The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team beat Rockhurst, 8-1, on Saturday afternoon at the Loylola Park Baseball Field in Kansas City, Mo.

– Northwest improved to 13-8 overall with the non-conference victory. Rockhurst falls to 11-7 on the year with the loss.

– James Holler was 4-for-5 with two runs scored and a pair of doubles.

Key Northwest Statistics
– The Bearcats scored three in the first, two in the third, two in the sixth and one in the seventh. Rockhurst scored its lone run in the third.

– Northwest had eight runs on 14 hits with two errors. The Hawks had

– Landon Figg scored three times, going 2-for-5 with a double.

– Jay Hrdlicka drove in a pair of runs, going 2-for-3 with a triple, a run scored and a walk.

– Kolby Greenslade went 2-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs.

– Ozzie Adams went 2-for-5 with a run scored.

– Luke Hassman went 1-for-5 with three RBIs and a run scored. He hit his third home run of the year in the first inning.

– Anthony Caenepeel pitched 5.1 innings. He allowed one run on five hits and just one walk. He struck out five, giving him 206 for his career.

– Quintin Van Ackeren, Jacob Wagner, Austin Battaglia, Cole Otto and Nikko Pablo combined to throw 3.2 innings of scoreless relief. Wagner, Otto and Pablo all recorded a strikeout.

Key Northwest Innings
– With two down in the first, Figg singled to center and Hassman launched his third home run of the year for an early 2-0 advantage. Holler followed that with a double and Hrdlicka singled him home to make it 3-0 Northwest.

– In the third, Adams singled to lead off and went to second on a wild pitch. Figg reached on an error by the second baseman, allowing Adams to score. After a pair of outs, Hrdlicka tripled to right, scoring Figg to make it 5-0 Bearcats.

– Holler led off the sixth with a double and Hrdlicka was hit by a pitch. After a pitching change, Herrera laid down a sacrifice bunt and Greenslade roped a double down the left field line to drive in two more runs.

– Figg hit a one-out double to right center in the seventh and went to third on a balk. Hassman drove him in with a groundout to short, making it 8-1.

Up Next
– Northwest returns to MIAA play with a 2 p.m. Tuesday home game against Nebraska-Kearney at Bearcat Field. A three-game home series with Central Missouri begins on Friday, March 24.

— Northwest Athletics —