ALVA, Okla. – The Rangers closed out their non-conference schedule Tuesday afternoon with a game against Rogers State. The Hillcats opened a 5-0 lead in the opening three innings of the game before closing out an 8-1 victory over the Rangers.

The loss drops the Rangers to 20-27 on the season after the Tuesday loss while Rogers state improves to 24-22 on the season.

Northwestern closed the game with three hits one each from Shaughn Kelly, Blake Hoffman, Gavin Mendoza. Brayden Koenig drove in the Rangers run on a sacrifice fly.

Matthew Potts got the mid-week start throwing 1.2 innings allowing f...