Maryville, Mo. - Northwest overcame early defensive miscues to beat Lindenwood 8-7 on Friday, in Maryville. With the win, Northwest's record advanced to 9-5, 1-3 MIAA. Lindenwood fell to 8-6 on the year. Northwest's defense was timid early in the game and allowed 1 unearned run in the 1st inning. The Bearcats would tie the game in the bottom of the 1st. In the 2nd inning, Northwest would hit a batter, commit an error, and throw a wild pitch, to score 3 runs (1 unearned). Northwest earned 1 more run in the bottom of the 2nd inning, and 1 more run in the bottom of the 3rd inning. After 3 innings, the game was tied 4-4. Neither team would score in the 4th, 5th, and 6th innings. In the bottom of the 7th inning, Northwest would score a run to take a 5-4 lead. Lindenwood would score 1 run in the top of the 8th to tie the game, 5-5. Northwest would score 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to take the lead 8-5. In the 9th inning, Northwest committed an error and allowed 2 runs (1 unearned) to make things uncomfortable and stressful but carried the day with a 8-7 victory to pick-up their first MIAA conference win of 2017 to send the home team fans home happy. Although Northwest's defense had a tough day, the Bearcat offens did very well as most Bearcats had multiple hits on the day.
Offensively, Logan Rycraft was Northwest's MVP in the game. In total, Logan went 3 for 4 with 1 run score on the day. Alix Herrera went 2 for 4 (including a double) with 1 run score on the day. Kevin Handzlik went 2 for 4 (including a double) with 1 RBI in the game. Landon Figg went 2 for 5 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored on the day. Ozzie Adams went 2 for 4 (including a triple) with 2 RBIs, 1 sacrifice, and 1 run scored in the game. Garrett Fort went 2 for 5 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored on the day. Luke Hassman earned a hit and scored 2 runs while playing right field. James Holler hit a double and earned 2 RBIs in the game. Jay Hrdlicka earned a hit and scored 1 run in the game. In total, Northwest scored 8 runs off of 16 hits, 7 RBIs, 0 walks, 8 strike-outs, 8 runners left on base.
Defensively, Northwest committed 3 errors in the game that led to 3 unearned runs.
Pitching, Joseph Hietpas earned the start in Game 1 versus Lindenwood. In total, Joe worked 5.2 innings, allowed 4 hits, 4 runs (only 2 earned), 4 walks, 6 strike-outs, 1 wild pitch, and hit 1 batter in the game. In the 6th inning, Jacob Wagner came into the game to get the final out of the inning. In the 7th inning, Eddy Kraeber came into the game and worked 1.1 inning, allowed 3 hits, 1 run, 0 walks, and 1 strike-out. In the 8th inning, Austin Battaglia came into the game with 1 out. Austin finished out the season and worked 0.2 of an inning and allowed 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, and 1 strike-out. For his effort, Austin earned his 2nd win of 2017 and his record now stands at 2-0. In the 9th inning, Nikko Pablo came into the game to close it out for Northwest. In total, Nikko worked 1.0 inning, allowed 2 hits, 2 runs (only 1 earned), 0 walks, and 1 strike-out. For his efforts, Nikko earned his 4th save of 2017.
Next - Northwest will take on Lindenwood in Game 2 of the series on Saturday, March 4, 2017, at 2pm.
Go Cats!!
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