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Northwest Missouri State Athletics

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NW Missouri State NWMSU 24-25, 19-19 MIAA
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Winner Fort Hays State FHSU 22-26, 16-21 MIAA
NW Missouri State NWMSU
24-25, 19-19 MIAA
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Final
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Fort Hays State FHSU
22-26, 16-21 MIAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NW Missouri State NWMSU 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 12 0
Fort Hays State FHSU 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 4 11 2

W: Carr,D.J. (5-6) L: Hietpas, Joseph (4-4) S: Unrein,Austin (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bearcats fall behind early, drop game at Fort Hays

Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team fell on Friday evening at Fort Hays State, 4-3, at Larks Park in Hays, Kan.
- The loss drops Northwest to 24-25 overall and 19-19 in MIAA play. Fort Hays improves to 22-26 and 16-21 in conference action.
- Nick Gotta went 4-for-5 with a run scored. He also stole a base.
- Joseph Hietpas started and went 6.0 innings. He allowed four runs with three walks and struck out eight.

Key Northwest Statistics
- Northwest scored single runs in the second, sixth and seventh innings. The Bearcats had three runs on 12 hits with no errors.
- The Tigers scored four runs on 11 hits with two errors. Fort Hays got one in the first, two in in the second and one in the fifth.
- James Holler went 2-for-4 with a run scored after he doubled to lead off the second.
- Garrett Fort was 2-for-5 with an RBI in the seventh.
- Kevin Handzlik was 2-for-3 with a sacrifice bunt.
- Jay Hrdlicka went 2-for-4 on the day.
- Jake Lewis got an RBI in the second inning.
- Kolby Greenslade scored in the seventh after reaching on a fielder's choice.
- Ross Davis pitched 0.2 innings of scoreless relief.
- Nikko Pablo came in to record the final four outs for Northwest. He allowed just one hit. He struck out one and did not issue a walk.

Key Northwest Innings
- Holler doubled to lead off the second and he went to third on a groundout to short. With one down, Lewis grounded out to short, allowing Holler to score to tie the game, 1-1.

- In the sixth, Gotta hit a leadoff single to right. After a flyout, Gotta stole second and Adams drew a walk to put two runners aboard. Holler grounded into a fielder's choice which moved Gotta to third but a throwing error on the play allowed him to score to make it 4-2 Tigers.

- Hietpas worked a perfect sixth inning, needing just 10 pitches. He struck out the first batter and then got a foul out and a fly out.

- Hrdlicka singled with one out in the seventh but traded places with Greenslade on a fielder's choice. With two down, Gotta hit an infield single and a throwing error allowed Greenslade to move to third. Fort came up with an RBI single to center to score Greenslade, cutting the Fort Hays lead one, 4-3.

Up Next
- The regular season concludes tomorrow with a 1 p.m. game against the Tigers.
 
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