Tuesday, April 14 | 2 p.m. (CT)
No. 30 Northwest Missouri State at No. 16 Central Missouri | WATCH | LIVE STATS
 
Friday, April 17 | 3 p.m. (CT)
Northeastern State at No. 30 Northwest Missouri State | WATCH | LIVE STATS
 
Saturday, April 18 | 2 p.m. (CT)
Northeastern State at No. 30 Northwest Missouri State | WATCH | LIVE STATS
 
Sunday, April 19 | 1 p.m. (CT)
Northeastern State at No. 30 Northwest Missouri State | WATCH | LIVE STATS
 
The No. 30-ranked Northwest Missouri State University baseball team will wrap-up its series with No. 16-ranked Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Mo., Tuesday, before playing host to the Northeastern State RiverHawks in a weekend series at home Friday.
 
The Bearcats are 27-12 overall and 17-8 in MIAA play. Northwest is in fifth place in the MIAA standings with 11 league games remaining. The top 10 teams in the league's final standings will qualify for the 2026 MIAA Tournament set for May 6-10 in Edmond, Okla.
 
Northwest is looking to reach the 30-win mark for the 11th time in program history. Northwest's last 30-win season came in 2018.
 
30-Plus Win Seasons – Bearcat Baseball
1. 42-13 – 1989
2. 36-17 – 2003
3. 35-15 – 1988
4. 34-12 – 1980
    34-23 – 2004
    34-24 – 2005
7. 33-9 – 1975
8. 32-20 – 2017
9. 30-26 – 2007
    30-22 – 2018
 
Central Missouri is 28-9 overall and 18-7 in the MIAA. UCM recorded an 11-7 victory over Northwest in Warrensburg on March 18. Northwest answered with a 10-7 triumph in Maryville on March 31. The Mules are in third place in the MIAA standings to begin the week.
 
Northeastern State is 13-27 overall and 8-17 in MIAA action. The RiverHawks are in 11th place in the MIAA standings. The RiverHawks enter the week on a three-game losing skid. NSU is 3-8 on the road this season.
 
 
Northwest is 6-2 in MIAA series this year. The Bearcats picked up MIAA series wins over
Fort Hays State (2-1), Emporia State (2-1), Missouri Southern (3-0), Washburn (2-1), Pittsburg State (3-0) and Arkansas-Fort Smith (3-0).
 
Northwest is 9-3 in one-run games. The Bearcats have outscored the opposition 95-52 in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings this season. Northwest is 2-1 in extra-inning contests.
 
 
The Bearcats are 5-3 vs. ranked opponents this season, including a three-game home sweep of No. 2-ranked Pittsburg State
 
Northwest Results vs. Ranked Foes (2026 Season)
L, 11-7 vs. No. 8 Central Missouri (3/18/26)
W, 11-9 (10 inn.) vs. No. 2 Pittsburg State (3/27/26)
W, 2-1 vs. No. 2 Pittsburg State (3/28/26)
W, 9-8 (11 inn.) vs. No. 2 Pittsburg State (3/29/26)
W, 10-7 vs. No. 7 Central Missouri (3/31/26)
W, 4-1 at No. 9 Rogers State (4/9/26)
L, 6-5 at No. 9 Rogers State (4/11/26)
L, 14-6 at No. 9 Rogers State (4/11/26)
 
Northwest has hit 52 home runs this season and needs five more to set the program single-season home run record of 57 set last year. The Bearcats rank No. 4 in the MIAA in home runs trailing only Pittsburg State (58), Emporia State (57) and Missouri Southern (57).
 
Northwest Single-Season Home Run Leaders
1. 57 – 2025
2. 54 – 2024
3. 52 – 2026
4. 51 – 1988
5. 50 – 2005
     50 – 2008
7. 49 – 2001
     49 – 2023
9. 44 – 2000
     44 – 2007
 
Northwest ranks tied for No. 8 in the nation in batters hit by pitches (89). Frank Gall and Jeremiah Cabuyaban are tied for the team lead in hit by pitches with 15 each.
 
