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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Southeast Missouri State baseball defeated in-state opponent Missouri S&T Tuesday evening at home in a 10-inning affair, 11-10. 

The Redhawks improve to 29-15 in the season while the Miners fall to 23-22. 

Southeast was down 10-3 in the fourth inning but chipped away and shut out the Miners the final six innings en route to the victory. 

The game didn't go without drama as a would-be game-ending double play in the bottom of the ninth was overturned. With the overturned call, Southeast tied the game and forced extra innings. 

Dalton Hewitt hit a bases-loaded walk-off base hit in the 10th to secure the victory for the Redhawks. 

With the win, Southeast is 4-0 on the season in extra-inning games. 

Missouri S&T jumped on Redhawk starter Jacob Lawrence for a pair of runs in the opening frame to take a 2-0 lead. 

The Redhawks immediately tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the inning with solo home runs by Jason Blum and Andy Lennington. 

The Miners scored two more runs in the top of the second on a pair of RBI singles to recapture the lead, 4-2. 

Peter Williams doubled down the right field line to score Ryan Rippee in the bottom of the inning, narrowing the Miner lead to 4-3. 

A Reed Brown home run in the top of the third put Missouri S&T out in front 5-3. 

After allowing five runs in the first three innings, Lawrence was replaced by Greg Mosel to begin the fourth inning. The Miners doubled their lead with a five spot in the frame; widening the lead to 10-3. Mosel was knocked out of the inning after only recording two outs. 

Ryan Lenaburg pitched the first scoreless inning for Southeast in the fifth frame. 

Southeast began chipping away at the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning. Garrett Gandolfo hit a two-run home run to make it 10-5. Lennington scored on a base hit by Branden Boggetto to narrow the Miner lead to four, 10-6. 

Boggetto hit two-run home run in the seventh inning to make it a two-run game, 10-8. 

Trevor Ezell scored on a sacrifice fly by Gandolfo in the eighth inning to narrow the lead to only a run, 10-9. 

Southeast found themselves with runners on the corners with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning and were down by a run. Hewitt reached base on a leadoff, infield hit. Hewitt was bunted to second by Rippee and advanced to third on an infield single by Boggetto. Pinch hitter Scott Mitchell hit into a game-ending 1-6-3 double play but the call was overruled, citing the first baseman was pulled off the bag on the play. Hewitt, the tying run, scored on the play. 

In the bottom of the 10th inning, Southeast loaded the bases with one out. Hewitt drilled a base hit to left center to plate the winning run and complete the comeback victory, 11-10. 

Southeast Missouri narrowly outhit the Miners, 16-15.

Blum led the offense, going 4-for-5 with three runs scored, including scoring the winning run, and an RBI. Boggetto had a three-hit game with three RBI while Gandolfo drove in three with two hits. Rippee also had a pair of hits with two runs scored. 

Alex Siddle (3-0) picked up the win in relief Tuesday. Siddle worked three innings of perfect baseball. He fanned three batters in the outing. Lenaburg worked three and a third innings, allowing three hits with three strikeouts. 

Missouri S&T's Tyler Johnson had three hits with two RBI and two runs Tuesday. Four other Miner hitters had two hits each in the game. 

Ryan Beardon (0-2) suffered the loss. He was responsible for the winning run in the 10th inning. In total, the Miners used nine pitchers. Starter Blake Stephens pitched the longest outing of any Miner pitcher; working two innings, allowing three runs on four hits. 

Southeast Missouri returns to action this weekend with the final home series of the season against Ohio Valley Conference rival Tennessee Tech. Friday (6:30 p.m.) and Saturday (2 p.m.) will feature the final free tailgates of the season. Friday will also be "Heroes at the Ballpark" as well as Rowdy's Kids Club Day. Sunday (1 p.m.) will be Senior Day as well as Bark In the Park. For more information on all this weekend's promotions, visit GoSoutheast.com/Promotions.