CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri (9-1) unloaded to hit eight home runs in a 11-8, 12-5, doubleheader sweep of Missouri Valley Conference affiliate Bradley (3-6) Saturday afternoon at Capaha Field.
 
SEMO slugged three homers in game one and a season-high five in the second contest to blow by the Braves. The Redhawks completed their second-straight series sweep and third series win of 2022. They have posted 11 consecutive series wins dating back to the beginning of April last year.
 
The Redhawks improved their record to 9-1 and are off to the best start in their NCAA Division I era. Overall, it is SEMO's best start since it began the 1983 campaign at 10-1. Additionally, the Redhawks are on a seven-game winning streak for the first time since their shortened 2020 season and are a perfect 7-0 at home thus far.
 
Five different players homered for SEMO which scored early and often to chop down the Braves. 
 
The front end of the doubleheader saw a combined five long balls between the teams on a windy Cape Girardeau day.
 
SEMO rocked freshman right-hander Jacob Kisting for six runs on five hits out of the gate. A walk and four-straight hits quickly put Kisting behind. 
 
Jevon Mason walked, went to third on a double by Peyton Leeper and scored the first run of the game on an ensuing single by Tyler Wilber. Andrew Keck and Lincoln Andrews followed with RBI-singles. 
 
After Brett Graber struck out, Joel Vaske launched a three-run home run to right center giving the Redhawks a 6-0 advantage in the bottom of the first inning. SEMO sent 10 hitters to the plate in its opening at-bat of the contest.
 
The Redhawks added more to their lead in the second inning. With one out, Keck and Lincoln Andrews singled ahead of Graber who stepped in to smash a three-run home run over the left center wall. Graber's first career round-tripper put SEMO ahead, 9-2.
 
SEMO continued its early onslaught in the third, this time with Mason clobbering a two-run home run to right. Mason's second homer of the season increased the Redhawks lead to 11-5.
 
BU homered in the second and third innings and used a pair of RBI-doubles, including one in both the fifth and sixth frames for its eight runs.
 
Tennessee transfer right-hander Jason Rackers picked up his first career win as a Redhawk. Rackers struck out six, walked three and gave up seven runs on six hits in 4.1 innings.
 
Kyle Miller struck out two of the three hitters he faced in a one-two-three seventh to earn his first save of the season.
 
Keck and Andrews teamed up for five hits, four runs scored and two RBI in the heart of SEMO's lineup. Keck went 3-for-4 with two runs and one RBI, and Andrews finished at 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI. Eight of the Redhawks nine starters got a hit.
 
SEMO pounded out 12 hits and put up 11 or more in its fourth-straight game. The Redhawks reached double-digit hits in seven of their first 10 contests.
 
The Redhawks picked up where they left off in the nightcap and struck again in the first inning.
 
Keck reached on a two-out, two-base error and the flood gates opened. Andrews delivered a single to right and Keck scored. On the next play, Graber smacked his second home run of the day and, just like that, it was 4-0 SEMO.
 
The Redhawks continued to pick apart BU pitching in the bottom of the second, where they used home runs by Ty Stauss and Wilber to widen their lead to 7-0. 
 
BU started chipping away at SEMO's lead when Connor O'Brien hit a three-run home run in the top of the third. 
 
Two innings later the Braves scored twice more to get within two (7-5) and that was as close as they would get.
 
Mason and Vaske each blasted their second homers of the twin bill. Mason hit a solo shot in the sixth and Vaske added his in the seventh to grab the Redhawks a 9-5 lead. 
 
SEMO loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the eighth and Andrews stepped in to double home two runs. Graber then grounded out to plate Keck capping the 12-5 victory.
 
Reliever Tommy Windt (2-0) threw 3.2 scoreless no-hit innings. Windt struck out four and allowed two walks.
 
Blake Cisneros closed things out strong by striking out the side in the top of the ninth.
 
Andrews and Vaske led the Redhawks with two hits each. Andrews scored a run and posted three RBI, while Graber knocked in three runs, as well. Leeper (3), Keck (2) and Wilber (2) accounted for seven of their team's tallies.
 
SEMO outhit BU again, this time by a count of 9-6.

The Redhawks visit Arkansas State for a midweek matchup Tuesday. First pitch is set 6 p.m., CT in Jonesboro.