NCAA Div. II Hit By Pitch Team Leaders
1. Lander                                                140
2. Belmont Abbey                           101
     Mount Olive                                   101
4.  West Texas A&M                      100
5. Emmanuel                                      96
6. Angelo St.                                        94
7. Southern Wesleyan                90
8. Northwest Mo. St.                    89
     Millersville                                      89
     USC Aiken                                       89
 
Northwest has won 17 road games this season, which ranks tied for fifth in the nation.
 
NCAA Div. II Most Road Wins
1. Point Loma                                     20
2. MSU Denver                                  18
     Belmont Abbey                           18
     UT-Tyler                                             18
5. Northwest Mo. St.                    17
     Northwest Nazarene             17
 
Through 39 games, the Bearcats are batting .300. Northwest has seven starters batting .300 or higher this season (Frank Gall - .382; Jeremiah Cabuyaban - .366; Jordi Ventura - .342; Wilmer Jimenez - .336; Michael Good - .330; John Connors - .320; Parker Griffith - .308).
 
Senior transfer Jeremiah Cabuyaban ranks No. 19 in the nation and No. 4 in the MIAA in slugging percentage (.739) … No. 4 in the MIAA in OPS (1.248) … tied for No. 20 in the nation in home runs (12) … ranks No. 8 in the MIAA in on-base percentage (.509) … he leads the team in OPS (1.248), home runs (12), slugging percentage (.739) and on-base percentage (.509) … he has reached base in 34 of the 35 games he has played … he has 15 multi-hit games … posted nine multi-RBI contests … Stole a season-high 2 bases vs. Arkansas-Monticello (Feb. 7)… Logged a season-high 10 total bases vs. CSU Pueblo (Feb. 16), including 2 home runs in 5 plate appearances… Scored a season-high 4 runs at Washburn (March 21)… Drove in a season-high 6 runs at Washburn (March 22) … he was chosen as the MIAA's Hitter of the Week after he torched Central Missouri and Washburn pitching … he hit .500 with four home runs, 12 RBI and four runs scored against the Mules and Ichabods.
 
Northwest Single-Season Home Run Leaders
1. Adam Bailey, 2000                                                      18
2. Scott Spurgeon, 1988                             17
     John Sipes, 2003                                         17
4. Britt Westman, 2008                               14
5. Scott Spurgeon, 1987                             13
    Ron Czanstkowski, 1989                      13
    Adam Bailey, 2001                                     13
    Kyle Gallagher, 2005                                13
    Ryan Koski, 2023                                          13
10. Willie Ciaramitaro, 2002                   12
     Ashton Newman, 2025                          12
     Trey Morris, 2024                                        12
     Jeremiah Cabuyaban, 2026              12
 
Senior transfer Frank Gall enters the week riding a 15-game hitting streak and has reached base in 30 consecutive contests … Gall leads the squad in hits (63), runs scored (59), triples (5), batting (.382), RBI (42) and stolen bases (21) … he ranks second on the team in OPS (1.190), doubles (12) and on-base percentage (.475) … ranks third in the MIAA in stolen bases (21) … ranks No. 6 in the nation and tied for the MIAA lead in triples (5) … has 16 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI contests … has reached base in 26 consecutive games … Drove in a season-high 6 runs on 4 hits with 3 stolen bases vs. Arkansas-Monticello (Feb. 6)… Handled a season-high 6 putouts and logged a season-high 5 plate appearances vs. CSU Pueblo (Feb. 16)… Doubled a season-high 3 times vs. William Jewell (Mar. 11) … drove home the game-winning run in the 11th inning vs. No. 2 Pittsburg State in a 9-8 victory (Mar. 29) … in a three-game series with UAFS, Gall batted .358 with seven hits, four stolen bases and 10 runs scored … his 59 runs scored ranks tied for the fifth-best single-season total in Bearcat baseball history … Gall needs two more runs to tie the single-season runs scored mark in program history.
 
