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JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – Travis Hayes was stupendous on the mound Saturday as he pitched a complete game shutout for the Redhawks at Jacksonville State. Southeast defeated Jacksonville (22-19, 11-9 OVC) 1-0 in a game where offense was near impossible to come by on both sides. Southeast improves to 29-13, 19-4 in Ohio Valley Conference play. This is the Redhawks' seventh OVC series win this season.
 
"It was an outstanding performance from Travis today," said head coach Steve Bieser. "You have to give him credit because he went through the heart of the order in the ninth inning in the 110-pitch range and he locked in and made quality pitches to close the game. Jacksonville also pitched the ball well today, they just made a couple mistakes that we were able to score on just once. We had a few opportunities with runners in scoring position but we just couldn't drive them in. We should've had four runs today."
 
For the 11^th-consecutive game, the Redhawks scored first, and in Saturday's case, were the only team to score. With one out in the fourth, Matt Tellor singled for the first Redhawk base runner since the first inning. Derek Gibson nearly beheaded the pitcher when he singled right up the middle. Tellor took third on a wild pitch. The Redhawks, who lead the nation in sacrifice flies, scored the only run of the game on an Andy Lennington sac fly to center, scoring Tellor, and taking a 1-0 lead.
 
This would be the only scoring for either team in a game that lasted only two hours and ten minutes.
 
Hayes (6-1) allowed only three hits, all of which were singles. In fact, neither team had an extra base hit in the contest. Hayes fanned six batters on 120 pitches, a season-high in pitch count. Hayes only allowed one base on balls Saturday. This is Hayes' second complete game of the season.
 
Gibson led the offense as he went 2-for-4. Gibson now has 200 hits in his career, good enough to tie him for 10^th all-time on the career hits list in the Southeast record book. Jason Blum, Cole Bieser, and Tellor all added a hit each.
 
JSU starter Zachary Fowler (4-5) worked seven innings on the mound. Fowler also looked sharp except for allowing the Redhawks' sac fly in the fourth. He allowed only three hits, fanning four batters, and walking two. Bradley Raulston saw two innings in relief, allowing only two hits.
 
For the Gamecock offense, Eddie Mora-Loera was 2-for-4 while Paschal Pretrongolo was the only other JSU batter to have a hit.
 
The Redhawks go for the sweep of the Gamecocks behind Ryan Lenaburg Sunday at 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast on SEMO ESPN 1220 AM.