Game 1 - Jacksonville State 4 Southeast Missouri 3 (10 Innings) - Box Score I PDF Version

Game 2 - Jacksonville State 5 Southeast Missouri 2 - Box Score I PDF Version

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Southeast Missouri baseball team fell to Ohio Valley Conference leader Jacksonville State, 4-3 (10 innings) and 5-2 Sunday afternoon at Capaha Field. The Redhawks drop to 20-25 on the season as the Gamecocks improve to 25-19 and 17-4 in the conference.

The Redhawks played their second extra inning game of the week in the opener as they fell 4-3. JSU scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning on their way to a 5-2 win in the second contest as they secured the series sweep of Southeast.

Jason Blum led the Redhawks on the day going 4-for-8 at the plate with a pair of doubles and a run scored. Dalton Hewitt was 4-for-7 on the day with a pair of RBI.

Game 1
Southeast Missouri dropped a 4-3 decision to Jacksonville State in 10 innings in the first game of the doubleheader. The Gamecocks went ahead in the top of the 10^th inning on a sacrifice fly from Chase Silvani as JSU took the second straight one-run contest over Southeast.

The Redhawks struck first in the top of the first inning with a pair of runs on RBI singles from Dalton Hewitt and Ryan Barnes. Southeast left the bases loaded in the frame as they failed to add to their lead early in the contest.

Jacksonville State tied the game in the third inning with a pair of runs. Michael Bishop added a run on a sacrifice fly to right field to pen the JSU scoring. Adam Miller added a run on a single to right field to tie the game at 2-2.

The Redhawks took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning as Clayton Evans reached base on an error to the shortstop scoring Branden Boggetto.

JSU tied the game in the top of the seventh inning on a home run to left centerfield by Andrew Bishop to knot up the game at 3-3.

The Gamecocks took a 4-3 lead in the 10^th inning on the Silvani sac fly. Travis Stout earned the save in the top of the tenth inning as the Redhawks stranded the tying run at third base.

Bobby Hurst (2-2) was tagged with the loss allowing an unearned run on one hit in two innings of work. Southeast starter Will Spitzfaden went eight innings allowing three-earned runs on eight hits.

Graham Officer (3-0) earned the win as he threw two-thirds of an inning. JSU starter Taylor Shields went 6.1 innings allowing three runs (two earned) with five strikeouts.

Hewitt led the Redhawks going 3-for-4 with an RBI. Derek Gibson, Blum and Barnes also had multi-hit games.
Griff Gordon and Silvani led the Jacksonville State offense as they each added a pair of hits in the game as Silvani also added an RBI and a run scored.

Game 2
Jacksonville State scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning on their way to a 5-2 win in the second game of the twin-bill at Capaha Field. The teams combined for only 11 hits in the contest that was dominated by strong starts by both starting pitchers.

Southeast's Luke Shearrow went 5.1 innings with six strikeouts allowing an earned run on four hits and six walks.

JSU starter Tony Urban went 5.2 innings allowing three hits and an earned run on three strikeouts. He also retired 17 consecutive Redhawk batters from the first inning to the sixth inning.

Neither Jacksonville or Southeast could get on the board until the sixth inning as the two teams exchanged runs In the frame.
The Gamecocks got on the board with an RBI single Eddie Mora-Loera to right field.

Southeast tied the score in the bottom of the sixth inning. Blum extended the frame with a two out double to left centerfield and later scored on a RBI single up the middle by Gibson.

Jacksonville State plated the go ahead run in the seventh inning on a sacrifice fly to left field. They followed with a three-run triple to centerfield by Mora-Loera. The Redhawks battled back with a run in the bottom of the seventh, but the Gamecocks' bullpen held Southeast as they took the contest 5-2.

Alex Winkelman (3-4) took the loss going an inning allowing three earned runs on three walks.

Officer (4-0) earned his second win of the day going two-thirds of an inning allowing a hit and an earned run.

Blum led the Redhawks going 2-for-3 with a run scored. Lennington added a run scored and a double as Gibson extended his hitting streak to six games with a single and an RBI.

More-Loera led Jacksonville State going 2-for-3 with four RBI.

The Redhawks return to action on Tuesday as they head to in-state foe Mizzou for a 6:00 p.m. start against the Tigers in the first meeting between the schools since 2006.