Thursday, March 24
Martin, Tenn.
6PM
Southeast Missouri State University
15-8, 7-0
19
at
6
UT Martin
7-15, 2-5
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Missouri | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 1 |
| UT Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
Photo by: Wayne McPherson
3/24/2016 10:48:00 PM | Baseball
MARTIN, Tenn. – For only the second time in program history, the Southeast Missouri baseball team is 7-0 in Ohio Valley Conference play. The Redhawks' (15-8) fifth-straight win came Thursday evening over UT Martin (7-15, 2-5 OVC), 19-6.
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Every Redhawk in the starting lineup recorded a hit Thursday while seven drove in runs. Brian Lees was 3-for-5, drove in four runs, scored two, and drew a walk.
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Joey Lucchesi (5-1) picked up his league-leading fifth victory in the start. Lucchesi pitched five and two-thirds innings. He allowed three runs on seven hits. Lucchesi struck out eight hitters and walked four.
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Jacob Lawrence earned a three-inning save after working three and a third innings out of the pen. Lawrence allowed three runs on four hits and fanned six hitters, including striking out the side in the ninth inning.
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Dan Holst jumpstarted the second inning with a double to right field. With Holst on third and Chris Caffrey on second, Brian Lees singled over the third baseman's head to plate both runners on take a 2-0 lead on the Skyhawks. Chris Osborne immediately followed with a two-run home run, his third home run of the season, to inflate the early lead to 4-0.
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The Skyhawks got one run back in the bottom of the inning. A sacrifice fly to right by Nick Proto plated Matt Hirsch to narrow the Redhawk lead to 4-1.
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A walk, a single, and another walk loaded the bases with no out in the top of the third for the Redhawks. Ryan Rippee plated two runs with a base hit to right center. Back-to-back RBI singles by Lees and Osborne widened the lead to 8-1. A run scored on a groundout by Trevor Ezell followed by a run that scored on a two-out error. The Redhawks sent 10 men to the plate in the inning. Southeast led the Skyhawks 10-1 after two and a half innings.Â
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Josh Hauser singled to center to plate Mike Murphy in the bottom of the fourth. After four innings, Southeast led 10-2.
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Murphy began the bottom of the sixth inning with a triple to center. He scored on a groundout by Andrew Castillo, 10-3 Redhawks.
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The Redhawks opened a 10-run lead in the top of the fifth inning. Garrett Gandolfo's one-out hit was the first Redhawk hit since the fifth inning. Gandolfo scored all the way from first on a single to center by Branden Boggetto. Boggetto, who took second on an error by the centerfielder on the play, moved up to third on a wild pitch then scored on a wild pitch. Rippee drew a two-out walk then was driven home on a double to right center by Caffrey, inflating the lead to 13-3.
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The Skyhawks plated three runs off Jacob Lawrence in the bottom of the eighth inning to make a dent in the Redhawk lead, 13-6, heading to the ninth.
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Southeast recorded its second six-run inning in the ninth. Back-to-back two-out bases-loaded walks to Holst and Rippee plated a pair of runs. Caffrey drove in a pair of runs on a single to center. A wild pitch scored Rippee. Lees picked up his fourth RBI of the night on a base hit to center, widening the lead to 19-6, a new season-high for the Redhawks.
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Boggetto, Caffrey, and Osborne all had two hits in the game while Rippee, Caffrey, and Osborne all had three RBI.
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Murphy led the way for the Skyhawks with four hits and scored three runs.
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UT Martin used seven total pitchers in the game. Starter Alan Rickman (0-1) was pegged with the loss.
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The Redhawks and Skyhawks will play game two Friday evening at 6 p.m.Â
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Every Redhawk in the starting lineup recorded a hit Thursday while seven drove in runs. Brian Lees was 3-for-5, drove in four runs, scored two, and drew a walk.
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Joey Lucchesi (5-1) picked up his league-leading fifth victory in the start. Lucchesi pitched five and two-thirds innings. He allowed three runs on seven hits. Lucchesi struck out eight hitters and walked four.
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Jacob Lawrence earned a three-inning save after working three and a third innings out of the pen. Lawrence allowed three runs on four hits and fanned six hitters, including striking out the side in the ninth inning.
