NWOSU Vs ATU
5
Northwestern Okla. NWBB 22-12, 17-10 GAC
6
Winner Arkansas Tech ATU 21-13, 18-9 GAC
Northwestern Okla. NWBB
22-12, 17-10 GAC
5
Final
6
Arkansas Tech ATU
21-13, 18-9 GAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northwestern Okla. NWBB 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 8 2
Arkansas Tech ATU 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 7 0

W: Nick Kovar (1-0) L: Honea, Kaleb (3-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Rangers Fall in Series Finale to Arkansas Tech

Russellville, Ark- The Red-and-Black concluded their three-game series in Russellville, Arkansas, Monday afternoon falling 6-5 in game three. The Wonder Boys would use a three-run ninth inning to steal the win over the Rangers. Northwestern still wins the season series over Arkansas Tech two game to one.

Northwestern falls to 22-12 on the season with a 17-10 Great American Conference record as Arkansas Tech moves to 21-13 and 18-9 in conference play. The Rangers 17-10 record is fourth in the conference.

Blake Hoffman led the Rangers in hits with two on the day finishing with two runs and an RBI, coming off a solo home run in the seventh inning. Dylan Norsen led the team with 2-RBI on the day with Thomas Beiswanger, Marques Paige, and Hoffman with the other RBI. Daschal Johnson, Yugo Hamakawa, Grant French were the other Rangers hits for five runs on eight hits on the afternoon.

Dillon Van Oosbree received the start in the final game of the series, throwing two innings striking out three batters. Austin Thomason threw four innings, allowing three runs on three hits striking out three Wonder Boy hitters. Grant French came in relief, finishing with one inning pitched striking out one. Connor Gibson threw 1.2 innings allowing two runs on three hits. Kaleb Honea allowed one run in his inning of work.

The Rangers attempted to strike, first with Hamakawa reaching base safely after getting hit by a pitch, but the Rangers would not move him over.

Van Oosbree settled in nicely for the Rangers, first retiring the side in order in the opening inning, followed by the second inning he would strike out the side to retire the first six Wonder Boy hitters he would face.

The Rangers' half of the second inning, the Red-and-Black would jump on the board first. Hoffman would line a leadoff double to right-center field, as French would push a single through the left side for the first run of the day. Norsen would follow the single with an RBI sacrifice fly giving the Rangers a 2-0 lead through the first two innings.

Northwestern would add more in the third inning with two more runs.  Johnson would start things for the Rangers with a single to right field. Following a wild pitch moving him to second, Paige would hit an RBI single, knocking him home. Paige would score the fourth run for the Rangers on a Norsen RBI double to right-center field.

The Wonder Boys would go down quietly in the third inning as Thomason would walk a batter but allow nothing to score.

Rangers would threaten to score again in the fourth moving runners to second and third but would come up empty in the fourth inning.

Thomason continued to pitch where Van Oosbree left off with three straight scoreless innings since taking over as through five, innings the Rangers led 4-0.

After a quiet Rangers sixth inning, the Wonder Boys would pick up their first hit of the game with a one-out double. Thomason would work around the double holding the Wonder Boys scoreless.

In the seventh inning, the Rangers would add to their lead with a solo home run crushed to right field by Blake Hoffman putting, the Rangers up 5-0.

Arkansas Tech would respond in the seventh inning. Detweiler would start the inning off with a solo home run. Maddux would follow with a single to right field. The Wonder Boys would then draw three consecutive walks to force in two runs, bringing the Rangers to lead down to 5-3

Northwestern would hold that 5-3 lead as Gibson would come into relief finding a way to escape an eighth-inning jam.

Northwestern would go down in order in the ninth before Arkansas Tech would have a big ninth inning. After retiring the first two Tech hitters, Crews singled to extend the game, followed by a Robbins single. Arrieta, Tech's first baseman, would deliver a 3-run home run to give the Wonder Boys the walk-off win over the Rangers by a score of 6-5 for the victory.

Northwestern will be back in action to start a six-game homestand on Friday to open a three-game series against the Bulldogs of Southwestern Oklahoma State. The series schedule is one game on Friday with the first pitch at 6 PM followed by a Saturday doubleheader starting at 1 PM.

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