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Northwest Missouri State Athletics

OFFICIAL HOME OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY BEARCAT ATHLETICS
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Fort Hays State FHSU 3-15
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Winner Northwest Missouri NWMSU 10-11
Fort Hays State FHSU
3-15
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Final
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Northwest Missouri NWMSU
10-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fort Hays State FHSU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0
Northwest Missouri NWMSU 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 X 4 7 0

W: Caenepeel, Anthony (3-0) L: Cook,Gabe (0-2) S: Smith, Carson (6)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Caenepeel strikes out 12 in series opener

Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team picked up a 4-2 win over MIAA member Fort Hays State on Friday afternoon at Bearcat Field in Maryville, Mo.
- Northwest moves to 10-11 overall and 7-6 in MIAA play with the win. Fort Hays drops to 3-15 overall and 3-10 in MIAA play.
- Anthony Caenepeel pitched 8.0 innings, allowing just two runs on three hits with 12 strikeouts. He walked four batters.
- Right fielder Austin Wulff was 2-for-3 with four RBI, including a three-run homer in the sixth.

Key Northwest Statistics
- Northwest had four runs on seven hits while Fort Hays had two runs on three hits. Neither team had an error.
- Carson Smith worked a scoreless ninth to pick up his sixth save of the year.
- Fort Hays hit a pair of solo home runs off Caenepeel. Connor Ross hit the first pitch of the game over the left field fence. Alex King hit a solo shot in the eighth inning.
- Nick Gotta, Garrett Fort, James Holler and Derek Meyer each picked up hits for Northwest.
- Gotta stole his fifth base of the season.
- Wulff's homerun was his team-leading fourth of the season. He had four RBI on the day.
- Meyer scored two runs for Northwest, both driven in by Wulff.
- Fort scored the other run for Northwest.
- The Bearcats drew six walks on the day.

Key Northwest Innings
- Down 1-0 in the fourth, Fort led off with an infield single that he legged out but was caught stealing on a strikeout-throw out in the next at bat. Derek Meyer drew a two out walk bringing up Wulff who laced a ball down the line, clearing the third base bag to stay fair and went all the way to the wall. Meyer scored easily from first and Wulff ended up on second with a double.

- With the score tied 1-1 in the sixth, Fort drew a walk and moved to third on a Meyer single one batter later. After Meyer advanced on a wild pitch, Wulff again came up big, lifting his fourth home run of the season deep over the left field fence to put Northwest up 4-1.

Up Next
- The Bearcats and the Tigers continue the four-game series on Saturday with a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. Both games will be seven-inning contests.
 
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