Baseball February 06, 2016

Rangers Drop Two to UAFS on Day Two of Series

Box Score

Leading Off - Game One
Score: Northwestern 0 – Arkansas Fort Smith 1
Records: Northwestern (0-2, 0-0 GAC) – Arkansas Fort Smith (2-0, 0-0 Heartland)
Location: Crowder Field – Ft. Smith, Ark.

FT. SMITH, Ark. – Game one of the day in Fort Smith was a pitcher's duel where the Northwestern Oklahoma State baseball team came up on the short end of a 1-0 ballgame.
At The Dish

Casey Dickerman had a banner first game at the plate as he was 2-for-2, while drawing a walk in the process.
Colten Krokroskia also had a solid first game at the dish going 2-for-3. Dickerman and Krokroskia were the only Rangers with multiple hits in the contest.
Xyruse Martinez and Jacob Long collected the other two Ranger hits in the contest.

The K Zone

Walker Wharton had a fantastic start, going five and two-thirds innings, striking out seven in his Ranger debut, but the Black-and-Red were unable to put any runs on the board for their hurler.
Stetson Buller Jr. came in for the last out of the sixth inning as he was able to get Emerson to fly out to right field.

Game Changer

Neither team was able to get many hits off the opposing pitchers, but the one more hit for the Lions was the difference maker.

Leading Off - Game Two
Score: Northwestern 3 – Arkansas Fort Smith 5
Records: Northwestern (0-3, 0-0 GAC) – Arkansas Ft. Smith (3-0, 0-0 Heartland)
Location: Crowder Field – Ft. Smith, Ark.

FT. SMITH, Ark. – Another tightly contested ballgame in Ft. Smith came in game two of the day and game three of the series, but once again Northwestern Oklahoma State fell short, 5-3.

At The Dish

Freshman outfielder, Greg Carrington was fantastic in his second start of the weekend as he was 3-for-4 from the plate, and also collected a putout in the field. Carrington was the only Ranger with a multiple hit game.
Long and Matt Benn collected the other two hits for the Ranger offense.

The K Zone

Sophomore pitcher from Braintree, Mass., Matthew Bickford was the game three starter, and he went 3.2 innings on the mound before Brody Ausfahl saw his second outing in relief over the weekend.
Ausfahl just went a third of an inning today before Tyler Bernhardt and Trevor Rakers both came in to pitch an inning a piece. Bernhardt earned a strikeout while Rakers collected two.

Game Changer

The Lions were only allowed three hits, but also awarded six free bases, leading to the five runs they posted.
Errors were once again costly for Northwestern as they were responsible for three in the game.

On Deck
Northwestern Oklahoma State Baseball will play one more game in Ft. Smith tomorrow afternoon at 12 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

#31 Brody Ausfahl: LHP; 5' 10"; Senior

#21 Matt Benn: INF/OF; 6' 2"; Senior

#43 Tyler Bernhardt: RHP; 6' 5"; Redshirt Sophomore

#13 Stetson Buller Jr.: RHP/OF; 5' 11"; Sophomore

#8 Xyruse Martinez: INF/RHP; 5' 11"; Junior

#9 Casey Dickerman: INF; 6' 0"; Junior

#17 Greg Carrington: OF; 5' 10"; Freshman

#22 Jacob Long: OF; 5' 10"; Junior

#34 Trevor Rakers: RHP; 6' 4"; Junior

#10 Walker Wharton: LHP; 6' 2"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#31 Brody Ausfahl
: 5' 10"; Senior
: LHP

#21 Matt Benn
: 6' 2"; Senior
: INF/OF

#43 Tyler Bernhardt
: 6' 5"; Redshirt Sophomore
: RHP

#13 Stetson Buller Jr.
: 5' 11"; Sophomore
: RHP/OF

#8 Xyruse Martinez
: 5' 11"; Junior
: INF/RHP

#9 Casey Dickerman
: 6' 0"; Junior
: INF

#17 Greg Carrington
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: OF

#22 Jacob Long
: 5' 10"; Junior
: OF

#34 Trevor Rakers
: 6' 4"; Junior
: RHP

#10 Walker Wharton
: 6' 2"; Junior
: LHP