CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Baseball (4-6) used a bottom of the ninth inning solo home run from outfielder Josh Cameron to beat Toledo (3-5) in the first game of the weekend series on Friday afternoon at Capaha Field. 

Tied at 5-5 going into the bottom of the ninth, right fielder Josh Cameron led off the inning and on the first pitch from Toledo's RHP Camryn Szynski (0-1), Cameron crushed a ball over the right-center field wall to give SEMO the victory. 
 
Cameron, who finished the game 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs, hit his second home run of the season. 
 
Both teams hit the baseball well on Friday afternoon to the tune of 21 combined hits between the squads. The Rockets narrowly edged SEMO in the category, 11-10. 
 
Toledo got on the board first after taking advantage of a Redhawks error. With a runner on second base, Toledo's short stop Kaleb Herbert roped a single into left field to plate the first run of the game. 
 
The Redhawks would respond an inning later scoring three in the third inning. Center fielder Michael Mugan led off the inning and reached base via a single up-the-middle. 
 
A passed ball advanced Mugan, and in the same at-bat, Chance Resetich reached first base on an error by Herbert. 
 
First baseman Bryce Cannon continued his big week with a two RBI double to left center field, plating Mugan & Resetich. The Redhawks were not done. 
 
Designated hitter Cole Warehime, making his first start of the season, drew a walk to put Cannon on second. A passed ball moved Cannon to third base and with two outs, the Redhawks were on the corners. 
 
Third baseman Peyton Leeper returned to the lineup and smacked an RBI base hit to left center to score Cannon and the Redhawks led 3-1 after the third inning. 
 
Toledo would score a single run in the fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth innings and led 5-4 going into the bottom half of the eighth inning. 
 
SEMO would respond with a single run in the seventh, eighth and ninth inning(s). Cameron would record his first RBI of the ballgame in the seventh inning with an RBI sacrifice fly to right field that plated Michael Mugan from third base after his leadoff single. 
 
A leadoff single by Mugan, followed by a hit-by-pitch on Resetich, and then a perfectly executed sacrifice bunt by Cannon got the Redhawks into scoring position for Cameron.
 
Second baseman Brooks Kettering tied the game with one out in the eighth inning. Kettering, a freshman from Springfield, Mo., went the opposite way off RHP Jackson Bergman and scored Peyton Leeper. 
 
A scoreless ninth inning from RHP Kyle Miller (1-0) gave the Redhawks a chance to win the ball game in the home half. Miller recorded the win Friday night and struck out all three hitters he faced in his 1.0 inning of work. 
 
Cameron's second home run of the year gave SEMO their fourth win of the season and their first win on Friday all season long. 
 
Looking Ahead
SEMO will return to face Toledo for a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon beginning at 12 p.m. at Capaha Field.