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MARTIN, Tenn. – Southeast Missouri baseball put on an offensive show in game one of their three-game Ohio Valley Conference series with UT Martin (3-20, 2-8 OVC) as the Redhawks shutout the Skyhawks 13-0 Friday. Southeast hit three home runs in the contest. The Redhawks improve to 15-10, 8-2 in OVC play.
 
"We faced a good pitcher today and I am happy with the quality at bats we put together against him," said Steve Bieser. "Dalton [Hewitt] got in to a pitch he liked and really set the tone for us when he hit his home run in the third. Tyler [Iago] was on tonight; and when he is on, he throws a lot of strikes. When he got in a situation, he knuckled down and battled hard."
 
Dalton Hewitt put the Redhawks on the board in the third inning with his first collegiate home run. He drove the ball to right center field. With Cole Bieser on second, Matt Tellor hit a double to right, scoring Bieser. Derek Gibson knocked the Redhawks' second home run of the inning over the left center wall to put Southeast ahead 4-0.
 
Southeast went way out in front with a six-spot in the sixth inning. All with one out, Andy Lack started the scoring with an RBI single to right to score Scott Mitchell. The second run of the inning came on a delayed double steal as Lack took second and Hewitt swiped home. Lack scored on a single from Jason Blum, who took second on the throw back to the infield. UT Martin then went to their bullpen to pull starter Taylor Cox. Without throwing a single pitch, Blum fooled the new pitcher, forcing Chris Flores to throw the ball in to foul territory on a failed pickoff attempt and allowing Blum to score. With bases empty and still one out, BIeser singled and Tellor was hit by a pitch. Gibson doubled down the right field line to score Bieser. With Tellor on third, Andy Lennington hit a sacrifice fly to allow Tellor to tag and score. Southeast was way out in front 10-0 going to the bottom of the sixth.
 
With two out and Lack and Blum on base in the seventh inning, Tellor drove a ball way out of the park to put the Redhawks ahead 13-0.
 
In total, five bench players saw a good amount of time in the game.
 
Southeast outhit the Skyhawks 14-8 in the shutout.
 
Bieser led the team in hits Friday with a 3-for-6 performance and two runs scored. Tellor, Gibson, and Hewitt, each had two hits in the contest, all with a home run. Tellor finished with four RBI and Gibson had three of his own. Lack was 1-for-2 with two runs scored, an RBI and three walks.
 
Tyler Iago (4-1) was superb in seven complete scoreless innings. Iago gave up seven hits, struck out 10 batters, and walked none. Garret Stockton and Perry Middleton each pitched an inning in relief.
 
Leadoff hitter Drew Erie was 3-for-4 Friday for UT Martin to lead the Skyhawk offense.
 
Cox (0-6) recorded the loss. Cox was credited with eight runs on 10 hits. Three relief pitchers were used out of the Skyhawk bullpen in the game.
 
Game two of the series will be at 3 p.m. Saturday from Martin, Tenn. Listen in on ESPN 92.9 FM.