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Tennessee Tech TTU 10-22, 2-5 OVC
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Winner Southeast Missouri SEMO 19-17, 8-2 OVC
Tennessee Tech TTU
10-22, 2-5 OVC
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Southeast Missouri SEMO
19-17, 8-2 OVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tennessee Tech TTU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 3
Southeast Missouri SEMO 3 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 X 10 8 0

W: Niznik, Noah (5-2) L: MANN, Hunter (1-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Redhawks Explode For 10 Runs To Take Game One Over Tennessee Tech

CAPAHA FIELD – LHP Noah Niznik (5-2) tied his career high with 10 strikeouts as Southeast Missouri (19-17, 8-2 OVC) dominated Tennessee Tech (10-22, 2-5 OVC) Friday night by a final score of 10-1. 
 
Niznik, who recorded his fifth victory of the season, threw seven complete innings, allowing just six hits and a run over 27 batters. He did not allow a walk in the outing. 
 
Josh Cameron remained red hot at the plate going 2-for-4 with two home runs and five RBIs to lead the Redhawks offense that accumulated eight hits as a team. 
 
Cameron's first home run got the Redhawks off and running in the first inning. A leadoff walk to Jevon Mason, followed by a Chance Resetich single put runners on first and third for Cameron. 
 
Cameron crushed a ball on to the right field concourse to give the Redhawk a 3-1 lead through the first frame. 
 
TTU led off the game with a Nicho Jordan home run to right field, Niznik's only run allowed of the game. 
 
SEMO continued scoring in the second inning. A leadoff double by Peyton Leeper followed by a Brett Graber walk put Redhawks on first and second with no outs. 

A perfectly executed sacrifice bunt by Danny Sperling moved the runners 90-feet for Jevon Mason. Mason scorched a ball down the right field line to drive in Leeper and Graber to give SEMO a 4-1 advantage. 
 
Cameron hit his second home run of the game in back-to-back at-bats, scoring Mason, to give the Redhawks a 7-1 lead. For Cameron, the home run drove in his fifth RBI of the contest. 
 
A sacrifice fly by Linclon Andrews and an RBI single to right field by designated hitter Carlos Aranda pushed SEMO's lead to 9-1. 
 
Sperling drove in the 10th and final run of the Redhawks evening with a sacrifice fly to left-center field as SEMO took game one of the series over TTU. 
 
Jevon Mason finished the day going 1-for-3 with a pair of RBIs and walks. He is currently hitting .349 on the season. 
 
RHP Esteban Hernandez threw two scoreless innings out of the Redhawks bullpen, relieving Niznik in the eighth inning. Hernandez struck out four TTU hitters, allowing just one hit over eight batters. 
 
TTU starting pitcher Hunter Mann (1-4) took the loss in the contest. Mann pitched two complete innings allowing five hits, seven runs, with a pair of strikeouts. 
Game two of the weekend series will be tomorrow, Saturday, April 15 with first pitch slated for 2 p.m., CT. RHP Payton Lawrence is the projected starter for the Redhawks. 
 
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