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Box Score 2 TOPEKA, Kan. - The Northwest Missouri State baseball team dropped a double header to Washburn on Saturday in MIAA action at Falley Field in Topeka, Kan. Northwest fell 7-5 in game one and 12-8 in game two. The Bearcats are now 15-13 overall and 10-10 in MIAA play. Washburn improved to 13-12 and 13-10 in conference action.
GAME ONE Northwest fell behind early, giving up four runs in the first and two more in the third. In the fourth inning,
Eric McGlauflin got the Bearcats on the board with his third homerun of the season, a solo shot to center field. Washburn would add an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth.
In the top of the seventh,
Jon Pomatto scored after reaching on an error as
Paul Johnson was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
Ryan Abernathy drove in
Alex Singleton to cut the lead to 7-3. The next batter, McGlauflin, doubled and drove in Johnson and
Brandon Huske to bring the game within two, 7-5. But Washburn got the final out on a grounder to short.
Hondo Pearcy started and went 2.1 innings, allowing six runs. McGlauflin finished the day going 2-for-3 with three RBI and one run scored. Singleton, Abernathy and Pomatto all recorded hits.
GAME TWO Northwest held an early 1-0 lead before Washburn went on to score nine runs in the first four innings. The Bearcats tried to keep up the pace, adding two runs in the third, one in the fourth and four in the fifth but a three run sixth inning from Washburn put the game out of reach as Northwest fell, 12-8. Northwest threw six pitchers on the day but committed three errors.
Northwest took advantage of a wild pitch as Huske scored during McGlauflin's first at bat. In the third,
Ryan Abernathy hit his first homerun of the season, driving in
Garrett Fort. In the fourth,
Blake Hardegree singled in
James Holler, who led off with a double. Northwest scored four in the fifth inning started by a sacrifice fly from McGlauflin to score Fort.
Austin Wulff singled to score Abernathy and Wulff scored on an error. Holler would score the final run, advancing on a wild pitch.
McGlauflin went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored. Pomatto was 3-for-3 with two runs scored.
UP NEXT The series concludes tomorrow at 1 p.m.