Northwest Single-Season Runs Scored Leaders
1. Adam Bailey, 2001                                    61
     Ashton Neuman, 2025        61
3. John Witkofski, 1998             60
     Ryan Bledsoe, 2008               60
5. Scott Spurgeon, 1988           59
     Frank Gall, 2026                        59
7. John Bothof, 2002                    56
     Will Ciaramitaro, 2002        56
9. Will Ciaramitaro, 2003        55
     John White, 2006                      55
 
Northwest Single-Season Triples Leaders
1. Paul England, 1982                 9
     Joe Ianuzzi, 1989                       9
3. Joe Miller, 1985                          6
     John Witkofski, 1989             6
     Matt Fitzmorris, 1996           6
6. Les Neu, 1982                             5
     Brian Jennings, 1985             5
     John Witkofski, 1988             5
     Dylan Hufft, 2025                     5
     Frank Gall, 2026                        5
 
Northwest Single-Season Total Bases Leaders
1. Adam Bailey, 2000                                    153
2. Scott Spurgeon, 1988           147
3. Adam Bailey, 2001                                    132
4. Kyle Gallagher, 2005             130
5. Ryan Bledsoe, 2008               128
6. Ryan Williams, 2024              127
7. Ron Czanstkowski, 1989   120
     Will Newlan, 2006                   120
9. Willie Ciaramitaro, 2002    119
10. Frank Gall, 2026                     118
 
Junior shortstop Wilmer Jimenez is batting .336 with eight doubles, two triples and six home runs … has 11 multi-hit games, including a four-hit game vs. No. 2 Pittsburg State (Mar. 29) … has 10 multi-RBI games … Logged a season-high 5 plate appearances at CSU Pueblo (Feb. 16)… Swiped a season-high 2 stolen bases vs. Fort Hays State (Feb. 20)… Doubled twice vs. William Jewell (Mar. 3)… Collected a season-high 4 hits vs. Missouri Southern (Mar. 8), going 4-for-4 with a double … went 4-for-6 in a 9-8, 11-inning win over No. 2 Pittsburg State (Mar. 29) … hit .455 in a three-game series sweep of UAFS.
 
Junior John Connors leads the team with 35 walks, which his tied for the 7th-best single-season mark in program history … he has 11 doubles while batting .320 … ranks fifth on the team with 47 hits … ranks second on the squad with 39 RBI … has 13 multi-hit games … has a team-high 12 multi-RBI games … Collected a season-high 5 hits in 5 at-bats with 4 RBIs, 3 runs and 1 home run vs Fort Hays State (Feb. 19)… Logged a season-high 11 putouts vs Missouri Southern (Mar. 9)… Doubled twice for a season-high 2 doubles at Washburn (Mar. 20)… Drew a season-high 4 walks at Washburn (Mar. 22) … Connors had a hit in all four games last week and delivered a pair of go-ahead doubles in the eighth inning of a pair of Northwest wins over No. 2-ranked Pittsburg State … last week, Connors batted .353 with six hits (four doubles) and six RBI … In game one against the Gorillas, Connors laced a two-run double in the fourth inning to pull Northwest even at 5-5. Northwest would go on to win in the 10th inning, 11-9 … Connors ripped a one-out RBI-double off the wall in left field in the eighth inning of game two vs. Pittsburg State to lift Northwest to a 2-1 victory on Saturday … Connors delivered again Sunday with a two-out, two-run double in the eighth inning to give Northwest its first lead of the game at 8-7 after trailing 6-0 in the second inning … Northwest would go on to walk-off the victory in the 11th inning to complete a three-game sweep of the Gorillas … batted .417 with eight RBI and three home runs in a series sweep at UAFS.
 
