NASHVILLE, Tenn. –
Darby Pruett had a two-run home run and
Madeline Krumrey pitched another strong complete game to lead Southeast Missouri (22-25, 7-12) to a 5-1 win over Belmont (30-20, 6-12) Sunday.
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Game one of the doubleheader was shortened to six innings due to rain and lightning. Game two was then postponed until 4 p.m., CT, Monday.
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Pruett smashed her home run to help lift SEMO to an early 3-0 lead in the top of the second inning. Her fourth home run of the season sailed over the left field wall with one out.
Sarah Messex's two-out single scored
Claudia Gallo for the other run.
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The Redhawks added to their lead in the fourth inning when Pruett led off with a single, went to third on a double by
Ashley Ellis and touched home after Gallo flied out to left in foul territory. A two-out sacrifice fly by Messex allowed pinch-runner
Nicole Deering to score putting SEMO ahead, 5-0.
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Belmont scored its only run with the help of two errors in the bottom of the fifth.
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Madeline Krumrey (13-8) pitched another strong game for the Redhawks. Krumrey threw five scoreless innings and did not allow an earned run. She also struck out seven and walked one. Krumrey, who tossed her 10
th complete game, tied her own career-high for wins in a season.
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Pruett went 2-for-3 with a homer, two runs scored and two RBIs to lead SEMO. Gallo also finished with two hits, a run scored and one RBI. In addition,
Rachel Anderson had a hit and, as a result, extended her hitting streak to seven games.
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SEMO, which is on a three-game winning streak after heating up to win five of its last six, is back in the race for an Ohio Valley Conference Tournament berth.
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