CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri (26-19, 14-4 OVC) exploded for 19 hits and 20 runs in Sunday's series finale with Lindenwood (9-35, 5-10 OVC) en route to a 20-8 final score in seven innings.
The Redhawks scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning including a walk off, three-run home run from
Josh Cameron to capture the third OVC series sweep at home this season.
Cameron finished the day going 2-for-5, including home runs number 15 and 16, with six RBIs and three runs scored.
LHP
Haden Dow (4-1) picked up his fourth win of the season as the lefty hurled five innings on the afternoon, allowing just two runs on two hits. Dow recorded three strikeouts in the contest.
The Redhakws put up four runs in the first inning, all with two outs, started with an RBI single to right field by first baseman
Lincoln Andrews off LU's starting pitcher Carson Subbert.
A
Brett Graber double and a
Danny Sperling single to left-center field gave the Redhawks a 4-0 advantage after the first inning.
Subbert (1-3) took the loss in the contest after giving up seven runs on seven hits in just 1.1 innings of work.
Cameron hit his first home run of the day in the bottom of the second inning off of Subbert to give the Redhawks a 7-0 lead.
A Graber single for his third RBI of the day drove in
Lincoln Andrews in the second inning as the Redhawks put up back-to-back four run innings.
LU would get on the scoreboard with one swing of the bat, a two-run home run by first baseman Marcus Heusohn.
Jevon Mason responded in the third with a three-run home run. For Mason, the home run was his eighth of the season. Mason ended the day going 3-for-5 with four RBIs and three runs scored.
The Redhawks would put up six in the third inning as a sacrifice fly by
Peyton Leeper and another RBI single by Sperling to give SEMO a 14-2 lead after three innings.
An error on LU's third baseman allowed
Ben Palmer to reach base, driving in the 15
th run of the contest for SEMO in the fifth.
LU would make the game a bit interesting in the sixth inning, with a six-run-sixth, to make the score 15-8.
The Redhawks used a five-run seventh inning to secure the Sunday run-rule victory over Lindenwood.
Six different Redhawks had multi-hit days, including
Jevon Mason and
Lincoln Andrews with three hits apiece.
The Redhawks will be back in action on Tuesday, May 2, when they host longtime rival Murray State for a midweek contest at Capaha Field. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m., CT. in Cape Girardeau.