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Dan Holst jumpstarted the second inning with a double to right field. With Holst on third and Chris Caffrey on second, Brian Lees singled over the third baseman's head to plate both runners on take a 2-0 lead on the Skyhawks. Chris Osborne immediately followed with a two-run home run, his third home run of the season, to inflate the early lead to 4-0.
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The Skyhawks got one run back in the bottom of the inning. A sacrifice fly to right by Nick Proto plated Matt Hirsch to narrow the Redhawk lead to 4-1.
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A walk, a single, and another walk loaded the bases with no out in the top of the third for the Redhawks. Ryan Rippee plated two runs with a base hit to right center. Back-to-back RBI singles by Lees and Osborne widened the lead to 8-1. A run scored on a groundout by Trevor Ezell followed by a run that scored on a two-out error. The Redhawks sent 10 men to the plate in the inning. Southeast led the Skyhawks 10-1 after two and a half innings.Â
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Josh Hauser singled to center to plate Mike Murphy in the bottom of the fourth. After four innings, Southeast led 10-2.
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Murphy began the bottom of the sixth inning with a triple to center. He scored on a groundout by Andrew Castillo, 10-3 Redhawks.
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The Redhawks opened a 10-run lead in the top of the fifth inning. Garrett Gandolfo's one-out hit was the first Redhawk hit since the fifth inning. Gandolfo scored all the way from first on a single to center by Branden Boggetto. Boggetto, who took second on an error by the centerfielder on the play, moved up to third on a wild pitch then scored on a wild pitch. Rippee drew a two-out walk then was driven home on a double to right center by Caffrey, inflating the lead to 13-3.
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The Skyhawks plated three runs off Jacob Lawrence in the bottom of the eighth inning to make a dent in the Redhawk lead, 13-6, heading to the ninth.
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Southeast recorded its second six-run inning in the ninth. Back-to-back two-out bases-loaded walks to Holst and Rippee plated a pair of runs. Caffrey drove in a pair of runs on a single to center. A wild pitch scored Rippee. Lees picked up his fourth RBI of the night on a base hit to center, widening the lead to 19-6, a new season-high for the Redhawks.
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Boggetto, Caffrey, and Osborne all had two hits in the game while Rippee, Caffrey, and Osborne all had three RBI.
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Murphy led the way for the Skyhawks with four hits and scored three runs.
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UT Martin used seven total pitchers in the game. Starter Alan Rickman (0-1) was pegged with the loss.
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The Redhawks and Skyhawks will play game two Friday evening at 6 p.m.Â
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Pitching:
W: Lucchesi, Joey (5-1)
L: RICKMAN, Alan (0-1)
S: Lawrence, Jacob (1)
Batting:
2B: Gandolfo, Garrett 1 ; Holst, Dan 1 ; Caffrey, Chris 1
HR: Osborne, Chris 1
RBI: Ezell, Trevor 1 ; Boggetto, Branden 1 ; Holst, Dan 1 ; Rippee, Ryan 3 ; Caffrey, Chris 3 ; Lees, Brian 4 ; Osborne, Chris 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Leeper, Hunter 1 ; Gandolfo, Garrett 3 ; Boggetto, Branden 3 ; Holst, Dan 3 ; Rippee, Ryan 3 ; Caffrey, Chris 2 ; Lees, Brian 2 ; Osborne, Chris 2
SB: Boggetto, Branden 1 ; Holst, Dan 1
HBP: Leeper, Hunter 1
Batting:
2B: HIRSCH, Matt 1
3B: MURPHY, Mike 1
RBI: JOHNSON, Fletcher 1 ; PRIBBLE, Nick 2 ; CASTILLO, Andrew 1 ; PROTO, Nick 1 ; HAUSER, Josh 1
SF: PROTO, Nick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: HIRSCH, Matt 1 ; MURPHY, Mike 3 ; CASTILLO, Andrew 1 ; HAUSER, Josh 1
PO: JOHNSON, Fletcher 1
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
2
H
3
RBI
4
AB
5
R
3
H
2
RBI
1
AB
5
R
2
H
2
RBI
3
AB
6
R
2
H
2
RBI
3
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