ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The No. 18-ranked Henderson State Reddies closed out its own invitational with a 16-6 seven-inning victory over the Northwest Missouri State University baseball squad.
 
Northwest split its four games over the weekend and sits at 3-4 overall after two weeks of action.
 
First baseman Tyler Peters got the scoring going in the top of the second with a solo home run to left field.
 
The Reddies gained the lead with a two-run second inning. Henderson State took control of the contest with back-to-back six-run outbursts in the third and fourth innings.
 
Peters knocked in his second run of the game on a groundout in the top of the fourth. Peters hit a comebacker to the pitcher that allowed Ryan Koski to score and cut the HSU lead to 14-2.
 
The Bearcats got two more back in the top of the sixth on an infield groundout by Jordan Peck and a sacrifice fly from Jake Emhardt. Peck knocked in Koski and Emhardt drove in Ryan Williams to trim HSU's lead to 14-4.
 
Northwest chipped away two more runs in the seventh. Ethan Judd drew a bases-loaded walk to score Alex Bowers. Josef Keilholz hit a sacrifice fly to center that plated Caden Opfer to slice the HSU advantage to 14-6.
 
The Reddies closed out the Bearcats by scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh for a 10-run rule win, 16-6.
 
Northwest will take part in the MIAA/GLVC Crossover in Joplin, Mo., next weekend. Northwest will take on Truman State (Friday, 4 p.m.), Illinois Springfield (Saturday, 3 p.m.) and Quincy (Sunday, 10 a.m.) at Warren Turner Field in Joplin.
 
NOTES: Bearcat head coach Darin Loe is in search of his 700th collegiate coaching victory … Loe sits on 698 career victories … Northwest committed five errors … Northwest produced six runs on seven hits … Henderson State tallied 16 runs on 15 hits and committed one error … Phil Brenneman took the loss to drop to 0-2 on the season.
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