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Northwest baseball loses at Quincy 14-3

Northwest2013riggertThe Northwest Missouri State University baseball team fell to Quincy University, 14-3, on Tuesday afternoon at QU Stadium in Quincy, Ill.

The Bearcats fall to 10-9 on the year while Quincy improved to 10-3.

The Bearcats got three runs on 11 hits but committed three errors. The Hawks had 14 runs on 15 hits with two errors.

Ozzie Adams was 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.

Jay Hrdlicka was also 2-for-5 with a run scored.

Garrett Fort went 2-for-5 with a double. He stole his seventh base of the year in the fifth inning.

Kevin Handzlik was 1-for-3 with an RBI.

Kolby Greenslade went 1-for-3 with a run scored and a stolen base.

Jake Lewis, Austin Wulff and James Holler all picked up hits for Northwest.

Nick Gotta and Nikko Pablo each drew walks in the game.

The Bearcats used five pitchers on the day. Jacob Wagner worked a perfect seventh inning on the hill, recording a strikeout.

Greenslade hit a leadoff single to right and stole second base to start the second inning. Fort doubled to move Greenslade up to third with no outs. Adams singled through the right side to score Greenslade but Fort was tagged out at third. Gotta reached on a fielder’s choice but Adams was safe on a throwing error by the short stop. After a foul out, Handzlik came up with a big RBI single down the left field line to score Adams to give Northwest a 2-1 lead.

Hrdlicka singled to lead off the eighth after a lightning delay. Wulff followed it with a single to right allowing Hrdlicka to move from first to third. After a strikeout, Barratt hit into a fielder’s choice that allowed Hrdlicka to score.

Northwest resumes MIAA play on Friday, March 18, against Lincoln University at Bearcat Field at 3 p.m.

— Northwest Athletics —

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