ST. LOUIS – Saint Louis University's Trent Leimkuehler hit a walk-off two-run double in the bottom of the ninth inning to down Southeast Missouri (22-21) Tuesday evening, 6-5.
 
The contest was close throughout as the lead changed three times. The Redhawks will fall short of going undefeated against Missouri teams in 2017, finishing 3-1.
 
Southeast was outhit 13-8. Freshmen Danny Wright and Connor Basler combined for half of SEMO's total hits, each finishing with two. Chris Osborne drove in a pair of runs.
 
In his second Redhawk start, Chase Hagerty worked three and two-thirds innings. He was responsible for one run, four hits, struck out three, and walked two.
 
Hagerty was the first of seven Redhawk pitchers used in the game. Jared Waldhoff pitched the most of any reliever at one and two-thirds innings. Robert Beltran (1-4) suffered the loss after allowing the winning runs to reach in the ninth.
 
Aaron Patton worked four innings of one-run baseball in his start for SLU. He gave up three hits, struck out three, and walked none. SLU used five pitchers out of the pen Tuesday. Charlie Sheehan (1-0) earned his first collegiate victory as he was the pitcher of record in the ninth.
 
Osborne moved into a tie for the team lead with his ninth home run in the top of the fourth to put SEMO on top, 1-0.
 
Nick Reeser led off the bottom of the inning with a single into left. A pair of passed balls off Brian Lees and a wild pitch by Hagerty allowed Reeser to score and tie the game. SLU proceeded to put runners on the corners but Ryan Losman entered to fan the final out and preserve the tie, 1-1.
 
The Billikens plated a trio of runs in the bottom of the fifth to take its first lead of the game. A one-out walk and back-to-back base hits loaded the bases for SLU. Carter Hanford flew out to the warning track in left center for a sacrifice fly, putting SLU on top, 2-1. The other two runners tagged on the sac fly the immediately scored on a single to right center by Jake Garella, widening the new lead to 4-1.
 
Southeast loaded the bases with no out in the top of the sixth. Lees grounded into a double play to push in a run and cut the lead to 4-2. In the inning, Dan Holst drew a walk to extend his on-base streak to 31 games.
 
The Redhawks plated three runs in the top of the seventh to recapture the lead. A one-out hit batsman and two base hits loaded the bases for the Redhawks. Back-to-back bases-loaded walks to Kyle Bottger and Holst tied the game at four runs apiece. Osborne grounded out to second for only the second out, allowing Basler to cross the plate and put SEMO back on top, 5-4.
 
Back-to-back base hits off Beltran opened the bottom of the ninth. Both runners were bunted into scoring position. Joey Burris entered and allowed the winning two-run double to Leimkuehler, 6-5 SLU.
 
Leimkuehler finished the evening with three hits in five at bats. Reeser, Hanford, and Garella all had two hits for the Billikens.
 
Southeast will step out of Ohio Valley Conference action this weekend to play its bye week at Western Michigan in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The series will open up at 2 p.m., CT, Friday afternoon.