CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri (19-9, 12-1) continued its winning ways sweeping Morehead State (10-15, 5-6) in a doubleheader by scores of 4-1 and 9-1 Friday afternoon at the Southeast Softball Complex.
SEMO extended its winning streak to nine-straight Ohio Valley Conference victories and kept its home winning streak intact at 25 in a row.
The Redhawks pounded out 14 hits to key its game one victory.
SEMO scored three runs in the bottom of the third inning to grab the lead and never looked back.
Kat Sackett and
Aubrie Shore started the SEMO third with back-to-back singles. After a pitching change,
Alyson Tucker popped up to second base. On the next play, both Sackett and Shore advanced on a wild pitch.
Kynzie Wrigley followed with a single down the left field line to score two runs.
Zoe Schulte's two-out single scored Wrigley to put the Redhawks ahead, 3-0.
Jillian Anderson singled to right and
Sydney Dennis scored to push SEMO's lead to 4-0 in the fifth.
MSU avoided the shutout when Emily Williams hit a solo home run to left for the Eagles' only run of the game in the top of the seventh inning.
Paytience Holman (3-5) went the distance allowing just one run on four hits. Holman struck out four and walked one, as well. She also retired 11 of the final 12 hitters she faced and threw her team-high fifth complete game this year.
Sydney Dennis went 3-for-4 with a run scored and
Zoe Schulte finished at 3-for-3 to lead SEMO. Sackett and Shore added two hits each.
Jessie Begley (4-4) suffered the loss. Begley scattered four hits, gave up two runs, walked four and struck out one in two innings. Reliever Madi Ogden allowed 10 hits in the final four frames.
Marisa Davis and
Delaney Kell combined on a one-hitter in the nightcap.
Davis, who started and struck out seven in three innings, wound up with a no-decision.
Meanwhile,
Delaney Kell (9-3) was credited with her team-high ninth victory after tossing three scoreless no-hit inning with five strikeouts out of the bullpen.
SEMO erupted for six runs in the bottom of the third inning.
Nine Redhawks came to the plate in the big inning after SEMO fell behind, 1-0.
Shore's single ignited a string of five-straight one-out hits. Tucker followed with a two-RBI double and pinch-hitter
Abigail Rickermann knocked in a run on a double to left. Wrigley, Dennis and
Brittany Affolter each had one RBI apiece helping put the Redhawks ahead, 6-1.
A two-RBI single by pinch-hitter
Karsyn Davis in the fourth inning and a walk-off double by Wrigley in the sixth completed SEMO's fourth run-rule win in five games.
SEMO outhit MSU, 10-1, in the nightcap with nine Redhawks getting a hit. Wrigley paved the way with two hits, a run scored and two RBI.
The Redhawks and Eagles conclude their series at 12 p.m., CT Saturday. SEMO will honor its seniors prior to first pitch.
