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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Southeast Missouri baseball team fell to .500 (6-6) on the season Saturday after dropping both games of a doubleheader to the Memphis Tigers (10-1). Memphis topped Southeast Missouri in game one, 9-5. The Redhawks rallied late in game two but came up short, 3-2. The Tigers swept the Redhawks in the three-game series.
 
"We battled hard all day long but we just didn't play our best baseball all weekend," said head coach Steve Bieser. "Memphis is a very good defensive team. We hit the ball hard and well, we just couldn't find grass. Our pitching staff had a hiccup this weekend. We know what we need to do; it's time to make things happen, we can't sit back and watch."
 
Memphis 9, Southeast Missouri 5
Memphis took a three-run lead in the bottom of the first inning. The Tigers scored on a sacrifice fly, a bases-loaded walk, and an RBI infield single.
 
Southeast took one back in the top of the second on an RBI double from Branden Boggetto to score Cole Ferguson; 3-1 going in to the bottom of the second.
 
Memphis went way out in front in the bottom of the inning, scoring four more runs. Redhawk starter Christian Hull loaded the bases with one out before being taken out of the game. Travis Hayes took the mound and walked in a run. Tucker Tubbs grounded out to the pitcher to score another run. Keaton Aldridge hit a two-RBI single to left field to make the score 7-1 after two innings.
 
Southeast posted a run in both the fourth and fifth innings to slowly chip away at the early Tiger lead. In the fourth, Boggetto scored Ferguson again for his second RBI of the day. In the fifth, Cole Bieser hit a double to left center, scoring Jason Blum; 7-3 Tigers.
 
Memphis tacked on another two runs in the sixth frame. Hayes walked the first two batters of the inning, prompting a call for Brady Wright from the bullpen. Wright allowed both of Hayes' runners to score, first on a fielder's choice, followed by a balk. Memphis led 9-3 after six innings.
 
Southeast touched home twice in the top of the seventh. Derek Gibson hit a leadoff single, advanced to second on a passed ball, and took third on a double by Andy Lack. Blum hit a sac fly to plate Gibson. Bieser hit his second RBI double of the game to push Lack across the plate and bring the score to 9-5.
 
Southeast would come no closer to Memphis as the score would stand.
 
Hull (0-1) suffered his first loss of the season. Hull pitched only 1.1 innings, giving up six runs. Hayes saw the most action in game one, pitching 3.2 innings. Wright finished the game, going 3.0 innings, giving up only three hits.
 
Tiger starter Colin Lee (1-1) earned his first victory of the season. Lee worked 6.0 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits.
 
Offensively for Southeast, Bieser and Boggetto each tallied three hits with two RBI each. Ferguson was 2-for-4 in the contest.
 
Despite being outscored, Southeast outhit Memphis 11-9.
 
Memphis 3, Southeast Missouri 2
After combining for 14 runs in game one, game two told a different story as both teams combined for only five runs in the nightcap.
 
The game remained scoreless through the fourth inning.
 
Southeast took a 2-0 lead in the fifth inning. Boggetto drew a leadoff walk to begin the inning. Matt Tellor singled to right center to move Boggetto to third. Gibson hit a sac fly to score Boggetto and give Southeast the lead. Scott Mitchell also singled to right center, putting Tellor on third. With a squeeze play on, Blum bunted Tellor in, putting the Redhawks up 2-0.
 
Memphis got a run back in the sixth inning as Darien Tubbs hit a one-out triple to left, then scored on a groundout to short.
 
The Tigers took the lead in the seventh inning. With two out and a runner on first, relief pitcher Alex Siddle gave up a single to put another runner on. Both runners advanced on a wild pitch. With runners in scoring position, T. Tubbs singled up the middle, scoring both runners, but was thrown out at second for the third out of the inning. Memphis led 3-2 after seven innings.
 
Down only a run in the ninth inning, the Redhawks weren't going down without a fight. Dalton Hewitt hit a leadoff single up the middle and was pinch ran for by John Logan Zink. Boggetto flied out followed by a line out by Tellor. With two out and the tying run on first, Gibson doubled down the left field line but Zink was held at third. Mitchell lined out to the first baseman to end the game.
 
Once again, Southeast outhit Memphis, 9-7, for the second time in the doubleheader. Gibson was a perfect 3-for-3 in the nightcap with an RBI. Tellor and Mitchell each had two hits apiece.
 
Siddle (0-1) suffered the loss after giving up the go-ahead run in the seventh. Siddle pitched an inning for Southeast. Ryan Lenaburg was stellar in 6.1 innings of work in his third start of the season. Lenaburg gave up two runs on four hits while striking out four batters.
 
D. Tubbs was the only Tiger to record multiple hits after going 3-for-4 with a run scored.
 
Tiger reliever Nolan Blackwood (2-0) picked up the win while Bryce Beeler earned his fifth save of the season.
 
Weather permitting, Southeast will host Arkansas-Pine Bluff in a two-game midweek series, Tuesday and Wednesday. Ohio Valley Conference play will begin Friday when the Belmont Bruins come to Cape for a three-game series.