Northwest Single-Season Walks Leaders
1. Ashton Newuman, 2025    60
2. Ryan Williams, 2024              48
3. Brandon Huske, 2013          45
     Nick Gotta, 2016                       45
5. Ryan Williams, 2025              38
6. Ryan Koski, 2022                      37
7. Scott Spurgeon, 1988           35
     John Connors, 2026               35
9. Nick Gotta, 2015                       33
10. Jerry Mikusa, 1985               32
     Ben Malick, 2008                      32
     Austin Wulff, 2015                   32
  Noah Bodenhausen, 2024   32
 
Junior Jordi Ventura is hitting .342 … ranks third on the team with 53 hits, including a team-best 13 doubles and seven home runs … has driven in 35 runs … leads the team with 18 multi-hit games … has nine multi-RBI games … Collected a season-high 4 hits at Arkansas-Fort Smith on Apr. 2, finishing with 2 doubles, a home run, 3 RBIs, 3 runs scored and a stolen base… Drove in a season-high 6 runs at Arkansas-Fort Smith on Apr. 4, adding 3 hits with 2 doubles and a home run … batted .647 with seven doubles and three home runs to go along with 12 RBI as Northwest won four MIAA games against No. 7 Central Missouri and UAFS … recorded at least two hits in all four games … went 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBI in a 10-7 win over No. 7-ranked Central Missouri … posted his first four-hit game of the season with a 4-for-5 effort in a 9-0 game-one win over UAFS … went 2-for-5 in a seven-inning triumph against UAFS … finished his weekend with a 3-for-4 game with a homer and six RBI in an 11-10 triumph at UAFS.
 
Junior Chester Brooks is tied for the team lead with 13 doubles … he ranks second on the squad in walks (28) … batting .217 with 26 runs scored and 18 RBI … he is 8-for-8 in stolen base attempts … has five multi-hit games … Collected a season-high four hits at Arkansas-Monticello on Feb. 6, adding 3 runs, 2 RBIs and 2 doubles with a season-best 2.000 OPS and 1.200 slugging percentage… Drew a season-high 3 walks at CSU Pueblo on Feb. 14… Logged a season-high 5 plate appearances at CSU Pueblo on Feb. 16… Recorded a season-high 5 putouts vs. Fort Hays State on Feb. 19… Drove in a season-high 3 runs and homered at Central Missouri on Mar. 18… Stole 1 base in three games: at Southwestern Oklahoma State on Feb. 1, vs. Fort Hays State on Feb. 19 and vs. Fort Hays State on Feb. 20.
 
Redshirt freshman Michael Good is batting .333 with 30 hits … has driven in 13 runs and has an .850 OPS … has nine multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games … registered 3 hits and 3 RBIs against Emporia State (Feb. 27)… Achieved a .667 slugging percentage and was hit by a pitch, contributing 2 hits and 2 RBIs against Arkansas-Monticello (Feb. 6)… Logged 4 fielding assists and a hit against CSU Pueblo (Feb. 15)… Collected a hit, run, and RBI with 4 assists in the game against CSU Pueblo (Feb. 14).
 
Senior Parker Griffith is batting .308 with 20 hits and 16 runs scored … he has five doubles and three homers … Hit-by-pitch 10 times… Scored a season-high 3 runs in two games: at Southwestern Oklahoma State on Feb. 2 and at Washburn on March 22… Collected a season-high 3 hits with 2 doubles, a home run and 2 RBIs vs. Fort Hays State on Feb. 19… Drew a season-high 3 walks at Emporia State on Feb. 27… Handled a season-high 11 putouts in two games: at Emporia State on Feb. 28 and vs. Missouri Southern on March 6… Drove in a season-high 3 runs in two games: at Washburn on March 21 and at Washburn on March 22, homering in each contest.
 
Sophomore Leo May has a hit in seven consecutive games and has reached base in nine straight contests … May is batting .233 with 21 runs scored and 16 RBI … he has stolen four bases in five attempts.
 
