CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri (23-8) pounded out 10 hits with Jevon Mason and Brett Graber getting two apiece in a tight 3-2 loss to longtime rival Southern Illinois (24-9) Tuesday night at Capaha Field.
 
SEMO saw its program record 17-game home winning streak come to an end with the one-run loss in its 91st meeting with the Salukis.
 
SIU built an early 2-0 lead after scoring once in the first two innings. 
 
Cody Cleveland walked, went to third on a double by Kaeber Rog and scored the game's first run on a fielder's choice. Ryan Rodriguez then led off the second inning with a solo home run in the top of the second.
 
SEMO cut the Salukis lead during the home half of the second. Ben Palmer doubled down the left field line to bring home Graber, who singled to start the inning.
 
With one out in the fourth, Nick Hagedorn homered to right field to widen SIU's lead to 3-1.
 
The Redhawks, however, responded with a round-tripper of their own when Spencer Parker hit his second home run of the season over the left field wall to make it a 3-2 contest.
 
After SEMO came up empty with runners at first and third in the sixth and seventh innings, SIU reliever Matthew Steidl retired the final seven hitters he faced en route to his third save.
 
Jordan Gould (3-0) picked up the win in relief after throwing 1.2 scoreless innings. Gould allowed three hits and struck out one.
 
Bryce Grossius (0-1) suffered his first loss of the season. Grossius allowed three runs on three hits, struck out two and walked four in 3.2 innings.
 
SEMO outhit SIU, 10-6. Peyton Leeper, Tyler Wilber, Andrew Keck, Ty Stauss, Palmer and Parker also had a hit. Wilber kept his hitting streak intact at six games, while Keck ran his to eight.
 
The Redhawks head to Tennessee Tech for a three-game series beginning Thursday.