ALVA, OKLA- Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers continued the Rangers festival Saturday afternoon battling with Washburn University. Northwestern tried to use a big ninth inning to comeback in win but the comeback bid fell short falling 12-10 to Washburn.
 

Rangers drop to 2-4 on the season with the Saturday loss as Washburn improves to 3-3 on the season. 
 

Ethan Swanson had his second start of the season throwing a quality start throwing six innings allowing three runs while striking out four. Kayden Whetstone relieved Swanson in the seventh inning. Matthew Potts, Edwin Colon, Kyle Moran and Brady Bowles would all came in relief. 
 

Haruki Kitazaki led the Rangers with 3-RBIs followed by Fred Buckson and Hayden Priest with 2-RBIs. Shaughn Kelly and Blake Hoffman each had one. 

Ethan Swanson received the start Saturday and would work around a first inning jam following a strikeout before ending the inning on a line out to short. Rangers would have Kelly reach on a walk but would be left on second following a stolen base.
 

Washburn would strike first in the top of the second inning having the first two base runners reach on a single followed by a walk. A wild pitch would move them to second and third allowing an RBI groundout to give the visitors a 1-0 lead.
 

Priest would waste no time helping the Rangers get on the board with a solo home run to right field staying just inside the foul pole to tie the game at one through two innings. 
 

Each pitcher locked in after the second inning as the score stayed 1-1 up until the sixth inning. Swanson worked out of a jam with a double play to second holding the score at 1-1 in the fourth inning. 
 

In the sixth inning Washburn's offense struck back as a two out walk led to a 2-run home run for Bruce giving Washburn a 3-1 lead. In the bottom half of the sixth inning Blake Hoffman ripped one to right field field for a solo homerun cutting the Ranger deficit to 3-2 for a one run game. 
 

The final three innings the offenses combined for 17 runs after a pitcher duel through the first six innings. Washburn started the scoring spree with five runs in the seventh. Two walks and an error loaded the bases for the Ichabods as a hit batsmen followed by a double down the line brought in five runs to extend Washburn's lead to 8-2. 

Northwestern answered back with two runs in the bottom half of the inning as Buckson reached on an error scoring one run leading to a bases loaded walk for Kelly for an 8-4 Rangers trailing run in the seventh. '
 

The Ichabods would not let up as with an 8-4 lead they had a two-out rally after back-to-back strikeouts they put runners on first and second before a Bowlin triple brought it to 10-4. 
 

The Red-and-Black would answer back with three runs as the Rangers would load the bases in the 8th as Kitazaki stepped up and roped a triple in the gap in right center scoring three runs once again bringing the Rangers down three at 10-7.
 

Jones' extended the Washburn lead with a double to center field driving in their final two runs of the game for a 12-7 lead. With the Rangers trailing by five Northwestern would put runners in scoring position as Priest hit a sacrifice fly to right center cutting the deficit back to four before a Buckson two-run home run scoring Koenig for a 12-10 game. The rally would end there as a strikeout would put the game away. 
 

Northwestern will be back in action Sunday afternoon against New Mexico Highlands with first pitch scheduled for 3:30 PM as the Rangers Festival will conclude.