The Northwest Missouri State baseball team picked up a Saturday split on the final day of the series with Cameron University at McCord Field in Lawton, Okla. Northwest dropped the first game 9-6 but rebounded to win the night cap, 5-4. Both teams are now .500 for the season as the Bearcats move to 3-3 while Cameron is 5-5.

Game one

Northwest fell behind early as Cameron scored once in the bottom of the first. Austin Wulf hit the first of his two solo home runs in the top of the second, tying the score, 1-1. Northwest would take the lead in the third as BrandonHuske hit an RBI double, scoring Jon Pomatto. In the bottom of the third, Cameron scored three times, taking a 4-2 lead.

Wulf homered for a second time in the fourth, bringing the Bearcats to within one, 4-3. In the fifth, Paul Johnson got in on the act, homering to begin the inning and tying the score, 4-4. But Cameron took advantage of two Bearcat errors and scored five runs on four hits in the bottom of the fifth to take the lead for good, 9-4. Northwest would score a run in the sixth as Johnson doubled to score Pomatto and again in the seventh as Blake Hardegree singled to score Ryan Abernathy.

Ryker Fox took the loss after pitching 4.1 innings, striking out four.

Game two

Northwest rallied from a late deficit to beat the Aggies in the second game of the day. Zac Ferreira doubled to start the third and scored on a Huske sacrifice fly. In the sixth, Huske singled to lead off and Johnson doubled to left. Eric McGlauflin singled to drive both of them in. Cameron would score in the sixth, giving the Aggies a 4-3 lead.

In the seventh, Hardegree scored on an Alex Singleton two-out single to tie the game, 4-4. In the top of the ninth, Northwest loaded the bases and Abernathy drew a one-out walk to score Singleton and gave the Bearcats the lead. In the bottom of the ninth, Cameron would put runners on second and third but with two outs, Pomatto struck out the final hitter, giving Northwest the 5-4 win.

Austin Warren started and went 5.1 innings, giving up four runs and nine hits. Brian Schmiedt picked up the win after pitching the eighth inning. Pomatto moved from right field and pitched the final inning for his first save of the year.

Northwest will open the MIAA season on Thursday with road games against Nebraska-Kearney starting at noon. The teams will play a pair of seven-inning contests.

— Northwest Sports Information —