th inning and allowed 3 runs. Following the 6th inning, Northwest led 12-3. In the 7th inning, Northwest did not score any runs in the frame. Chase earned one out in the 7th but ran into trouble. In total, Chase Anderson worked 6.1 innings, allowed 10 hits, 6 runs (all earned), 2 walks, 3 strike outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and hit 0 batters. Rob Henrichs relieved Chase in the 7th inning and closed out the inning for him. In total, Rob worked 0.2 inning, allowed 1 hit, 2 runs (both earned), 1 walk, 0 strike-outs, 0 wild pitches, 0 balks, and hit 0 batters. Northwest scored 1 run in the 8th inning. Tyler Barth came in the bottom of the 8th inning and worked one inning without allowing a run. In total, Tyler worked 1.0 inning, allowed 0 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 1 strike-out, 0 balks, 0 wild pitches, and hit 0 batters. In the 9th inning, Northwest scored 2 runs and Truman did not score any runs in the frame. Nathanial Horton came in to close out the game in the 9th inning and worked a complete inning. In total, Horton worked 1.0 inning, allowed 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 1 strike-out, 0 balks, 0 wild pitches, and hit 1 batter.
Next for the Bearcats, a two-game mid-week series with Missouri Western in St. Joseph on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, on the campus of Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph.
Go Cats!!
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