Southeast 9 EKU 7 - Box Score

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Southeast Missouri baseball team scored four-runs in the first inning and then added four runs in the fifth frame on their way to a 9-7 win over Eastern Kentucky Saturday afternoon at Capaha field.
 
Senior Kody Campbell had a career day adding five RBI in the contest including his first career triple that drove in what proved to be the game winning runs.
 
Freshman Ryan Barnes was 4-for-5, a career-high in hits for the St. Louis, Mo. native. Campbell and Barnes combined for seven of the Redhawks 14 hits.
 
“The Middle of our line-up today was very impressive, we got great production from them today,” said head coach Mark Hogan.
 
The Redhawks plated four runs in the opening frame. Campbell opened up the scoring with a two-run single to left field.
 
Taylor Heon and Cole Bieser added RBI singles later in the frame as Southeast pounded six hits in the opening inning.
 
EKU plated their first run in the top of the second inning as neither team added a run till the bottom of the fifth inning.
 
The Redhawks once again tallied four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, expanding their lead to 8-1.
 
Campbell once again highlighted the inning with his first career triple that dusted the right field chalk line scoring three runs.
 
Sophomore Derek Gibson added an RBI single in the frame as he extended his hitting streak to 17-games.
 
Eastern Kentucky responded with five runs in the top of the sixth inning cutting the Redhawk advantage to 8-6. The five-run stanza was highlighted by back-to-back extra base hits.
 
The Redhawks added another run in the bottom of the eighth inning on another RBI single from Heon as Southeast held a 9-6 lead going into the ninth stanza.
 
EKU added a run in the top of the ninth inning, but reliever Zack Smith got out of the inning, earning his first career save as the Redhawks picked up the 9-7 win.
 
Smith relived starter Shae Simmons in the seventh inning as the left hander allowed one run on three hits over three solid innings of work.
 
“Zack was very poised today and he really attacked the zone hard,” said Hogan.
 
Simmons (2-4) picked up his second straight win going six innings with eight strikeouts. He allowed seven hits and six runs (five earned).
 
“Shae was good today and a lot of credit goes to Alex Burridge as he gave us a great spark in his first contest,” said Hogan.
 
Four Redhawks had multi-hit contests as seven different Redhawks scored runs on the day.
 
Kenton Parmley extended his hitting streak to 40-games, as he is now two games from tying the Ohio Valley Conference record of 42-games.
 
Trenton Moses extended his reaching base safely streak to 53-games adding a double and two runs.
 
EKU starter Anthony Bazzani (0-1) was tagged with the loss going 4.2 innings allowing 11 hits with four earned runs.
 
The Redhawks return to action on Tuesday afternoon at 5:00 p.m., CT. against rival Southern Illinois. Tuesday's contest is the first of four Redhawk Baseball Tailgate dates.