CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – After suspending its series finale with Tennessee Tech (32-14, 18-3) on Saturday, Southeast Missouri baseball (22-20, 12-12) resumed the contest Sunday afternoon and held its lead to defeat the Golden Eagles, 11-9.
 
The Redhawks outhit TTU 17-14 in the game. Chris Osborne, Tristen Gagan, and Chris Caffrey all had three hits in the game. Caffrey drove in three runs while Gagan had two RBI.
 
Neither team's starter made it past the first inning. Ryan Losman pitched the first inning but allowed three runs on three hits. He was relieved by Nate Green to begin the second. Green pitched four innings on Saturday but did not pitch into Sunday.
 
Daniel Bergtholdt (1-0) entered to pitch in the top of the sixth to resume the game. He became the pitcher of record when SEMO took the lead in the bottom of the inning. He worked one and two-thirds innings, allowing two runs on three hits.
 
Joey Burris recorded his second save of the season when he came in and retired the final two batters of the game in the ninth inning.  
 
TTU starter Ty King exited with two out in the first after allowing two runs on three hits. Devin Lancaster pitched three and a third innings to relieve King but did not come out to resume the game Sunday. Nick Osborne (2-2) took the mound Sunday and surrendered four runs to Southeast to record the loss.
 
Tennessee Tech jumped out to a quick lead in the first inning with a two-run home run by Kevin Strohschein and a solo home run by Chase Chambers, 3-0 TTU.
 
Dan Holst led off the bottom of the inning with a leadoff home run to put SEMO on the board. Osborne followed with a double then scored on a Caffrey double to pull within one run, 3-2 in the first.
 
Trevor Putzig homered down the left field line in the top of the third to widen the lead to 4-2.
 
The Redhawks plated a trio of runs in the bottom of the third on six-consecutive hits in the frame. Danny Wright tied the game with a two-out single to right then Josh Haggerty plated the go-ahead run with a single up the middle, scoring Caffrey, 5-4 Redhawks.
 
Gagan led off the bottom of the fifth inning with a double laced to left center. The game was then sent into a lightning delay at approximately 5:50 p.m. Saturday evening and was eventually suspended.
 
 The finale was resumed Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m.
 
Chambers led off the top of the sixth with solo shot to tie the game at five all.
 
Southeast retook the lead in the bottom of the inning with a four spot. Kyle Bottger and Holst led off the frame with a pair of free bases then moved into scoring position on a groundout by Osborne. Bottger scored to break the tie on a Brian Lees infield single. Gagan singled off N. Osborne and up the middle to plate Holst. Chase Burkett entered and uncorked a wild pitch to move both runners into scoring position. Caffrey then shot a double just fair down the left field line to plate both runs and make it 9-5 in the Redhawks' favor.
 
Putzig scored on a wild pitch in the top of the seventh to cut into the lead, 9-6.
 
Osborne used an RBI single through the six hole to plate Basler and get the run back in the bottom of the inning, 10-6.
 
A squeeze bunt by Basler in the bottom of the eighth scored Wright to tack on an insurance run for the Redhawks, 11-6.
 
The Golden Eagles weren't going to go quietly in the ninth. Alex Junior led off with a single then scored from first on a double to left by Putzig. Ryan Flick then hit a two-run home run to right center to pull within two, 11-9. Burris then entered to fan Chambers and get Chris Brown to ground out to second to close the game.
 
Putzig finished the game 5-for-5 with two RBI, two doubles, and a home run for TTU while scoring four times.
 
Southeast Missouri will embark on a seven-game road stretch, its longest of the season, beginning Tuesday at Saint Louis University. The Redhawks will look to go 4-0 against Missouri teams this season. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.