Maryville, Mo. - Garrett Fort had quite a day against Missouri Southern in Game 1 of the 3-game series but nothing bigger than the walk-off single in the bottom of the 9th to win the game for your Bearcat baseball team by the score 7-6 at Bearcat baseball field in Maryville. There are so many story lines in this game. The Bearcat bullpen came through AGAIN and held the Lions scoreless for 4 innings. Quintin VanAckeren, Jacob Wagner, Austin Battaglia, and Nikko Pablo all combine for 4.0 innings and 0 runs. Sprinkle in some bottom of the 9th Bearcat magic and Northwest rushed the field in celebration. With the win, Northwest is now 22-10, 11-8 MIAA.
What a game. Above is the footage of the final pitch.
Offensively, Garrett Fort was Northwest's most valuable player in the game. In total, Fort went 3 for 6 with 2 RBIs and a stolen base. Landon Figg went 2 for 2 with a home run, 3 walk, 1 RBI and 2 runs scored in the game. Luke Hassman went 2 for 4 with 1 RBI and 1 walk on the day. Kolby Greenslade went 2 for 5 with 1 run scored in the game. Ozzie Adams went 1 for 5 with 1 run scored on the day. James Holler went 1 for 5 with 1 RBI in the game. Jay Hrdlicka earned 2 walks and scored 1 run on the day. Logan Rycraft earned 1 walk and scored 1 run in the game. In total, Northwest scored 7 runs off of 11 hits, 5 RBIs, 7 walks, 3 strike-outs, and left 10 runners on base.
Defensively, Northwest did not commit an error in the game.
Pitching, Anthony Caenepeel earned the start but did not factor in the game's decision. In total, Anthony worked 6.0 innings, allowed 9 hits, 6 runs, 0 walks, 9 strike-outs, 3 wild pitches and 1 balk in the game. In the 7th inning, Quintin VanAckeren came into the game and worked 0.1 of an inning, allowed 1 hit and 1 walk in his outing. With 2 runners on base and 1 out in the Top of the 7th, Jacob Wagner came into the game and worked another masterful performance. The B2R has given Wags many titles trying to capture the huge performances he has had this season. This performance was so big you can call Wags the Rolaids man. Pop pop fizz fizz oh what a relief it is. Wags shut down the Southern offense for two huge outs to keep them off the board. Fire extinguisher. Rolaids man. Pull in case of an emergency. Just call him a stud. In the 8th inning, Austin Battaglia came into the game and worked 1.0 inning and did not allow a hit or a run and struck out 1 batter. Tags worked a clean inning. The guy is a surgeon on the mound. In the 9th inning, Nikko Pablo came into the game and worked 1.0 inning and allowed 1 hit, 0 runs, 2 walks and 0 strike-outs.
NWMSU's article of the game - http://www.bearcatsports.com/news/2017/4/7/baseball-mssu-friday.aspx
Next - Northwest and Southern face-off in Game 2 at Bearcat baseball field on Saturday, April 8, 2017, at 2pm.
Go Cats!!
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