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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team picked up a 6-1 MIAA victory over Nebraska-Kearney on Tuesday at Bearcat Field in Maryville, Mo.
- Northwest improved to 14-13 overall while Nebraska-Kearney falls to 12-14. Both teams now have identical 9-8 MIAA records.
- James Holler had four RBI, going 3-for-4 with three doubles. He scored two runs and was also hit by a pitch.
- Anthony Caenepeel struck out a career-high 13 batters in 8.0 innings. His only two walks of the game came in the ninth inning. He allowed just one run on six hits.

Key Northwest Statistics
- Northwest scored two in the fourth, three in the fifth and one in the seventh. the Bearcats had six runs on 10 hits with one error.
- The Lopers were held to just six hits and one run, coming in the ninth.
- Kevin Handzlik was 3-for-4 with three runs scored.
- Derek Meyer went 2-for-2 with a double. He also recorded an RBI and a walk.
- Aaron Barratt was 1-for-4 with an RBI.
- Jake Lewis drew a walk and scored a run.
- Garrett Fort was 1-for-3. He stole his team-leading 13th base of the year in the second inning.
- Nick Gotta drew his MIAA-leading 30th walk of the year to start the third inning.
- Carson Smith got the final three outs of the game. He allowed one walk and recorded one strikeout while using just 14 pitches.

Key Northwest Innings
- Caepenpeel worked perfect three-up three-down innings for the Bearcats in the first, sixth and seventh innings.

- Handzlik singled to lead off the fourth inning and went to second on a Fort sacrifice bunt. Holler hit a double deep down the left field line to drive in Handzlik to give Northwest a 1-0 lead. Meyer reached on an infield single to the shortstop to put runners on the corners with one out. Barratt laid down a perfect bunt to the left side of the infield with the third baseman playing back. Holler scored from third and Barratt reached on an infield single.

- With one out in the fifth, Lewis walked and went to second on a Handzlik bunt single. Fort flew out to bring up Holler. Holler chose a different foul line to hug, doubling down the right field line this time, scoring Handzlik and Lewis to make it 4-0 Bearcats. Meyer traded places with Holler with a double of his own to left, making it 5-0 Northwest.

- Handzlik singled to center with one out in the seventh and came around to score a batter later on Holler's third double of the game, this time to center field. The RBI gave the Bearcats a 6-0 lead heading into the eighth.

Up Next
- The Bearcats will host Pittsburg State in a three game series starting on Friday, April 1, at 3 p.m.