Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team picked up a 2-1 victory on Thursday over Ouachita Baptist at Rab Rogers Field in Arkadelphia, Ark.
- The Bearcats move to 1-4 on the year while the Tigers fall to 2-3 overall.
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Landon Figg was 3-for-5 with the game-winning RBI in the fifth.
Key Northwest Statistics
- Northwest scored one run in the fourth and added one in the fifth. The Tigers scored their lone run in the third.
- The Bearcats had two runs on six hits with two errors. OBU had one run on three hits with one error.
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Mondesi Gutierrez walked three times and scored a run.
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Alixon Herrera was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
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Derek Hussey was 1-for-3 with a walk.
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Luke Hassman scored a run.
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Logan Rycraft,
Jake Velasco and
Jay Hrdlicka each drew walks.
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Joseph Hietpas got the win, going 6.1 innings. He allowed just one unearned run and two hits. He struck out six and walked five.
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Jacob Wagner allowed just one hit in 1.2 innings of scoreless relief.
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Trevor Dudar finished off the game by working a hitless ninth inning.
Key Northwest Innings
- Hietpas set the Tigers down in order in the fourth and Wagner worked a three-up, three-down frame in the eighth.
- Hassman led off the fourth by getting hit by a pitch. After a pair of groundouts, Hassman ended up on third with two down. Hererra came up with an RBI single to center to tie the game, 1-1.
- In the fifth, Northwest got a leadoff single but a double-play wiped out the baserunner. With two down, Gutierrez walked and went to second on a wild pitch. Figg capitalized with a RBI single to drive in the go-ahead run.
Up Next
- Northwest will take on Henderson State on Saturday, Feb. 10, at 3:30 p.m. in Arkadelphia, Ark.
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