MIAMI – Southeast Missouri (2-2) dropped two games at the Felsberg Invitational Saturday. The Redhawks fell to Big Ten Conference member Ohio State, 13-0, and host Florida International (2-2) by a score of 1-0.
Big Ten Conference member OSU overpowered SEMO in the first meeting between the teams.
The Buckeyes loaded the bases with one out on a pair of base hits and a bunt single. Nine-hole hitter Tegan Cortelletti knocked in the game's first run with an infield hit. On the next play, Kaitlyn Farley reached on an error and Kristen Eppele scored. With two outs, Jasmyn Burns hit a grand slam to left giving OSU a 6-0 advantage. Five of the Buckeye runs were unearned.
In the third inning, OSU loaded the bases again and this time added seven runs on eight hits to push its lead to 13-0. The Buckeyes knocked in 10 of their runs on two-out hits.
SEMO had at least one runner on base in the first four innings and stranded five baserunners for the game.
OSU outhit the Redhawks, 15-2.
Aubrie Shore had both of SEMO's hits going 2-for-2 with a double. Shore recorded multiple hits for the second time in her first three starts of the 2024 season.
In her first career start, freshman
Willow Van Haren (1-1) allowed six runs on five hits, struck out one and walked one in 1.2 innings.
Rookie
Maddie Carney relieved Van Haren and gave up seven runs on eight hits in one inning.
Delaney Kell finished things out in the circle working 1.1 scoreless innings with two strikeouts.
FIU scored the only run of the game in the top of the second inning of its close 1-0 victory.
With two outs and runners on second and third, Makayla Navarro scored Isabella Perez on an infield single to shortstop.
SEMO had a runner in scoring position during each of the third and fourth innings but came up empty each of those times.
Zoe Schulte reached on a one-out double in the third and Shore reached on a leadoff double in the fourth.
Tatum Gerwitz later got on with a one-out single in the bottom of the fifth inning and that was the Redhawks final baserunner of the game.
Freshman
Tegan Livesay (0-1) fell to her first career loss. Livesay went the distance giving up just one run on eight hits. She also struck out two and walked none.
Offensively, SEMO finished with four hits. Shore,
Kynzie Wrigley, Gerwitz and Schulte added one each. Shore now has six hits in the tournament.
The Redhawks face the loser of Stony Brook and Ohio State in their tournament finale Sunday at 8 a.m., CT.
