The Northwest Missouri State baseball team split a road doubleheader with Cameron University on Friday afternoon at McCord Field in Lawton, Okla. The Bearcats fell in the first game, 5-0, but rebounded to win the nightcap, 8-4. Northwest is an even 2-2 on the year and the Aggies move to 4-4 overall. The first game was a seven-inning game and the second contest was nine innings.
Game one
The Bearcats got a first inning hit from Ryan Abernathy but were unable to figure out the Aggie pitching combination of Drew Reidt and Jacob Winters, falling 5-0. Northwest had four errors in the contest.
Rob Henrichs started on the mound and pitched four innings, giving up five runs on six hits. Only one of the runs was earned. Cameron scored one unearned run in the first, followed by a pair in the second and third innings.
Game two
Northwest picked up a first-inning run as Eric McGlauflin singled in Abernathy who had a two-out double. In the second, Austin Wulf scored on a Zack Ferreira single after reaching on an error to begin the inning.
The Bearcats broke it open in the third inning, scoring three runs on a two-out, bases loaded double by Steve Garber. After Cameron added a run in the bottom of the inning, Northwest scored another run in the top of the fourth as Jon Pomatto hit the Bearcats’ first home run of the year. In the sixth, Ferreira doubled to begin the inning and scored on an error. Pomatto, who singled after Ferreira, scored on a wild pitch to give Northwest an 8-3 lead.
Pomatto, Wulf and Abernathy each scored two runs for Northwest. Garber had three RBI while Huske, McGlauflin, Ferreira and Pomatto each had multi-hit games.
Kole Klocko started the game and went 3.1 innings, allowing three runs on five hits. Blane Reutter picked up the win, pitching 4.2 innings in relief, allowing one run on three hits. Brian Schmiedt pitched a perfect ninth, striking out the side.
Up next, Northwest will play another doubleheader tomorrow against Cameron,starting at noon. The games will again be a seven-inning game followed by anine-inning contest.
— Northwest Sports Information —