Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team fell to Arkansas-Fort Smith, 5-2, in the 2018 season opener on Saturday at Crowder Field in Fort Smith, Ark.
- The game was the season opener for both teams and was the first game in a three-game series that extends until Monday.
Key Northwest Statistics
- Northwest scored two runs in the fourth while the Lions scored four in the sixth and one in the seventh.
- The Bearcats had two runs on five hits with no errors. Arkansas-Fort Smith had five runs on seven hits with two errors.
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Luke Hassman was 1-for-4 with and RBI double in the fourth. He also scored the Bearcats' second run.
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Alixon Herrera was 1-for-4 with an RBI single.
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Landon Figg scored Northwest's first run of the game after getting hit by a pitch.
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Kevin Handzlik was 1-for-2 with a pair of walks.
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Mondesi Gutierrez and
Jay Hrdlicka each went 1-for-4.
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Joseph Hietpas got the season opening start on the mound. He went 5.1 innings, allowing three runs on three hits. He struck out seven and issued two walks.
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Quintin Van Ackeren worked a perfect eighth inning, striking out one.
Key Northwest Innings
- With one out in the fourth, Figg was hit by a pitch. Hassman then doubled to deep left center to allow Figg to come all the way around to score the game's first run. After an out, Handzlik drew a walk to put two runners on for Herrera. Herrera hit an RBI single to center, driving in Hassman to make it 2-0 Northwest.
Up Next
- The three-game series continues on Sunday with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m.
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