The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team picked up a 2-1 victory on Thursday over Ouachita Baptist at Rab Rogers Field in Arkadelphia, Ark.

– The Bearcats move to 1-4 on the year while the Tigers fall to 2-3 overall.

– Landon Figg was 3-for-5 with the game-winning RBI in the fifth.

Key Northwest Statistics
– Northwest scored one run in the fourth and added one in the fifth. The Tigers scored their lone run in the third.

– The Bearcats had two runs on six hits with two errors. OBU had one run on three hits with one error.

– Mondesi Gutierrez walked three times and scored a run.

– Alixon Herrera was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

– Derek Hussey was 1-for-3 with a walk.

– Luke Hassman scored a run.

– Logan Rycraft, Jake Velasco and Jay Hrdlicka each drew walks.

– Joseph Hietpas got the win, going 6.1 innings. He allowed just one unearned run and two hits. He struck out six and walked five.

– Jacob Wagner allowed just one hit in 1.2 innings of scoreless relief.

– Trevor Dudar finished off the game by working a hitless ninth inning.

Key Northwest Innings
– Hietpas set the Tigers down in order in the fourth and Wagner worked a three-up, three-down frame in the eighth.

– Hassman led off the fourth by getting hit by a pitch. After a pair of groundouts, Hassman ended up on third with two down. Hererra came up with an RBI single to center to tie the game, 1-1.

– In the fifth, Northwest got a leadoff single but a double-play wiped out the baserunner. With two down, Gutierrez walked and went to second on a wild pitch. Figg capitalized with a RBI single to drive in the go-ahead run.

Up Next
– Northwest will take on Henderson State on Saturday, Feb. 10, at 3:30 p.m. in Arkadelphia, Ark.

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