Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team fell to Central Missouri, 10-3, on Thursday in the first round of the MIAA Championships in St. Charles, Mo.
- Northwest falls to 24-27 overall while UCM improves to 35-12 on the year.
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Kevin Handzlik was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.
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Nick Gotta went 1-for-3 with a run scored. His ninth inning walk tied him for the Northwest single season record with 45 on the year. He was also hit by a pitch.
Key Northwest Statistics
- Northwest jumped out quick, scoring three runs in the top of the first. The Bearcats finished the game with three runs on eight hits with one error.
- The Mules scored five in the first, three in the second and added two in the eighth. UCM finished with 10 runs on 14 hits with no errors.
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Garrett Fort was 1-for-5 with a run scored.
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James Holler went 1-for-3 with a run scored and a walk.
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Ozzie Adams went 1-for-4 with a sacrifice bunt in the first.
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Aaron Barratt went 1-for-4 with a double.
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Jake Lewis recorded an RBI in the first and also drew a walk.
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Nikko Pablo threw 6.0 innings in relief. He struck out three batters and walked three. He worked perfect third and fifth innings, needing only five pitches to retire the Mules in the fifth.
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Carson Smith worked the eighth innings, allowing no runs on two hits. He walked one and struck out one.
Key Northwest Innings
- Gotta led off the first with a single. Fort hit a well placed grounder to second for a single, allowing Gotta to move to second. Adams laid down a sacrifice bunt to move runners to second and third. Holler drew a one out walk to load the bases for Handzlik. Handzlik took a 2-2 pitch to left field for a two-RBI double to put Northwest up 2-0. Lewis grounded out to second, driving in Holler from third to make it 3-0.
Up Next
- Northwest will face the loser of the Missouri Southern vs. Missouri Western game which followed the Bearcats' game. That elimination contest will be on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
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