Southeast Missouri 8 Eastern Kentucky 6 - Box Score I PDF Version

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Freshman Branden Boggetto's first career home run in the bottom of the ninth inning gave Southeast Missouri (10-9, 2-2 OVC) a 8-6 win over Eastern Kentucky (4-10, 1-2 OVC) Friday night at Capaha Field. It is Boggetto's second walk off hit of the season and the Redhawks' first walk-off home run since Blake Slattery's walk-off grand slam on April 2, 2010 against EKU.

“Branden is always is ready to hit and he went back to the basics in the at-bat,” said head coach Steve Bieser.

Matt Tellor led the Redhawks on the day going 3-for-5 with a home run, double and three RBI to go along with a run scored.

“Matt had some great at-bats for us tonight as he was very comfortable at the plate,” said Bieser.

Every player in the Southeast lineup recorded a hit in the contest as the Redhawks recorded 14 hits on the night.

“The return of Derek Gibson to our lineup helped the team produce the way they are capable of doing,” said Bieser.

The Redhawks got out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Tellor got the Redhawks on the board with an RBI double down the right field line. Andy Lennington drove in the second run of the game on a sacrifice fly.

The Colonels battled back and took a 3-2 lead on the Redhawks in the third inning on a two-run home run by Shaun Ball.

Tellor followed in the bottom of the frame and gave the Redhawks a 4-3 the lead on a two-run home to right field, his third home run of the season.

Southeast took a 5-3 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning on an RBI triple from Cole Bieser as he drove in Alex Burridge, who reached base on a walk.

The Colonels cut the Southeast lead to 5-4 on a solo home run to leadoff the seventh inning off the bat of Luke Wurzelbacher.

The Redhawks added another run in the bottom of the eighth on a hit-by-pitch to take a 6-4 lead. The Colonels battled back once and tied the game in the ninth inning. Demetrius Moorer highlighted the comeback as he reached third base and drove in a run after an outfield collision and later scored on sacrfice fly to tie the game at 6-6.

The Redhawks took the game in the bottom of the ninth inning on the two-run homer by Boggetto as Dalton Hewitt scored after reaching on a single as Southeast took the game, 8-6.

Boggetto, Bieser, Hewitt and Tellor all recorded multi-hit contests. Bieser added a pair of RBI in the game. Gibson added a pair of runs with a hit in his return to the Southeast lineup.

Southeast starter Will Spitzfaden went 6.2 innings allowing seven hits and four runs. Senior Tony Zerrusen followed with 1.1 innings of work out of the Southeast bullpen. Bobby Hurst (2-0) earned for the Redhawks.

“Will battled and gave us a chance to win tonight,” said Bieser.

Myles Scott (0-1) was tagged with the loss for Eastern Kentucky. EKU starter Anthony Bazzani went 3.1 innings allowing four earned runs as he left the game in the fourth inning with an injury.

Shaun Ball led the Colonels with a hit and a pair of RBI as seven different EKU players recorded hits.

The Redhawks and Colonels will play a doubleheader Saturday afternoon at 12:00 p.m. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday due to inclement weather in the forecast for Sunday.