Baseball goes 2-1 over weekend

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — The Northwest baseball team went 2-1 during a three-game series in Arkadelphia, Arkansas over the weekend.

The slate started with a Thursday contest against Henderson State, a 6-1 loss, before sweeping Arkansas Tech with a 7-2 win on Friday and 11-3 win on Saturday.

In Friday’s 7-2 win, sophomore Joseph Hietpas tossed 6.1 innings while allowing two earned runs. He struck out three and walked three.

Junior center fielder Garrett Fort went 2-for-2 at the plate with three runs scored. Freshman Jay Hrdlicka hit 2-for-3 from the cleanup spot with four RBI.

On Saturday, senior shortstop Nick Gotta went 2-for-3 with two runs and four RBI, swatting a two-run homer in the sixth inning to knot the score at 2-2.

The Bearcats (3-3) will play a three-game set with Oklahoma Christian University starting at 2 p.m. Friday in Edmond, Oklahoma, followed by a 1 p.m. start on Saturday and another 1 p.m. contest on Sunday.