CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.– Southeast Missouri (8-3) sweeps Purdue-Fort Wayne (4-6) with 10-1 and 14-1 wins over the Mastadons in the double-header Saturday at Capaha Field. The Redhawks outscored the Mastadons 36-6 on the weekend and notched the second weekend sweep of the 2019 season.
In the double-header, the finale game of the season was called short as Southeast ended the game with a 10-run travel day call at the conclusion of the top of the seventh.
The Redhawks outscored the Mastadons 24-2, allowing just one run in each of the games. SEMO allowed just eight hits in the combined games.
The Mastadons went three up, three down six times in 16 innings of play. SEMO struck out 10 batters and walked seven. IPFW struck out eight batters on the day.
Southeast was walked a total of 21 times on the day, with
Connor Basler leading the Redhawks with six walks.
In game one,
Noah Niznik recorded a career-high seven strikeouts and allowed just one walk and no runs in six innings of work.
Southeast scored the first runs in the bottom of the third inning, with two runs on one hit. Basler was walked to start the inning, only to score on an error by the second baseman.
Freshman
Andrew Keck went 3-for-4 in the first game with three RBI. Keck had three base hits, and a base clearing double.
SEMO had 13 batters in the bottom of the sixth, when the Redhawks recorded seven runs on three hits. The inning started with back-to-back walks for
Devon Wilson and Basler.
The lone run in the first game came in the top of the ninth when a base hit scored a pinch hitter who was hit by the pitch.
In game two, the Redhawks came out and scored in the bottom of the first inning. Basler recorded his lone hit in the game to start the second game. He would score on a base hit up the middle by
Tyler Wilber.
Basler would score three times in the second game, with three walks.
Purdue-Fort Wayne scored a run in the top of the third after a walk worked his way around the bases.
The Redhawks pushed across 12 runs in four innings of play, starting with four runs int he third and fourth and wrapping up with three runs in the fifth.
Daniel Bergtholdt allowed one run and three hits in five innings of work.
Logan Winder would finish the job at Capaha Field and go two innings with no hits and no runs.
Austin Blazevic went 3-for-4 in the series finale with three RBI and scored four runs. Blazevic had two base hits, a double and reached on a fielder's choice.
SEMO would bat through the lineup for the second time of the day in the bottom of the fourth. Southeast would record four runs on two hits with two of the first batters reaching base on balls.
The finale game of the series would be called at the middle of the seventh inning.
The Redhawks will host in-state foe Saint Louis and rival Southern Illinois in midweek match-ups.
