CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Peyton Leeper and Tyler Wilber each hit three home runs and Leeper delivered the game-winning two-run blast in the nightcap to lead Southeast Missouri (13-1) to a 16-6, 10-8, doubleheader sweep of Valparaiso (5-6) Sunday at Capaha Field.
 
SEMO polished off its third series sweep of the season, extended its winning streak to 11 games and improved to a perfect 10-0 at home. The Redhawks are on their longest winning streak since it won 11-straight (Mar. 18-Apr. 5) during the 2016 campaign.
 
The Redhawks closed out their fourth series victory of the season by scoring 26 runs on 30 hits in the twin bill. For the series, SEMO hit 10 home runs, its most in series in 2022.
 
SEMO scored the final 13 runs of the game en route to a ferocious come-from-behind game one win. A six-run fourth inning jumpstarted the comeback and the Redhawks never looked back.
 
Trailing, 6-3, SEMO sent 10 hitters to the plate and hit three home runs on the way to getting its first lead.
 
Ben Palmer and Jevon Mason each walked with one out and Leeper slammed a three-run home run. On the next play, Wilber greeted VALPO reliever Grant Jablonski with a solo shot to right. Two hitters later, Lincoln Andrews launched a home run to right. A RBI-single by Joel Vaske finished off the big inning which put SEMO ahead, 9-6. Leeper homered in his third-straight game and second time in the series. 
 
SEMO extended its lead with two more runs in the fifth, another in the sixth and four more in the eighth. 
 
Wilber and Andrews each had two-out RBI-singles in the fifth before another two-out hit, this time by Mason, scored Palmer in the sixth. In the eighth, SEMO loaded the bases before Palmer knocked in three runs on the first triple of his career. Palmer crossed home plate on Mason's ensuing groundout to grab the Redhawks a 10-run advantage. 
 
Before the SEMO took control, VALPO had scored in three of its first four at-bats.
 
The Beacons took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first when Angel Difederico led off with a walk and touched home on an ensuing solo home run by Kaleb Hannahs.
 
With two outs in the bottom of the first, SEMO tied things up with the help of back-to-back singles and an error. Danny Sperling singled to left and Palmer followed with a base hit to right. Brett Graber touched home and Sperling scored an unearned run on the Beacons' miscue to make it a 2-2 ballgame.
 
Three-straight extra base hits, including back-to-back doubles by Hannahs and Kyle Schmack followed by a two-run home run by Brady Renfro, put VALPO up, 5-2, in the top half of the third.
 
Leeper, who started the bottom of the third with a single, went to second on a walk by Wilber and scored courtesy of a wild pitch and an error to trim the Beacons lead to 5-3.
 
Austin Williams (2-1) put together his best relief outing recording a career-high seven strikeouts in a career-best five innings. Williams allowed only one run on three hits and retired seven-straight VALPO hitters before giving way to Jeb Callaghan in the ninth.
 
Right-hander Colin Fields started strong for the Beacons. Each of Fields' first seven outs were strikeouts. He ended up allowing six runs on five hits, striking out eight and walking five in 3.1 innings. Fields threw 90 pitches.
 
Jablonski (0-1) suffered the loss for the Beacons. Jablonski gave up three runs on three hts in two-thirds of an inning.
 
SEMO matched a season-high in hits and runs during game one. Wilber went 3-for-4 with two runs, a home run and two RBI as one of five Redhawks with multiple hits. He also posted the 200^th hit of his career with a two-out single in the bottom of the eighth inning.
 
Leeper, Joel Vaske, Andrews and Palmer followed close behind with two hits apiece. Palmer added three runs and a game-high four RBI, as well, while Mason (2), Leeper (2) and Graber (3) combined for seven runs.
 
SEMO again fell behind (3-0) in the top of the first inning of game two, but used a second three home run, six-run inning of the day to take its first lead.
 
In the bottom of the third, Wyatt Grant led off with his first collegiate hit, a single to left field. With one out and a runner on after a fielder's choice, Mason belted a home run to right. After that, Leeper walked and advanced to second on a passed ball. Wilber came up next and hit his second homer of the day over the right field wall. Graber then hit a line drive home run into the wind to left scoring two more runs giving the Redhawks a 6-3 lead.
 
Aided by a run-scoring triple by Ryan Maka and a run-scoring single by Alex Thurston, VALPO narrowed SEMO's lead to 6-5 in the top of the fourth.
 
An inning later, the Beacons tied the game on a two-out RBI-single by Matt Olive. Hannahs, who led off the inning with a walk, scored the tying run.
 
Wilber homered for the third time in the twin bill and second in the nightcap to quickly reclaim a 7-6 edge for the Redhawks in the bottom of the fifth. He pushed his season total to seven round-trippers through 14 games this year.
 
The see-saw battle continued with VALPO getting back the lead on an infield hit by Hannahs. A throwing error on the same play allowed the go-ahead run to score as VALPO went up 8-7.
 
Wilber came up with yet another big hit to bring the game to an 8-8 deadlock in the bottom of the sixth. Wilber's two-out hit, one of four singles in the inning, drove in Palmer.
 
A clutch defensive play cut down what could have been a go-ahead run for VALPO in the top of the eighth. Thurston reached on a leadoff double and attempted to go to third on a wild pitch. But, Andrew Keck threw to Leeper who tagged out Thurston.
 
With Mason on after he doubled ahead of Leeper in the bottom of the eighth, Leeper hit the decisive home run to right field.
 
Kyle Miller (3-1) earned the win in relief. Miller struck out five, walked none and gave up two runs and five hits in four innings.
 
Bobby Nowak (0-1) suffered the loss.
 
Leeper finished the series by going 5-for-14 with six runs, three homers, nine RBI and a walk, while Wilber went 6-for-12 with four runs, three round-trippers, seven RBI, three walks and a 1.250 slugging percentage in three games against the Beacons.
 
Leeper hit a home run in four-straight games and stands tied for second on the team with five this year.
 
The Redhawks will play five games during their upcoming spring break this week. SEMO first visits Indiana State for a two-game set beginning Tuesday.