CAPAHA FIELD – Southeast Missouri Baseball (2-6) picked up its second win of the season on Sunday afternoon with a 10-3 victory over St. Thomas (4-4) in Cape Girardeau, led by freshman Brooks Kettering. 
 
Kettering, who has made every start of the season so far at second base, finished the day going 4-for-5 with an RBI and scored three of SEMO's 10 runs in the ball game. He is now hitting .259 through the first eight games of 2024. 
 
Outfielder Michael Mugan hit his fourth home run of the season on Sunday afternoon, crushing a ball over the right-field fence off St. Thomas' Nolan Kemp. Mugan finished the day 1-for-4 with the home run and four RBIs. 
 
LHP Haden Dow (1-0) picked up his first win of the season in his 2024 Capaha Field debut. The Canadian pitched a gem, going 7.0 innings and allowed just two earned runs on five hits and recorded a season-high five strikeouts. 
 
The Redhawks wasted no time getting runs on the board as they tacked on two first inning runs on Sunday afternoon against RHP Devon Schewe. Kettering recorded the first SEMO hit of the ball game two batters into the game with a single to the left side. 
 
Back-to-back hit-by-pitches on Mugan and Chance Resetich loaded the bases for SEMO early. First baseman Bryce Cannon roped a single to left center to plate Kettering and Mugan, respectively, and the Redhawks led 2-0. 
 
St. Thomas would respond in the visitor's second inning with a run. Catcher Max Moris doubled to left center to score Max Nyrop after an error awarded Nyrop first base. 
 
The Redhawks would score a run in the home half of the second, third, and fourth innings. 

In the third inning, catcher Shea McGahan recorded his first hit as a Redhawk. A towering fly ball left the park over the left field fence to give SEMO its fourth run of the ball game. For McGahan, the home run was his first in a SEMO uniform. 
 
The Redhawks would explode for five runs in the fifth and never looked back as they led 10-3 after St. Thomas scored two in the visitor's half of the fifth. 
 
An RBI triple by McGahan scored Josh Cameron after a 1-out walk to score the first run of the inning. A perfectly executed squeeze play by designated hitter Keoni Coloma would score McGahan from third. 
 
McGahan finished the game 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs and a pair of runs scored. 
 
Short stop Ben Palmer was hit-by-a-pitch, followed by a Brooks Kettering single to left field. In stepped Mugan who crushed the ball to right-field for a three-run jack to give SEMO a 10-3 lead. 
 
LHP Alex Hayes made his Capaha Field debut and had a nice outing out of the bullpen for Dow. Hayes pitched 2.0 innings, allowing zero runs on zero hits, and struck out two over seven batters faced. 
 
Looking Ahead
SEMO Baseball will be back in action on Tuesday, Feb. 27, when they travel to Columbia, Mo. to take on Southeastern Conference member Missouri. First pitch is slated for 5 p.m., CT.