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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Southeast Missouri baseball team dropped an 11-inning contest to the Morehead State (10-11, 3-4 OVC) Eagles Friday evening, 9-8. The Redhawks are no longer perfect in Ohio Valley Conference play as they fall to 13-8 overall, 6-1 in league play.
 
This was Southeast's first extra inning game of the 2014 season.
 
"We have a group that is resilient and they just never give up as they continued to battle the whole game," said head coach Steve Bieser. "We ran in to a pretty good pitcher in the late innings but I have to give our guys credit as they never gave up tonight. Honestly, Morehead had a little bit better of a team tonight." 
 
Southeast touched home first as Derek Gibson went yard to right field in the second inning. Gibson extended his hitting streak to 14 games and his on base streak to 17 games.
 
With runners on second and third and Cole Bieser at the plate, Bieser hit a high, fly ball to center that the center fielder made a tumbling catch on. Both runners (Branden Boggetto, Nolan Fisher) scored on the play to extend the lead to 3-0 in the third inning.
 
Chris Robinson put Morehead on the board with a two-run long ball to left in the top of the fourth inning.
 
Matt Tellor answered with a home run of his own in the bottom of the inning; 4-2 Redhawks after four innings.
 
Morehead scored the go-ahead run in the sixth inning. Starter Tyler Iago loaded the bases then was replaced by Christian Hull with no out. The Eagles used two bases-loaded singles to tie the game. The go-ahead run scored on a double play to go up 5-4.
 
Morehead added to the lead the following inning with a two-RBI triple from Tyler Bigler; 7-4 Eagles after the top of the seventh.
 
Southeast brought the game within one in the bottom of the inning. With Jason Blum and Clayton Evans on second and third, respectively, and Gibson at the plate, the shortstop botched the throw on a routine groundout, allowing both runs to score and Gibson to reach. 7-6 after eight.
 
The Redhawks tied the game in the eighth with an RBI single from Boggetto to score John Logan Zink, a pinch runner.
 
Morehead then scored one run in the top of the ninth on an RBI groundout.
 
Down 8-7 in the bottom of the ninth, the Redhawks rallied to tie the game. Blum hit a leadoff single to get speed on the bases then advanced to second on a sac bunt from Bieser. With Dalton Hewitt on first and Blum on third, Gibson knocked Blum in to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth. Southeast had a chance to walk-off but failed to come through.
 
Morehead drove in the winning run in the top of the eleventh on a bases-loaded walk, 9-8.
 
Morehead outhit Southeast 16-13.
 
Hewitt contributed a team-leading three hits. Four other Redhawks each had two hits. Bieser and Gibson both had two RBI in the contest.
 
Robinson was 5-for-6 with two RBI and three runs scored. Ryan Kent was 4-for-6 with an RBI.
 
Greg Mosel (1-1) recorded the loss after the winning-run was charged to him in the eleventh.
 
Morehead closer, Craig Pearcy (3-1) got the win for the Eagles. Pearcy pitched four innings, giving up only one run on four hits.
 
Southeast looks to bounce back Saturday at 2 p.m.