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CHARLESTON, Ill. – The Southeast Missouri offense erupted for a season-high 25 runs on Saturday afternoon in Charleston, Ill. as the Redhawks downed Eastern Illinois 25-6.  It was the most runs scored in an Ohio Valley Conference game in school history.

“We got off to a great start and got deep into their bullpen,” said head coach Steve Bieser.
 
The Redhawks move 20-20 on the season and 12-8 in the OVC as the Panthers fall to 13-22 and 4-12 in the OVC.
 
The Redhawks recorded a season-high 22 hits and 12 walks in the contest as every player in the starting lineup recorded a hit with seven players recording multi-hit contests.
 
Matt Tellor was 4-for-6 with three RBI and two runs scored. Derek Gibson added three hits with five RBI and four runs scored. Jason Blum extended his hitting streak to 14-games with three hits an RBI and three runs scored.
 
Ryan Barnes added five RBI with grand slam. Josh Meade also added four RBI going 2-for-2 at the plate.
 
Will Spitzfaden (5-3) got the win going five plus innings. The Southeast bullpen (Skylar Cobb, Tony Zerrusen, Alex Siddle, Tyler Thomas) combined for four scoreless innings of relief.
 
The Redhawks got on the board first with eight runs in the top of the second inning. The frame featured seven hits and two EIU errors.
 
Barnes opened the scoring with an RBI double to left centerfield to give the Redhawks a 1-0 lead. Southeast then added four RBI singles in the frame as Clayton Evans, Dalton Hewitt, Gibson and Tellor recorded the RBI singles in the eight run frame.
 
The Redhawks took a 9-0 lead in the top of the third on an RBI triple ripped to the left centerfield fence by Blum as Hewitt scored on the play.
 
Eastern Illinois got on the board with two runs in the bottom of the third inning. Treysen Vavra got EIU on the board with an RBI double and would later score on RBI single by Nick Preissman to make it 9-2.
 
EIU cut the Redhawks lead to 9-6 in the bottom of the sixth inning. Cameron Berrea hit his first career home run to left field as the three-run shot made it 9-5. The Panthers loaded the bases with no outs, but The Redhawks' Zerrusen shut the door after a sacrifice fly by EIU to make it 9-6 Redhawks.
 
The Redhawks responded with seven runs on five hits in the top of the seventh inning. Gibson drove in a run on a walk followed by a two-run single by Tellor.
 
The seven-run Frame was highlighted by the first grand slam of the season for the Redhawks by Barnes to right field, it was Barnes' first home run of the season and it came on the first pitch he saw to make it 16-6 Southeast.
 
Southeast added four runs in the top of the eighth as the inning was highlighted by a three-run pinch-hit double by Josh Meade.
 
The Redhawks closed out their scoring with five runs in the top of the ninth on their way to the win. Gibson, Nolan Fisher and Meade added RBI in the frame.
 
EIU starter Joe Greenfield was tagged with the loss going 2.1 innings allowing nine hits and nine runs (seven earned).
 
The Redhawks and Panthers will close out their weekend series on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. at Coaches Stadium.