Southern Illinois 3 Southeast Missouri 2 - Box Score I PDF Version

CARBONDALE, Ill. – The Southeast Missouri baseball team fell to Southern Illinois 3-2 in 11 innings Tuesday on a windy afternoon in Carbondale, Ill. The Redhawks tied the game in the top of the ninth inning scoring on a wild pitch as the Salukis picked up the win in the same fashion in the bottom of the 11^th frame.
 
The Redhawks fall to 20-22 on the season as the Salukis move to 19-21 on the year. SIU outhit the Redhawks 12-8 in the contest as they also left 16 runners on-base.
 
The Salukis left 10 runners on-base in the first five innings of the contest as they failed to get on the board first as starter Brad Drust held the Redhawks hitless through 4.2 innings to open the game.
 
Drust ran into trouble in the top of the sixth innings after a one out walk of Jason Blum and a bunt single by Derek Gibson. Matt Tellor followed Gibson with an RBI double down the left field line scoring Blum to give Southeast a 1-0 lead.
 
Southern Illinois took the lead in the seventh as Ryan Casillas drove in a pair of runs on an RBI single to right field to give the Salukis a 2-1 lead.
 
The Redhawks tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the ninth inning. Andy Lennington got the rally started with a single and reached second base on an error by the Saluki shortstop. Southeast tied the game later in the frame on a wild pitch to make it 2-2.
 
Bobby Hurst threw a perfect ninth inning to send the game into extra innings for the second straight non-conference game for the Redhawks.
 
Neither team could muster any offense in extra innings until the Salukis capitalized on a leadoff walk in the top of the 11^th inning as the runner later scored on a wild pitch to help the Saluki earn the season sweep of the Redhawks.
 
Junior Skylar Cobb (1-2) was tagged with the loss for the Redhawks as he was one of six pitchers used on the day. Starter Alex Winkelman threw four scoreless innings for the Redhawks.
 
The Saluki bullpen did not allow allowed an earned run in 5.2 innings of relief as Aaron Snyder (3-4) earned the win  for SIU.
 
The Redhawks were led offensively by Nolan Fisher and Lennington as they each added a pair of hits in the contest. Blum extended his hitting streak to 15-games with a single in the 10^th inning.
 
SIU was led by Jake Welch as he added a game-high three hits and a run scored.
 
The Redhawks return to action tomorrow as they host in-state foe Missouri-St. Louis at 5:00 p.m. at Capaha Field.