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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team defeated Arkansas Tech, 11-3, on Saturday afternoon.
- The win moves Northwest to 3-3 on the year while the Wonder Boys fall to 3-5 overall.
- The neutral site game was played at Clyde Berry Field on the campus of Henderson State in Arkadelphia, Ark.
- Nick Gotta was 2-for-4 with 4 RBI and a homerun.

Key Northwest Statistics
- Northwest scored 11 runs on 12 hits. The Bearcats scored seven runs in the seventh and added two in the sixth and eighth innings.
- Arkansas Tech scored single runs with the third, fourth and sixth innings.
- Northwest was 7-of-14 with runners on base and 5-of-9 with runners in scoring position.
- Kolby Greenslade was 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Ozzie Adams also went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
- Garrett Fort was 1-for-5 with a pair of RBI.
- Jay Hrdlicka, Austin Wulff and Derek Meyer all picked up hits and each scored a run. Hrdlicka also got an RBI and drew a walk.
- Jake Lewis was 1-for-5 with a run and and RBI.
- Zach Douglas was 1-for-2 with an RBI. Kevin Handzlik scored a run and tallied an RBI.
- Brad Roberts started, going 5.1 innings. He allowed just two earned runs with four strikeouts while issuing just one walk.
- Austin Battaglia pitched 1.2 innings of relief, allowing just two hits with two strikeouts and one walk for his first win of the year.
- Bryce Shea finished the game, pitching 2.0 innings while allowing no hits and just one walk. He had three strikeouts.

Key Northwest Innings
- Greenslade singled with two outs in the top of the sixth. Gotta came up next and blasted his first homerun of the year to right, tying the game 2-2.

- The Bearcats broke it open in the seventh. Adams, Hrdlicka and Wulff loaded the bases with no outs. Lewis singled to right, scoring Adams, then Handzlik and Douglas were both hit by pitches, driving in two more runs. After a strikeout, Gotta singled to left to drive in a run and Fort reached on an error to score Northwest's fifth run of the inning. Adams, who started the inning, was hit by a pitch and Hrdlicka singled to center to drive in the seventh run of the inning, giving the Bearcats a 9-3 lead.

- Northwest added two more in the eighth as Meyer singled to right center with one out. Greenslade singled and both moved up a base after an error by the third baseman. Gotta hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Meyer and Fort singled up the middle to drive in Greenslade to make it 11-3 Bearcats.

Up Next
- Northwest will play at Oklahoma Christian for a three game series starting on Friday, Feb. 19, in Edmond, Okla.