The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team falls in final game against Northeastern State 3-2.

The Bearcats are now 10-9 overall and 7-2 in conference while NSU improved to 11-9 overall and 3-6 in conference play.

Key Northwest Statistics
– Northwest scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. The RiverHawks scored once in the third, once in the fourth and once in the fifth.
– The Bearcats had two runs on 11 hits with one error. Northeastern State had three runs on four hits and zero errors.
– Jay Hrdlicka finished the day going 2-for-5.
– Landon Figg went 2-for-4 with one run scored and a walk.
– Matt Schingel was 2-for-4.
– Hudson Bilodeau finished 1-for-4 with one walk.
– Luke Hassman went 1-for-3, drew a walk and scored a run.
– Kevin Handzlik, was 1-for-3 with a sacrifice hit.
– Mondesi Gutierrez went 1-for-3 with a sacrifice fly.
– Aaron Barratt finished the day 1-for-4 and had one RBI.
– Logan Rycraft went 1-for-4.
– Eddy Kraber completed six innings, allowed three hits, two earned runs and struck out four batters.
– Quintin Van Ackeren threw three shut out innings with only one hit and struck out two batters.

Key Northwest Innings
– Figg started the inning with a walk and Hassman followed him up with a single through the left side. Handzlik put down a sacrifice bunt to advance the runners to second and third. Gutierrez hit a sacrifice fly to deep right field to score Figg. Next batter Barratt, hit a single up the middle to score Hassman and cut the RiverHawks lead to one.

Up Next
– Northwest will take on William Jewell on Wednesday, March 14 , at 2 p.m. in Maryville, Mo.

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