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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team used a five-run seventh inning to take a 6-5 victory over Pittsburg State on Saturday afternoon at Bearcat Field in Maryville, Mo.
- The Bearcats improved to 16-13 on the year and 11-8 in MIAA play while the Gorillas fall to 6-22 overall and 1-18 in conference action.
- Northwest scored five runs on five hits in the seventh inning to come back from a 5-1 defecit.
- James Holler recorded his second-straight three-hit game, going 3-for-3 with a pair or RBI and a walk.
 
Key Northwest Statistics
- The Bearcats scored six runs on 10 hits but committed four errors. Northwest got one run in the sixth and five in the seventh.
- Pittsburg State scored one in the second, two in the third, one in the fourth and one in the seventh. The Gorillas finished the day with five runs on 10 hits with six errors.
- Garrett Fort went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
- Kolby Greenslade went 2-for-5 on the day with a run and a stolen base.
- Jake Lewis was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.
- Austin Wulff was 1-for-1 with a triple and a run scored to start Northwest's rally in the seventh.
- Nick Gotta went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. He drew his 32nd walk of the year and stole his eighth base of the year
- Ozzie Adams drew a walk, had an RBI and scored a run.
- Brad Roberts got the start and went 4.2 innings. He allowed four runs on eight hits. Only three of the runs were earned. He walked one and struck out four.
- Hondo Pearcy went 1.1 innings of relief, allowing one run on one hit. He walked a batter and struck out one.
- Bryce Shea worked two scoreless innings, allowing only one hit for the win. He did not walk a batter and had one strikeout.
- Carson Smith worked a scoreless ninth inning for his third save of the season. He had one strikeout and did not allow a hit.
 
Key Northwest Innings
- The Gorillas were set down in order in the top of the first as Roberts needed 14 pitches to strikeout the side to begin the game.
 
- Roberts worked himself into a jam in the top of the fifth. An error put a runner on and after a base hit up the middle to put runners on the corners Northwest made the pitching change to Pearcy. Pitt State stole second to put runners on second and third with two down but Pearcy got a strikeout to end the threat without any damage for the Bearcats.
 
- With two outs in the sixth, Fort hit a double to center and went to third on a passed ball. Holler got his second hit of the day as he laced a ball that fell just in front of the Gorillas' right fielder who dove for the ball. Fort scored easily from third to make it 4-1 Pittsburg State.
 
- Northwest batted around in the bottom of the seventh to take the lead. The Bearcats got five runs on five hits. Wulff got it started with a pinch-hit triple to right. Gotta drove him in with a single to left, prompting a pitching change. Greenslade got a single courtesy of the pitcher's foot and stole second. On the steal, the throw from the catcher went into center field, allowing Gotta to score. Greenslade would score on an Adams grounder that was booted by the second baseman to make it 5-4. Lewis battled a nine-pitch at bat for a walk to put two on with no outs. After a pop out, Fort singled to center to score Adams to tie the game, 5-5.  Holler came up with a go-ahead RBI single to right to score Lewis from second. Holler got caught in a run down between first and second on the throw and Fort was thrown out trying to take home on the play.

Up Next
- The three game series concludes on Sunday, April 3, at 1 p.m.