ALVA, OKLAHOMA - Northwestern Oklahoma State baseball will close out their non-conference portion of the schedule Tuesday afternoon with the final home game of the 2022 season against Rogers State. First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 PM at Glass Family Field at Myers Stadium.

The Rangers (20-26 overall, and 13-17 GAC) enter Tuesday coming off a series win over Arkansas Tech two games to three. Rangers are 3-2 in their last five home games and 15-10 overall on the season. 

The Rangers offense has been led by Yugo Hamakawa in batting average with a .380 average and a 1.073 OPS. HIs OBP is sitting at .472 this season. He is one of seven players above .300. He is joined by Blake Hoffman (.354), Brandon Holdren (.344) Hayden Priest (.317), Shaughn Kelly (.316), Brayden Koenig (.315) and Bryan Guerrero at (.307). Blake Hoffman leads the team with 14 home runs and 53 RBI, with three players tied for second in Hamakawa, Priest and Kelly all with eight home runs. Hamakawa is second with 41-RBI and Kelly with 40. The team is hitting .304 overall this season.

On the mound for the Rangers Edwin Colon and Dylan Collins are tied with five wins each this season. Colon has made the most appearances with 18 on the season with a 4.88 ERA along with two saves. Emilio Lovato leads the team in innings pitched and strikeouts for the Rangers at 64IP and 64 strikeouts. Ethan Swanson is second at 51 innings and 61 strikeouts. 

Scouting Rogers State:

Rogers State (23-22 overall and 15-15 MIAA) entered play on Tuesday coming off a series win over Washburn two games to three. The Hillcats enter play on a two game road win streak  and an 8-9 overall record on the road this season. 

The offense as a team is hitting .287 with 24 home runs and 273 RBIs. This is led by five players hitting over .300 including the leader in Jesse Holguin at .359, followed by Skyler Nelson, Joel Escalante, Marco Barrera, Gavin Mestas. Holguin and Nelson are tied for the team lead in home runs with six as Holguin leads the team with 54-RBIs this season. 

On the mound the Hillctas are led by Brent Dickey with a 3-1 record and team low 4.18 ERA in 16 appearances this season. Jordan Ewig leads the team with six wins in 10 starts with a 4.54 ERA. and three complete games. Sanchez leads the team with six saves in 30 innings of work. 

History: 

This will be game number 27 in the series history between the Hillcats and Rangers. Rogers State leads the season history 16-10 after taking the last three games including the one earlier this season on March 1st  9-2.