The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team captured a 4-3 walk-off victory over William Jewell on Thursday afternoon at Bearcat Field in Maryville, Mo.

– Northwest improves to 12-8 on the year while William Jewell falls to 5-7.

– Landon Figg delivered the game winning hit in the ninth inning, scoring two. He was 1-for-5 on the day with a pair of runs driven in.

Key Northwest Statistics
– Northwest scored one run in the first and three in the ninth. The Cardinals had two runs in the first and one in the fifth.

– The Bearcats had four runs on seven hits with no errors. William Jewell scored three runs on 10 hits with three errors.

– Ozzie Adams was 2-for-4 with a walk and an RBI.

– Garrett Fort was 1-for-3 with two walks and two runs scored.

– Luke Hassman was 1-for-4 with a stolen base.

– Logan Rycraft was 1-for-3 with a sacrifice bunt in the ninth inning.

– Kevin Handzlik went 1-for-4 on the day.

– Jay Hrdlicka drew a pair of walks and Luke Wilkinson had one walk.

– Kolby Greenslade drew a walk in his only plate appearance and came around to score in the ninth.

– Eddy Kraeber got the start on the mound, going 6.0 innings. He allowed three runs on eight hits. He walked just two batters and struck out four.

– Between the first and the third innings, Kraeber retired seven straight Cardinal hitters.

– Jacob Wagner, Austin Battaglia and Nikko Pablo each worked scoreless innings in relief. Battaglia had one strikeout and Pablo recorded two.

Key Northwest Innings
– The Bearcats took advantage of a couple of Cardinal errors in the first. Fort reached on an error by the shortstop and went to second on an Adams single. After a fielder’s choice by Figg, Fort ended up on third. With Holler at the plate, Figg tried to steal second but a poor throw by the catcher skipped into left, allowing Fort to score from third.

– Greenslade, who was called upon to pinch hit, and Hrdlicka drew back-to-back walks to begin the bottom of the ninth. After a pitching change, Aaron Barratt pinch ran for Hrdlicka. Rycraft moved both runners up with a sacrifice bunt to third. Fort and Adams worked back-to-back walks to force in Greenslade for the Bearcats’ second run of the game. Figg delivered the winning hit on a single up the middle, scoring Barratt and Fort to give Northwest the victory, 4-3.

Up Next
– The Bearcats will play Rockhurst twice this weekend. Saturday’s game in Kansas City will start at 3 p.m. and Sunday’s game in Maryville, Mo., will begin at 1 p.m. William Jewell and Northwest will play again on Tuesday, May 2, in Liberty Mo.

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