CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – A pitchers dual on Sunday afternoon, Southeast Missouri (7-10) picked up the series sweep of the Butler Bulldogs (2-14) as starting pitcher
Haden Down (1-1) tossed seven and two-third innings and recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts.
Dow had his longest outing of the season as a Redhawk on Sunday as he faced 27 batters and threw 105 pitches as the St. John, New Brunswick, Canada-native, picked up his first win of the season.
Only nine total hits between both teams on Sunday,
Lincoln Andrews drove in the only two Redhawk runs of the contest in the sixth inning.
Leading off the sixth inning,
Jevon Mason walked. Mason stole second during the at-bat of
Chance Resetich who then laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Mason to third.
The Bulldogs elected to intentionally walk center fielder
Josh Cameron who then swiped second base himself as Andrews stood in the box.
Andrews drove the baseball up the middle and into center field to plate Mason and Cameron off of Bulldogs pitcher Aaron Barokas to give the Redhawks a 2-0 lead after the sixth inning.
Butler would make it interesting in the top of the eighth inning. A two-out walk by Dow to pinch-hitter Jake DeFries extended the Bulldogs inning.
A throwing error on Resetich prolonged the Bulldogs' chance in the inning, as centerfielder Joey Urban shot a single through the right side of the infield to plate DeFries, to cut the Redhawks lead in half.
LHP
Logan Katen came in to close the door on the Bulldogs in the ninth inning and recorded his second save of the season, as the Redhawks completed the series sweep of Butler by a final score of 2-1.
Lincoln Andrews finished the day going 1-of-4 with two RBI.
The seven, eight, and nine hitters were the only other Redhawk batters outside of Andrews to record a hit. Catcher
Nolan Ackerman, second baseman
Caleb Rodgers, and short stop
Peyton Leeper all recorded a hit on Sunday.
The Redhawks will be back in action on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 when they take on in-state rival Missouri State at Hammons Field. First pitch is slated for 2 p.m., CT. in Springfield, Mo.
