Southeast Missouri 10, Detroit 7 - Box Score
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. - Southeast Missouri (3-3) earned a 10-inning win Friday night over Detroit (1-6), 10-7. Southeast out-hit Detroit 17-10.
“We had a lot of opportunities to score and take command but failed to capitalize on those opportunities,” said head coach Lana Richmond. “But we came back and kept fighting and earned a great team win. Lindsey Patterson came in and did excellent for us in the circle.”
Kaitlin Zink led-off the game with a double to left field. Taylor Cowan got her first hit of the season when the left fielder got turned around on a fly ball that dropped, allowing Zink to score and put Southeast up 1-0 in the first.
Detroit was quick to answer in the bottom of the inning when Alyssa Schaub hit a first-pitch lead-off home run to center field to tie the game at 1-1.
Detroit broke the tie in the fourth with a double to left-center off the bat of Vanessa Garcia to put the Titans up 1-2.
The Redhawks opened up a big lead in the sixth that started with a Brittany Smith lead-off double, her second of the game. With runners on first and second, Zink hit a high double to right to plate B. Smith and tie the game at 2-2. L. Patterson stepped into the box with runners on second and third and blasted Southeast's first home run of the season over the right-center field wall and put Southeast up 5-2 on Detroit.
Detroit added a run in their half of the sixth to narrow the deficit to 5-3.
With bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, Sam Henderson hit a double to tie the game and send the game into extra innings.
With the international tie-breaker rule in effect, the game was extended to the 10th inning. With two runners on and one out, Cowan hit a home run to give Southeast a 10-7 lead. The Redhawks shut down the Titans in the bottom of the 10th to earn the extra-inning victory.
Cowan went 4-for-5 with four RBI and a run scored. L. Patterson went 1-for-5 with three RBI and scored twice. Zink recorded a 2-for-5 night with an RBI and scored three times while Simone Patterson went 2-for-3 with an RBI tonight.
“All three of our pitchers tonight did a a great job getting ahead in the count and letting their defense do the work for them,” said assistant coach Sarah Willis. “It shows a great contribution by everyone and unity is what this season is all about.”
L. Patterson (1-0) earned the the win for the Redhawks while Cowan, earned her first save this season. Cowan, who started the game, pitched 4.1 innings, giving up two runs, striking out four, walking one. Hannah Clemons pitched 3.0 innings giving up three runs, striking out four, walking two. L. Patterson worked 2.2 innings, giving up two runs, striking out four, walking one.
Southeast will return to Blues City Classic action Saturday at 4 p.m. when they take on Samford followed by Nicholls State at 6:30 p.m.
