CONWAY, Ark. – The Southeast Missouri baseball team (10-8) fell to Central Arkansas (9-13) on Wednesday, 5-4, on a walk-off walk in the bottom of the 12^th inning.
 
Southeast trailed 4-3 going to the ninth but tied it in the inning to force extra innings.
 
The Redhawks well outhit the Bears 11-5 in the contest. Chris Osborne tied a career high recording four hits, finishing 4-for-6 with an RBI. Danny Wright finishing with two and scored twice while Clayton Evans had a pair of hits and two RBI. 
 
Redhawk starter Nate Green worked four innings in his third start of the season. He allowed three runs, only one earned. He struck out one, walked two, and hit three Bears.
 
SEMO used a total of six pitchers in the game. The Redhawk bullpen was solid on Wednesday. Jared Waldhoff, the second out of the pen, pitched a career-long one and two-thirds innings of perfect baseball. Carlos Vega worked three scoreless innings, allowed just one hit, and fanned five. Matthew Wade (2-1) was tabbed with the loss after allowing the winning run in the 12^th.
 
Between the fifth and 11^th innings, Redhawk pitchers retired 20 of 21 Bear batters.
 
UCA starter Cody Davenport pitched three innings, allowed one run on four hits. Mark Moyer (1-1) pitched the final six innings of the game. He allowed just four hits, allowed the tying run in the ninth, and fanned three Redhawks.
 
Kylar Robertson led off the top of the second inning with a base on balls then picked up his third stolen base of the season to move into scoring position. He moved to third on a groundout then trotted home on a base hit lined into center by Connor Basler to take a 1-0 lead.
 
The Bears began the top of the third inning getting runners on the corners with no out. A shallow popup to left resulted in a collision between Evans and Basler. Basler made the catch but fell on the play, allowing Jansen McCurdy to tag up and tie the game, 1-1.
 
Southeast got the run back and then one in the top of the fourth inning. With Wright on second and two out, Evans lined a single up the middle to plate Wright and break the tie. Evans, who moved into scoring position on the throw home, scored on a base hit off the bat of Osborne to make it 3-1 in the Redhawks' favor.
 
The Redhawks' two-run lead was erased due to a pair of crucial errors in the bottom of the fifth. The Bears began the inning getting the first two runners on, prompting Southeast to make a call to the pen for Adam Pennington. Rego Aguilar laid down a sac bunt picked up by Pennington whose throw to first was wild, allowing a run to score. Still with runners on the corners, Kyle Bottger's throw home on a fielder's choice was low and in the turf, allowing the tying run to score. Eddie Sanchez laid down a squeeze bunt to plate the go-ahead run, 4-3 Bears. Jared Waldhoff entered and retired both batters he faced to get out of the inning.
 
After only having one hit in between the fifth and eight innings, the Redhawk offense woke up to make it a new ball game when it mattered most. Wright led off the frame with a base hit to left and was moved into scoring position by Basler. Wright came around to score on a bounding base hit up the middle by Evans, knotting the game up at 4-4. Osborne also recorded his fourth hit of the game in the inning.
 
Vega retired the Bears in order in the bottom of the ninth to send the game into extra innings for the first time this season.
 
Both teams cruised through to the bottom of the 12^th inning. The inning began with Wade hitting the leadoff batter followed by two walks to load the bases. Wade was replaced by Chase Hagerty, who inherited bases loaded, one out, and a 2-0 count. William Hancock drew the bases-loaded walk to secure the 5-4 victory for Central Arkansas.
 
The Bears' five hits were contributed to by five separate players. Hancock recorded a pair of RBI in the game.
 
Southeast Missouri will be back in Ohio Valley Conference action this weekend at SIUE. First pitch of the series opener is set for 6 p.m. from Edwardsville, Illinois.