Southeast Missouri 4, Mississippi State 8 Box Score
Southeast Missouri 1, Memphis 2 Box Score
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. - Southeast Missouri (3-7) fell to Mississippi State (8-4) and Memphis (5-8) Sunday afternoon, 4-8, 1-2, respectively.
After defeating Detroit Friday evening, Southeast lost four straight games at the 2013 Blues City Classic, hosted by Memphis. The Redhawks tied for 11th place out of 12 teams. Taylor Cowan earned All-Tournament 2nd Team.
“Our goal this weekend was to get a lot of innings in and find areas of our game that are in need of improvement,” said head coach Lana Richmond. “We got the experience we wanted and were fully in the game in each of our three one-run losses. The areas we need to focus on now are our base running and outfield defense. Taylor Cowan pitched very well each time out, gaining a lot of much-needed confidence in the circle.”
Southeast Missouri 4, Mississippi State 8
A comeback in the seventh inning fell short as Southeast Missouri fell to SEC opponent Mississippi State, 4-8.
Mississippi State jumped ahead in the third and never looked back. The Bulldogs got on board in the third on an RBI double from Sam Lenahan to take an 0-1 lead.
Mississippi State manufactured two runs in the fourth and three runs in the fifth, shutting-out Southeast 0-6 going in to the Redhawk's half of the fifth inning.
Southeast put a run on the board in the fifth that started with Xia Wilson reaching base on a fielding error by the shortstop. Summer Burger was put in to pinch run for Wilson; advanced to second on a ground-out, moved to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a single from Elysia Mesa, 1-6 Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs put up a run in the sixth and seventh innings to lead 8-1 with the Redhawks coming up to bat in the final inning.
Southeast came up short on a comeback in the final inning that began with Jamie Woodworth hitting her first double of the season down the right field line to get aboard for Southeast. With two out, Alexis Anderson reached on a fielder's choice on a failed attempt to get Woodworth out at third. Kaitlin Zink stepped in and roped a double to left center to score Woodworth and Anderson while advancing to third on a throwing error by the shortstop, slicing the Bulldog lead to 3-8. Zink scored on a ball-four wild pitch, 8-4 Bulldogs. Southeast's comeback attempt came to end on a ground-out to second base, ending the game.
Mississippi State out-hit Southeast 5-9. Five different Redhawk batters combined for five hits in the contest.
Logan Foulks went 3-for-3 for the Bulldogs, scoring twice.
Lindsey Patterson (1-2) recorded the loss for Southeast in 6.0 innings of work, the longest outing of her career. L. Patterson gave up four runs, three of which were earned, on six hits, striking out two batters and walking four.
Stephanie Becker (2-1) pitched 6.2 innings giving up two runs on four hits. Becker struck out 13 Redhawk batters in the contest.
Southeast Missouri 1, Memphis 2
The game remained scoreless until the bottom of the fourth inning. Until that point, Cowan retired 10 straight Tiger batters. Memphis got a runner aboard, bunted her over, and scored on an RBI single to go up 0-1 on Southeast.
In the top of the sixth with two out, Zink tripled to deep right-center field to get a Redhawk runner on. Simone Patterson hit an RBI double and advanced to third on an error on the center fielder to tie the game. The Redhawks stranded two runners in an attempt to grasp the lead.
Memphis scored the winning run in their half of the sixth on a throwing error by Savannah Carpenter which would have gotten the Redhawks out of the inning, going up 1-2 on Southeast.
Southeast and Memphis tied in hit with four apiece.
S. Patterson went 2-for-3 with an RBI against Memphis.
Morgan Mosby also went 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
Cowan (1-4) pitched her third complete game of the season, going 6.0 innings. Cowan walked three and struck three batters out.
Jordan Richwood (2-2) earned the win for Memphis. Richwood struck out a career-high 16 batters.
Richmond added: “I expect to see a team next weekend hungry to play the game. We have four challenging games ahead of us and they are great opportunities for us to prepare for conference play.”
Southeast opens its home schedule next weekend when they host the 2013 All-Missouri Cancer Classic. The tournament will feature No. 17 Missouri, Missouri State, Saint Louis, and UMKC. Southeast plays Saint Louis at noon followed by Missouri at 2 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 1.
Blues City Classic All-Tournament First Team
Belmont – Kat Holingsworth
Indiana State – Ashlie Scott
Memphis – Ellen Roberts
Memphis – Lelani Bernardino
Mississippi State - Alison Owen
Mississippi State – Sam Lenahan
Nicholls State – Ashton Bennett
Samford – Mollie Hanson
UMKC - Liz Broyles
UMKC – Katie Kelley
Wichita State – Melanie Jaegers
Blues City Classic All-Tournament Second Team
Detroit – Sara Cupp
Indiana State – Shelby Wilson
Memphis – Jordan Richwood
Mississippi State – Stephanie Becker
Nicholls State – Leah Andrus
Samford – Alex Adams
SEMO – Taylor Cowan
SIU-Edwardsville – Erin Greenwalt
UMKC – Emily Ott
Wichita State – Megan McCracken
Wright State – Krystian DeWitt
Blues City Classic Standings
1. Memphis - 3-0
2. UMKC - 4-1
T3. Samford - 3-1
T3. Mississippi State - 3-1
T3. Nicholls State - 3-1
T6. Wichita State - 2-2
T6. SIU-Edwardsville - 2-2
T8. Belmont - 1-3
T8. Indiana State - 1-3
T8. Wright State - 1-3
T11. Southeast Missouri – 1-4
T11. Detroit 1-4
