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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team defeated Missouri Western, 5-2, on Tuesday at the Spring Sports Complex in St. Joseph, Mo.
- The Bearcats move to 27-16 on the year and 16-14 in MIAA play. The Griffons fall to 25-18 overall and 22-11 in conference action.
- Aaron Barratt scored a pair of runs, going 2-for-4.
- Northwest finished the game by retiring the last 11 Missouri Western batters. The Griffons did not have a hit after the fourth inning.

Key Northwest Statistics
- The Bearcats scored two in the fourth, one in the fifth and two in the seventh. Missouri Western had one in the first and one in the fourth.
- Northwest had five runs on seven hits with two errors. The Griffons had two runs on five hits with no errors.
- Ozzie Adams was 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.
- Garrett Fort 1-for-4 with an RBI and a sacrifice.
- James Holler was 1-for-4 with an RBI.
- Logan Rycraft went 1-for-2 with a run scored. He also had a sacrifice and was hit by a pitch.
- Landon Figg drew a pair of walks and scored a run.
- Jay Hrdlicka had an RBI on a sacrifice fly.
- Kevin Handzlik drew a pair of walks.
- Quintin Van Ackeren made his first start of the season, going 3.0 innings. He allowed one run on four hits with a walk and a strikeout.
- Anthony Caenepeel got the win after throwing 4.0 innings of scoreless relief. He allowed one unearned run on one hit. He struck out three, did not allow a walk and picked off a base runner in the sixth.
- Nikko Pablo got his eighth save of the year retiring all six batters he faced with two strikeouts.

Key Northwest Innings
- Adams led off the fourth with a single to left and went to second on a Figg walk. After a pitching change, Holler hit an 0-2 pitch into right for an RBI single, driving in Adams. Hrdlicka drove in Figg with a sacrifice fly to right in the next at bat to put Northwest up, 2-1.

- In the fifth, Barratt hit a single up the middle to lead off and Rycraft laid down a sacrifice bunt to move him up to second. Fort then drove an 0-2 pitch back up the middle for an RBI single, scoring Barratt.

- Barratt started the seventh with an infield single. Rycraft squared around to bunt but was hit by a pitch to put two runners on. Fort moved both runners up on a sacrifice bunt and Adams reached on a fielder's choice, scoring Barratt from third. Missouri Western thne committed a balk to score Rycraft to make it 5-2 Bearcats.

Up Next
- Northwest will begin a three-game road series at Emporia State in Emporia, Kan., starting on Friday, April 28 at 6 p.m.