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Connor Basler
11
Winner Northern Illinois NIU 4-4
5
Southeast Missouri SEMO 2-6
Winner
Northern Illinois NIU
4-4
11
Final
5
Southeast Missouri SEMO
2-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northern Illinois NIU 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 11 14 0
Southeast Missouri SEMO 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 11 4

W: HEDMARK, Erik (2-0) L: McNeely, Bryan (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Errors Costly in 11-5 Loss to Northern Illinois

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – After blowing a nine-run lead in an extra inning loss, Northern Illinois (4-4) regrouped to clinch a series victory with an 11-5 win over Southeast Missouri (2-6) Sunday afternoon at Capaha Field.

NIU won the series, 3-1, and cashed in on a season-high four SEMO errors to score six unearned runs today.

NIU walked three times and used a pair of RBI-doubles to take an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. 

After scoring once in the first, SEMO took the lead in the bottom of the third.

Danny Wright reached on a one-out double down the left field line and stole third. Tyler Wilber followed with a base hit and Wright scored. On the next play, Justin Dirden belted a two-run home run to right field to give the Redhawks a 4-3 advantage.

Aided by two errors, NIU scored a pair of unearned runs to regain a 5-4 lead in the top of the fourth.

An inning later, the Huskies increased their lead. Another SEMO error factored into NIU's scoring as Jake Dunham touched home when Tommy Szczasny reached on an error and Kam Smith brought in Jordan Larson on a sacrifice fly to make it a 7-4 ballgame.  

Landon Hahn tripled and scored on a wild pitch to pull the Redhawks within two runs (7-5) in the bottom of the sixth, but that was as close as SEMO would get.

NIU then put the exclamation point on its fourth win of the season with four runs in the top of the ninth. With a run already in, Brady Huebbe reached on a two-out error and Smith scored. Dunham followed with a two-RBI double to center field pushing the Huskies lead to 11-5.

The Huskies outhit the Redhawks, 14-11, with five players getting multiple hits.

Erik Hedmark (2-0) got the win. Hedmark struck out one and gave up four runs on nine hits in five innings.

Paul Turelli was strong out of NIU's bullpen the rest of the way. Turelli struck out six, walked two and allowed just one run and two hits in four innings.

Bryan McNeely (0-2) suffered the loss.

Wright went 3-for-5 with a run scored and two doubles, and Dirden was 2-for-4 with two home runs, two runs scored and three RBI to lead SEMO.

In the final two games of the series, SEMO and NIU combined for 47 runs and 59 hits.

SEMO returns to action when it hosts Ohio University in a four-game series beginning Feb. 28.  

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