Baseball March 02, 2016

Rangers Fall in Tough Game at Panhandle State

Box Score
Leading Off
Score: (NW 6 - OPSU 7 ),
Records: NW (6-11, 4-2 GAC) - OPSU (4-14)
Location: Aggie Baseball Field - Goodwell, Okla.

ALVA, Okla. - Wind played a big factor in the game in Goodwell this afternoon and it took its toll on the Northwestern Oklahoma State baseball team as they would fall to Oklahoma Panhandle State 7-6.

At the Plate

Four different Rangers had multiple hit games in Colton Krokroskia, Thomas Bess, Xyruse Martinez and Tito Montano Jr. all collecting two or more hits.
Bess was dominant at the plate, going 3-for-4 and scoring two runs in the process. His .750 performance on the day puts his overall average to .353 on the season, tops on the team.
Krokroskia also had a big day, going 4-for-6 and driving in a run.
Martinez was stellar again at the dish, hitting 3-for-5 with an RBI and a scored run.
Montano was the other multi-hit game as he put together a 2-for-4 day at the plate.

The K Zone

Matt Bickford started on the hill for the Rangers, going five innings, surrendering five hits, but only two earned runs.
Pat Delano came in to relieve Bickford and went two innings, striking out two in his outing.
Trevor Rakers and Jon Bauer also came in relief and struck out two between them.

Game Changer

The first inning was a tough one for the Rangers as they gave up four of the total seven runs.
Panhandle put another on the board in the fifth inning as a single up the middle brought in a run.
As it was looking like a tough day all around for the visiting Rangers, the seventh inning came and the Black-and-Red bats came alive. Three singles, a groundout and an error brought in five runs for Northwestern to bring the game back to even.
In the bottom of the seventh however, the Aggies posted another run, putting them back in front by a run.
The eighth inning ultimately did the Rangers in as they put the tying run on the board again, but wasn't able to hold the lead through the bottom of the inning.

On Deck

Northwestern will return home after the single game with Panhandle State where they will host Great American Conference opponent, Arkanas-Monticello, Friday and Saturday, starting with a single game on Friday at 6 p.m. followed by a double-header Saturday, beginning at noon.

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Players Mentioned

#29 Matthew Bickford: RHP; 5' 9"; Sophomore

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

#14 Tito Montano Jr.: INF; 6' 1"; Sophomore

#3 Colton Krokroskia: OF; 5' 7"; Junior

#32 Jon Bauer: P; 5' 10"; Junior

#44 Pat Delano: RHP; 6' 7"; Junior

#18 Thomas Bess: OF; 5' 11"; Graduate Student

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

Players Mentioned

#29 Matthew Bickford
: 5' 9"; Sophomore
: RHP

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

#14 Tito Montano Jr.
: 6' 1"; Sophomore
: INF

#3 Colton Krokroskia
: 5' 7"; Junior
: OF

#32 Jon Bauer
: 5' 10"; Junior
: P

#44 Pat Delano
: 6' 7"; Junior
: RHP

#18 Thomas Bess
: 5' 11"; Graduate Student
: OF

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