UALR 3 Southeast Missouri 2 - Box Score I
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Southeast Missouri baseball team's ninth inning rally fell 90-feet short in a 3-2 loss to Sun Belt foe Arkansas-Little Rock Tuesday evening at Gary Hogan Field in Little Rock, Ark. The Redhawks drop to 7-6 overall with the loss as the Trojans improve to 9-3.
“They jumped on us early and we stepped back,” said head coach
Steve Bieser. “We just need to work on getting that big hit that helped us earlier in the season.”
The Southeast bullpen was brilliant in relief of starter Hank Williams, Jr (1.2 innings of work, three earned runs) keeping the Redhawks in the game as Southeast threw 7.1 innings of scoreless baseball.
“Our bullpen made key pitches at key times tonight,” said Bieser.
Tony Zerrusen led the bullpen's charge going 4.1 innings allowing three hits.
Michael Patman and
Alex Siddle also saw time out of the time as Siddle worked his way out of a bases loaded jam.
Jason Blum followed in his second appearances forcing three groundball outs.
Cole Bieser,
Ryan Barnes and
John Logan Zink added a pair of hits apiece to lead the Redhawks offensively. Bieser also added a run in the contest.
The Trojans got on the board with two runs in the first inning. Blake Johnson highlighted the frame with a home run to left centerfield. UALR added another run on a failed pickoff attempt to make it 3-0 in the second inning.
The Redhawks got on the board in the sixth inning as Bieser scored on a passed ball after he reached on a single earlier in the inning and was advanced by a
Matt Tellor single.
Southeast trailed 3-1 going into the ninth inning, but managed to cut the UALR lead to within one at 3-2 and left the tying run at third base as Arkansas-Little Rock won their second straight game against Southeast after Southeast won five straight in the series.
Chad Bradford earned the win for the Trojans going 5.2 innings allowing six hits and a with an unearned run. Tyler Buckley earned the save getting the strikeout of Zink to end the contest.
Centerfielder Ben Crumpton led the Trojans offense with three hits and a run scored.
The two teams close out their mid-week two game set tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 p.m. Senior
Trevor Kill will get the start for Southeast.
