Maryville, Mo. - Eddy Kraber's quality start, combined with the Bearcat bullpen's shutdown relief, propelled Northwest to a magical 4-3 walk-off victory over a scrappy and tough William Jewell team on March 16th in Maryville. Kraber allowed 2 runs in the 1st but made adjustments and settled down to pitch scoreless innings in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Kraber allowed 1 run in the 5th but no runs in the 6th inning. Enter stage right the terrific trio of Waggs, Tags, and Pablo, to pitch 3.0 innings of scoreless relief. Then, wake-up the Bearcat offense in the bottom of the 9th to score 3 runs with a thrilling plate appearance by Landon Figg. Figg was down 1-2 with the bases loaded, took the ball up the middle to score the winning runs on 2nd and 3rd resulting in a pack of Bearcats sprinting to 2nd base with gatorade bottles and a group hug. Attaboys.
Offensively, the Bearcats MVP was Landon Figg with his game winning hit in the bottom of the 9th. In total, Figg went 1 for 5 with 2 RBIs in the game. Ozzie Adams had the best day at the plate and went 2 for 4 with 1 RBI and 1 walk on the day. Jay Hrdlicka earned 2 walks in the game. Garrett Fort went 1 for 3 with 2 walks and 2 runs scored on the day. Luke Hassman went 1 for 4 with a stolen base in the game. Luke Wilkinson and Kolby Greenslade each earned a walk on the day with Kolby scoring 1 run. Logan Rycraft went 1 for 3 with a sacrifice in the game. In total, Northwest scored 4 runs off of 7 hits, 3 RBIs, 7 walks, 8 strike-outs, and left 7 runners on base.
Defensively, Northwest did not commit an error in the game.
Pitching, Eddy Kraber had a terrific performance against a quality, scrappy, and tough William Jewell baseball team. Eddy made terrific adjustments after the 1st inning where he allowed 2 runs. After the 1st, Eddy gave up only 1 more run in 5 additional innings of work. In total, Eddy worked 6.0 innings, allowed 8 hits, 3 runs, 2 walks, and 4 strike-outs in the game.
This may be T-shirt worthy = In Waggs, Tags, and Pablo we trust.
In the 7th, Jacob Wagner (Waggs) entered the game and worked 1.0 inning without allowing a run. In total, Waggs allowed 1 hit, 0 runs, with 2 fly-out and a ground-out to keep Jewell off of the board. In the 8th inning, Austin Battaglia (Tags) entered the game and worked 1.0 inning without allowing a run. In total, Tags allowed 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 strike-out, 1 fly-out, and 1 ground-out. In the 9th, Nikko Pablo entered the game to close it out for Northwest. For his efforts, Nikko picked-up the win and saw his 2017 record advance to 2-1 on the year. In total, Pablo worked 1.0 inning, allowed 0 hits, 0 runs, 2 strike-outs, and a fly-out to win the game for Northwest.
NWMSU's article on the game - http://www.bearcatsports.com/news/2017/3/16/baseball-william-jewell.aspx
Next - Your Bearcat baseball team will play a home & home 2-game non-conference series with Rockhurst University this weekend. On Saturday, March 18, 2017, Northwest travels to Kansas City to play a single 9-inning game at Rockhurst. Both teams will then come back to Maryville on Sunday, March 19th, for a single 9-inning game. The Sunday game is expected to have terrific weather with a projected high of 70 degrees. With the basketball team on a break until the start of the Elite 8, head on down to Kansas City on Saturday, grab some Joe's Kansas City, Arthur Bryant's, Gate's, or whatever favorite BBQ spot and cheer on your Bearcat baseball team in a terrific in-state rival contest.
Go Cats!!
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