MARYVILLE, Mo. – Washburn baseball's offense struggled to get things going as it was limited to five singles in Tuesday's 7-0 loss at Northwest Missouri. The Ichabods will return to Falley Field to host No. 6-ranked Central Missouri this weekend.
 
The Bearcats (9-19, 5.12 MIAA) broke a scoreless game in the third inning with a pair of unearned runs. The frame started with back-to-back Washburn errors and Northwest Missouri later drove in the runs with a single and a sacrifice fly.
 
Northwest Missouri added two more unearned runs in the fifth and stretched its lead to 6-0 in the sixth.
 
The Bearcats tacked on a final run in the seventh after a leadoff double later scored on a sacrifice fly.
 
The Ichabods (21-9, 12-5 MIAA) were held to five hits on the afternoon with Brett Ingram landing two of those.
 
Cole Warner (1-1) received the loss after throwing three innings and allowing two unearned runs, two hits, and one walk while recording a strikeout. Five Ichabod pitchers saw action in the contest and only two of the seven runs surrendered were earned.