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Baseball By Nick Seeman, Southeast Missouri Sports Information

Arkansas State Outlasts Redhawks 5-4 in 12 Innings

Tuesday’s game was the longest contest for Southeast since 2008

Ryan Barnes added an RBI and run scored on Tuesday night against Arkansas State.
Arkansas State 5 Southeast Missouri 4 - Box Score I PDF Version

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Arkansas State scored a run on a wild pitch in the top of the 12th inning as the Red Wolves outlasted Southeast Missouri 5-4 Tuesday night at Capaha Field in a contest that lasted fours and thirty-three minutes. Tuesday's contest was the Redhawks' longest game since Southeast played a four hour and fifty minute contest against Memphis on March 14, 2008.
 
Southeast drops to 19-19 on the season as Arkansas State moves to 20-17 on the season as the Red Wolves sweep the season Series from Southeast.
 
Jason Blum led the Redhawks going 1-for-4 with two RBI as he extended his hitting streak to 12-games. Ryan Barnes also added a run scored and RBI for the Redhawks as Southeast recorded four hits on the night.

The Red Wolves got on the board first with two runs in the opening frame. Tanner Ring hit his first career home run to left field that plated Kaleb Brown to give Arkansas State a 2-0 lead.

The Redhawks got on the board in the fourth inning with four runs as the Redhawks took a 4-2 lead. Ryan Barnes drove in the Redhawks first run on an RBI single to right centerfield. Branden Boggetto tied the game at 2-2 with a safety squeeze down the first base line.

Southeast took a 4-2 lead on an RBI single to centerfield by Blum as he extended his hitting streak with the hit.

The Red Wolves tied the game with a two-run double down the left field line by Dustin Johnson in the top of the sixth inning.

The two teams then went five and a half frames of scoreless baseball until the Red Wolves took a 5-4 lead in the top of the twelve inning. A bad hop on an infield single extended the inning as Jones scored on a wild pitch.
 
Tanner Ring (2-0) sent the Redhawks down in order in the 12th to earn the win as Tyler Thomas (1-2) was tagged with the loss.
 
The Southeast bullpen was solid in relief led by Bobby Hurst as he went a career-high 2.2 innings with four strikeouts.
 
“Our Bullpen did a great job of keeping us in the game today,” said head coach Steve Bieser.
 
 
Ring was also effective at the plate leading the Red Wolves going 3-for-7 with two RBI and a run scored. Claude Johnson also added three hits for ASU.
 
The Redhawks return to action this weekend as they head to Eastern Illinois for a three game Ohio Valley Conference set.
 
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