Southeast Missouri (5-13, 2-1 OVC) at UT Martin (4-12, 1-2 OVC)
 
Dates: Friday-Sunday, March 16-18, 2018
Series Schedule: Fri. - 3 p.m.; Sat. - 3 p.m.; Sun. - 1 p.m
Site: Martin, Tenn.
Facility: Skyhawk Field (500)
Series: SEMO leads, 76-22-1
Last Meeting: SEMO 13, UTM 4 (Mar. 19, 2017 / Martin, Tenn.)
Head Coaches: Andy Sawyers (121-66 overall; 34-39 at SEMO; 18-15 OVC). Ryan Jenkins (4-12 overall; 4-12 at UTM).

Southeast Missouri Probable Starting Pitchers
Friday - Logan Spalt, RHP
Saturday - Christian Vick, RHP
Sunday - TBA

Media Coverage
Radio: ESPN 92.9 FM (Erik Sean)
Live Stats: UTMSports.com
Southeast Missouri Notes

Redhawks Hit the Road
Southeast Missouri (5-13, 2-1) returns to Ohio Valley Conference action when it travels to UT Martin (4-12, 1-2) for a three-game series this weekend. First pitch of the series is 3 p.m., CT, Friday.

Follow the Redhawks
Fans can listen to this weekend's games on the radio at ESPN 92.9 FM. Erik Sean will call the action. Live stats are available at UTMSports.com. Twitter updates provided @SEMObaseball.

Series History
Southeast leads its all-time series against UT Martin by a count of 76-22-1. The Redhawks have won 17-straight games against the Skyhawks. Southeast is also 22-1 in its last 23 meetings with UTM.

Strong OVC Start
The Redhawks opened Ohio Valley Conference play with a 2-1 series win over Morehead State (Mar. 9-10) in Cape Girardeau. Southeast claimed its 17th series victory all-time during the opening weekend of league action. It was the 16th time the Redhawks posted a series win against the Eagles since the teams first starting playing in 1992.

OVC Openers
Head Coach Andy Sawyers picked up his first career win in an Ohio Valley Conference opener when Southeast beat Morehead State, 5-4, on Mar. 9. The Redhawks improved to 16-11 all-time in OVC openers. Southeast has now recorded a win in four of its last six games to open the league campaign. 

Back-to-Back Wins
Southeast won back-to-back games for the first time this season when it took games one and two en route to its first series victory over Morehead State (Mar. 9-10). The Redhawks edged the Eagles, 5-4, and upended MSU, 10-3, in those contests. It was the second time in three years where Southeast won a series against the Eagles, who were picked second in the 2018 Ohio Valley Conference Preseason Poll. 

Looking for First Road Win
Southeast is 0-7 on the road this season. The Redhawks and Belmont (0-1) are the only two teams in the Ohio Valley Conference without a road win this year.

Urhahn Delivers
Left fielder Chase Urhahn went 4-for-4 with a double, scored the tying run and had a walk to lead Southeast to its series-opening 5-4 win over Morehead State (Mar. 9). Urhahn's four hits marked a season-high as he became the second Redhawk to finish with four hits in a game this season. He hit .429 with six hits in 14 at-bats in the series. He also scored five runs, added a double and stole a base. 

Vega Wins!
Reliever Carlos Vega tossed two perfect innings to beat Morehead State (Mar. 9). Vega retired six-straight hitters on two fly ball outs, three groundball outs and a strikeout. He has not allowed a run in his last seven innings out of the bullpen and owns three of Southeast's five victories this season.

Big Inning
The Redhawks erupted for seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning en route to a 10-3 series clinching win over Morehead State (Mar. 10). Southeast had six two-out hits to fuel the rally. The seven runs were the Redhawks most in any inning of baseball this year.

Nielsen Homers  
Third baseman Alex Nielsen became the fifth different Southeast player to hit a home run this season. Nielsen smacked a two-run home run as part of the Redhawks seven-run fifth inning against Morehead State (Mar. 10). It was Southeast's 10th home run of the season. 

New Season-High
The Redhawks established a new season high with 14 hits in their 10-3 victory over Morehead State (Mar. 10). Trevor Ezell (4), Peyton Faulkner (2), Tristen Gagan (3) and Justin Dirden (2) combined for 11 of those hits. It marked Southeast's sixth double-digit hit game this year.