ST. LOUIS – Southeast Missouri (2-3) picked up its first wins of the season with a 10-9, 7-4, doubleheader sweep of Saint Louis (2-5) Sunday.
Mark Redburn collected his 300th career NCAA Division I win with the Redhawks game one extra inning victory.
SEMO overcame a four-run deficit to edge SLU in game one.
Down to their final out in the seventh,
Jillian Anderson scored the tying run on an infield single by
Aubrie Shore making it a 4-4 ballgame.
With the international tiebreaker rule in effect to start the 10th inning, Shore was placed on second base and went to third on a bunt single by
Zoe Schulte. Schulte stole second and
Sydney Dennis followed with a single to score Shore for the go-ahead run. On the next play,
Tatum Gerwitz reached on a bunt single. Schulte then scored on a groundout by
Paige Halliwill.
Alyson Tucker's single to left knocked in Dennis.
After a pitching change,
Kynzie Wrigley walked with the bases loaded and Gerwitz scored. Another hit, this time by
Kat Sackett, drove in Anderson to complete SEMO's six-run 10th-inning rally.
SLU made things interesting scoring five runs of its own in the bottom of the 10th before dropping its fourth one-run loss of the season.
In the bottom of the first inning, Natalie Sullivan reached on a leadoff walk and went to second on an error. Jane Kaniecki singled and Sullivan scored. Cami Newbanks and Chloe Rhine walked, and Kelsey Etling scored. With two outs, Kendall Johnson knocked in two runs on an infield single to give the Billikens an early 4-0 lead.
SEMO cut the Billikens' lead in half during the top of the third, where Halliwill led off with a double and scored on a single by Wrigley. Anderson, who reached on an error after Halliwill's extra base hit, later scored an unearned run to narrow SLU's lead to 4-2.
The Redhawks pulled within a run in the sixth before tying things up in the seventh.
Kat Sackett reached on a leadoff double for the second time in the game and scored on a one-out double by
Marissa Peek to make it a 4-3 game in the sixth.
Delaney Kell (1-1) picked up the first win of her career. Kell tossed seven-straight scoreless innings before giving up five runs in the 10th. She also struck out four, walked four and gave up three hits in 7.1 frames.
SEMO outhit SLU, 19-7. Six of the Redhawk hits were doubles.
Sackett, Halliwill and Dennis paved the way with three hits apiece. Sackett went 3-for-5 with a run scored, two doubles and three RBI. Halliwill finished at 3-for-5 with a run scored, double and one RBI, while Dennis was 3-for-5 with a run scored and one RBI.
Tucker, Wrigley and Shore followed close behind with two hits each.
Paytience Holman was credited with a save after getting the final two outs.
Chloe Wendling (1-3) suffered the loss. Wendling allowed 10 runs on 18 hits, struck out eight and walked four in 9.1 innings.
The Redhawks and Billikens combined to score 11 runs in the wild decisive 10th inning.
A five-run second inning fueled SEMO's victory in the nightcap.
Down, 2-1, Shore led off the second with a walk and went to second on a one-out single by
Marissa Peek.
Abigail Rickermann reached on a fielder's choice to load the bases and Anderson followed with a two-RBI single. Halliwill stepped in and hit a three-run home run to left center giving the Redhawks a 6-2 advantage. Halliwill hit the first round-tripper for SEMO in 2023.
Peek had another hit in the third, this time an RBI-double that scored Shore to put SEMO ahead, 7-2.
The Billikens added one run in the third and another in the fifth, but that was as close as they would get.
Peek and Anderson each had two hits. Anderson also scored two runs and had two RBI.
Holman (1-1) earned her first win of the season. Holman went the distance with eight strikeouts in seven innings. She scattered seven hits and allowed four runs, as well.
The Redhawks beat the Billikens in eight-straight games.
SEMO returns to action at the Chattanooga Frost Classic Feb. 24-26.
