CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Southeast Missouri (19-7, 4-2) hit four home runs, including two by
Ty Stauss and the late game-clinching homer by
Tyler Wilber to edge Austin Peay (10-19, 3-3), 6-5, Sunday afternoon.
A total of eight home runs were hit between the teams as SEMO finished strong with 12 hits. The Redhawks pulled off their 14th come-from-behind win of the season.
SEMO trailed, 3-0, before mounting its comeback by hitting a home run in three-straight innings.
Stauss got things going when he launched a solo home run to left in the top of the fourth inning for the Redhawks first run of the ballgame.
In the fifth,
Ben Palmer homered on a 2-0 pitch to left center to make it a 3-2 contest.
An inning later, Stauss came up again and hit his second round-tripper, a two-run shot to right center grabbing SEMO its first lead at 4-3.
Jevon Mason began the seventh inning with a single, advanced to third on an ensuing double by
Peyton Leeper and scored on a Wilber single to give the Redhawks a two-run cushion.
APSU responded by hitting a long ball in both the seventh and ninth innings to get within a run on both of those occasions.
Wilber, after previously getting a RBI-hit in the seventh, hit a two-out solo home run to left field to seal the victory.
Kyle Miller came on in the ninth inning and settled in to get three-straight outs after giving up a home run. Miller nailed down his team-high fifth save with back-to-back strikeouts.
Tommy Windt (3-1) earned the win. Windt worked five innings and allowed three runs on three hits. He also struck out three and walked two.
Ten of the game's 11 tallies were scored on home runs.
Mason (2), Leeper (3) and Wilber (2) teamed up for seven hits out of the top three spots in SEMO's lineup. Leeper finished at 3-for-4. Stauss also had a three-hit day going 3-for-4 with two runs and three RBI.
All three games of this weekend's series between SEMO and APSU were decided by a run.
The Redhawks are back in action when they host Arkansas State in a midweek matchup on Apr. 5.
