Story Headlines- The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team fell to Missouri Western on Tuesday evening in St. Joseph, Mo., 12-2.
- Northwest falls to 21-18 overall and 16-13 in the MIAA. No. 23 Missouri Western improves to 29-11 and 21-8 in conference action.
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Nick Gotta went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored.
- The game was called in the eight inning due to the MIAA run rule.
Key Northwest Statistics- Northwest scored two runs on six hits with one error. The Bearcats scored both runs in the third inning.
- The Griffons scored four in the first, four in the second, two in the sixth and two in the eighth. Missouri Western finished the game with 12 runs on 15 hits with no errors.
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Ozzie Adams went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. He also drew a walk.
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Aaron Barratt was 1-for-3 on the day.
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Kevin Handzlik went 1-for-2 with a walk. He drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the third.
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Kolby Greenslade drew a walk in his only at bat and came around to score in the third inning.
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James Holler drew two walks on the day.
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Nikko Pablo logged 3.2 innings of relief work, allowing just one unearned run while striking out two.
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Jacob Wagner worked a scoreless seventh inning on the hill for Northwest. He allowed just one hit.
Key Northwest Innings- Northwest got on the board in the third inning as Greenslade drew a lead off walk and went to third on a Gotta single. After a foul out, Adams singled to left to score Greenslade. Holler drew a walk to load the bases and Handzlik hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Gotta who tagged from third.
Up Next- Northwest heads to Edmond, Okla., for a three game MIAA series with Central Oklahoma starting at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 22.
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