CAPAHA FIELD- Southeast Missouri (16-14, 5-1 OVC) completed the series sweep of Little Rock (13-11, 3-3 OVC) on Sunday afternoon at Capaha Field as the Redhawks took game three by a final score of 17-6 in eight innings.
New to college baseball this season, on Sundays, a 10-run rule has been implemented as the Redhawks scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth to go up 11, ending the game with no outs in the inning.
Second baseman
Chance Resetich paced the way for the Redhawks offense going 4-for-5 at the plate, including a pair of RBIs and a triple. He scored two runs in the contest.
SEMO did not take long to get on the board. With runners on the corners in the first,
Josh Cameron grounded into a double play, plating Mason, to give the Redhawks a 1-0 lead.
Back-to-back RBI singles by
Danny Sperling and
Jevon Mason, and Resetich's triple in the second inning plated four runs for the Redhawks as the lead grew to 5-0.
Mason had a great day at the plate going 3-for-4 with an RBI and three runs scored.
A sac-fly by
Peyton Leeper would give the Redhawks their sixth run of the ballgame in the third inning, scoring
Carlos Aranda.
After three innings, the Redhawks led 6-0.
Little Rock made things interesting in the top of inning six as leadoff hitter Alex Seguine hit a three-run homerun to left field to cut the Redhawks lead to just three.
LR center fielder Tyler Williams went back-to-back with Seguine, this one a solo shot to right field.
With the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, a bases clearing RBI double by first baseman
Lincoln Andrews led to a seven run, seventh inning and busted the game wide open to give SEMO its fourth-straight conference victory.
Andrews finished the day going 3-for-5 including three RBIs as the big lefty reinserted himself in the Redhawks lineup all weekend following a stint with an upper-body injury.
LHP
Haden Dow (2-1) got the win in the contest. The Canadian left-hander pitched five complete innings allowing just two runs on three hits. Dow struck out six en route to his second victory of the season.
Andrews, Leeper, and center fielder
Brett Graber all recorded three RBIs in Sunday's contest.
LR's Noah Burkey (0-1) took the loss in the contest pitching just 1.2 innings. He allowed five earned runs over 10 batters faced.
The Redhawks will return to midweek action on Tuesday, April 4, when they head to regional foe Murray State. First pitch is slated for 5 p.m., CT. in Murray, Ky.