Sophomore Diego De Santiago is 5-2 with four saves and a 4.56 ERA in 17 appearances … he has a 1.77 WHIP … he has struck out 14 batters … tied for second in the MIAA with four saves … tied for No. 7 in the MIAA with five victories … he went 2-0 in a pair of relief appearances as Northwest completed a three-game sweep of No. 2-ranked Pittsburg State … De Santiago pitched 1 ⅓ innings in Saturday's 2-1 win over Pittsburg State … entered in top of the eighth inning of a 1-1 game with runners on the corners … got a groundout to keep the game tied and Northwest took the lead in the bottom of the eight. He worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning for the victory … on Sunday, De Santiago tied a season-high with three innings of relief work and gained the win when Northwest walked off a 9-8 triumph in the 11th inning … allowed a run in the ninth with two outs to allowed Pitt State to force extra innings … he worked around a double in the 10th but kept the Gorillas scoreless in the 10th and 11th before the Bearcats walked off another win in the bottom of the 11th to complete a three-game sweep … picked up a win and a save in a doubleheader at UAFS … UAFS staged a comeback in the eighth, scoring four runs, yet Northwest Missouri State preserved its lead at 11-10 … De Santiago closed out the game, securing the victory … De Santiago entered in the eighth with the tying run and third and he recorded a strikeout … UAFS loaded the bases in the ninth with no outs before De Santiago collected three consecutive strikeouts to secure his fourth save of the season.
 
Senior Ben Haug is 4-1 in nine starts … he has a 5.44 ERA and owns a save … he has struck out a team-high 47 batters … ranks No. 7 in the MIAA in strikeouts (47) … pitched eight scoreless innings and struck out 12 batters in a 9-0 win at Arkansas-Fort Smith (April 2) … scattered four hits and issued one walk vs. the Lions and was named the MIAA Pitcher of the Week.
 
Sophomore Logan Brasel is 2-2 on the season and has a 6.43 ERA with a 1.62 WHIP … in seven MIAA starts, Brasel is 2-1 with a 5.23 ERA in 32 2/3 innings pitched.
 
Sophomore Jase Johnson is 3-0 in his 15 relief appearances … has tossed 27 1/3 innings with a 5.27 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP … has struck out 26 batters, which ranks fourth on the team.
 
Junior Bronco Whitt is 1-1 with a 4.26 ERA in eight appearances … has struck out 10 batters.
 
Senior Landon Wells is 2-2 with a 4.81 ERA in 24 1/3 innings pitched … has struck out 20 and walked 13.
 
Sophomore Leonardo May is 3-1 with a 4.50 ERA and a 1.58 WHIP … May has recorded eight strikeouts in 12 innings pitched.
 
Sophomore Gage Busby ranks second on the team with 36 strikeouts … has made eight starts and is 2-2 with a 6.68 ERA and a 1.76 WHIP.
 
Northwest head coach Tony Jandron led the Bearcats to a berth in the 2025 MIAA Baseball Tournament championship game while securing the most ever wins by a first-year coach in program history.
 
Jandron guided the Bearcats to a 27-25 mark in the 2025 season. Northwest went 19-17 in MIAA play and earned the No. 6 seed in the 2025 MIAA Tournament. In 2025, the Bearcats set the program record for home runs (57) in a single season.
 
The Bearcats were selected to finish ninth in the 2026 MIAA preseason coaches poll.
 
2026 MIAA BASEBALL PRESEASON RANKINGS
1. Central Missouri [12] – 144 points
2. Pittsburg State – 125 points
3. Central Oklahoma – 115 points
4. Missouri Southern [1] – 97 points 
5. Washburn – 93 points
6. Fort Hays State – 92 points
7. Rogers State – 82 points
8. Emporia State – 72 points
9. Northwest Missouri State – 67 points
10. Missouri Western – 50 points
11. Northeastern State – 32 points
12. Arkansas-Fort Smith – 25 points
13. Newman – 20 points 
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