The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team fell to Midland University 13-5 on Tuesday afternoon at Bearcat Field in Maryville, Mo.

The Bearcats are now 19-25 on the year while Midland improves to 23-28.

This was the last non-conference game of the season for Northwest. It was also the team’s final regular season home game.

Nick Gotta was 2-for-3 on the day with a walk. Kevin Handzlik, Steven Garber and Adam Pennington each recorded an RBI.

Zach Douglas, Austin Wulff and James Holler each picked up hits.

Northwest used seven pitchers in the game. Taylor Bruch worked a scoreless 1.1 innings with three strikeouts.

Hondo Pearcy worked a scoreless sixth inning with a strikeout. Nikko Pablo pitched the ninth, allowing no hits, no runs and recorded a strikeout.

Northwest Missouri State will face Missouri Western in the final series of the regular season. First pitch is scheduled for Friday in St. Joseph, Mo.

— Northwest Sports Information —