HAMMOND, La. – Southeast Missouri (2-2) split two games during the second day of action at the Lion Classic Saturday. The Redhawks beat Nicholls (1-2), 13-5, and dropped a close 6-5 decision to Southeastern Louisiana (2-0).
SEMO sent 13 hitters to the plate and scored 10 runs in the first inning to key its victory over Nicholls. The 10 runs were the Redhawks most in an inning since they scored 14 during the second inning of a 21-3 win over Grambling on Feb. 11, 2012.
For the second time in four games, the Redhawks knocked out an opposing starting pitcher in the first inning of play.
Jillian Anderson singled to third,
Paige Halliwill reached on an infield hit and
Kaylee Anderson walked to quickly load the bases.
Kat Sackett followed with a bases clearing double to center.
Aubrie Shore walked and Sackett scored on a single by
Chelsy Pena. J.Anderson came up for the second time and ripped a two-RBI double down the right field line. K. Anderson then knocked in two runs on single to right. Two more runs scored with the help of an error giving the Redhawks a quick 10-0 advantage.
Tatum Gerwitz scored J. Anderson when she grounded out in the third and
Kynzie Wrigley delivered a two-RBI single in the fourth inning to polish off SEMO's second shortened five-inning victory of the young season.
Freshman
Delaney Kell made her first career start in the circle. Kell struck out one, walked four and gave up four runs on four hits. K. Anderson (1-0) wound up getting the win in relief, working the final two innings with one strikeout.
Taryn Westbrook (0-1) suffered the loss. Westbrook scattered four hits, allowed seven runs, walked three and struck out one in only two-thirds of an inning.
J. Anderson paced SEMO by going 2-for-3 with three runs scored, a double and two RBI.
Southeastern Louisiana overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Redhawks for the second time.
Down, 4-0, the Lions scored twice in the second and used a three-run fourth inning to get by SEMO.
Four of SEMO's five runs came in the top of the second inning.
Wrigley smacked a two-RBI single, J. Anderson scored
Alyson Tucker on a sacrifice fly and K. Anderson singled home Wrigley on a base hit down the left field line.
Pena's two-out single made it a one-run game in the top of the seventh, but Heather Zumo got
Sydney Dennis to fly out to center.
Zumo (2-0) recorded four strikeouts and gave up one run on six hits in 5.1 innings out of the bullpen after beating SEMO in her first start Friday.
Rachel Rook (1-1) fell to her first loss after allowing five runs on eight hits in four innings. Rook struck out one and walked one, as well.
SEMO outhit the Lions, 12-11, with 12 different players getting a hit.
The Redhawks wrap up Lion Classic play with an 11 a.m., CT matchup with Nicholls Sunday.
