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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State baseball team picked up a second-straight walk-off victory over Northeastern State Saturday afternoon at Bearcat Field, 6-5.
- James Holler, a late defensive replacement, drove in the winning run with a solid single to center field.
- The Bearcats improved their record to 7-4 overall and 2-0 in the conference, while the RiverHawks fall to 6-5 this season and 0-2 in the MIAA.
- Bryce Shea earned the win for the second day in a row, throwing three scoreless innings of relief.

Key Northwest Statistics
- The Bearcats rattled off 10 hits and made two errors in the field. They scored runs in five separate innings.
- Northeastern State scored its five runs on seven hits while making one defensive miscue. The RiverHawks scored one run in the fourth, one in the sixth and three in the seventh.
- Shea (2-0) struck out four batters, surrendering two hits and one walk while giving up one unearned run.
- Starting pitcher Anthony Caenepeel tossed six effective innings, allowing just one earned run and striking out seven.
- Shortstop Nick Gotta reached base four times, going 2-for-3 with a double and two walks. The senior drove in one run.
- Ozzie Adams scored a pair of runs after finishing 2-for-4 at the dish.
- Jake Lewis finished 1-for-2 with a walk and two runs scored.
- Holler reached base in both of his at bats, walking in the eighth before ending the game with an RBI single.
- Aaron Barratt drove in the opening run with a single, finishing 1-for-3.
- Garrett Fort scored the winning run after singling to lead off the ninth.


Key Northwest Innings
- Lewis worked a full count before drawing a one-out walk in the bottom of the second and promptly stole second. Barratt sent him in with a single back up the middle, handing Northwest an early 1-0 lead.

- After Northeastern State leveled the score in the fourth, Adams started a two-out rally in the fifth with a single to the gap in right center. Gotta drove him home with a line drive double off the fence just inside the left field foul pole.

- Nick Howard opened the sixth with a single through the hole at short and quickly advanced to third when Lewis sent a double to right. Barratt then reached on an error by the third baseman, scoring Howard. Lewis scored in the next at bat when pinch hitter Austin Wulff grounded into a double play, putting Northwest in front, 4-2.

- Northeastern State again responded, scoring three runs in the seventh, two being unearned. The Bearcats clawed back to level the score at five in the bottom half of the inning when Adams dropped in a bloop single to center. The second baseman moved up to second on a balk before moving to third on a ground out. After Jay Hrdlicka walked, head coach Darin Loe called for a double steal. Hrdlicka forced a throw to second, allowing Adams to take off for home. The RiverHawk defender's throw home was off line, giving Northwest the tying run.

- Fort led off the bottom of the ninth with an infield single to deep short and headed for second on Fort's sacrifice bunt. The RiverHawks intentionally walked Gotta before loading the bases on a walk to Howard two batters later. Holler ended the game when he sent a 1-0 pitch to center, scoring Fort.

Up Next
- With the series victory in hand, Northwest will look for the sweep in Sunday's series finale. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Bearcat Field.