Game 18
Southeast Missouri (7-10) at Evansville (7-8)
 
Game Information
Date: Wednesday, March 13
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Evansville, Ind. 
Venue: Charles H. Braun Stadium
Series: SEMO leads 16-11
 
Head Coaches: Andy Sawyers (188-180, Eighth Season); Wes Carroll (396-416, 16^th Season)
 
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Game Notes (PDF)

Redhawks Head to Evansville Wednesday
Southeast Missouri Baseball (7-10) will head back on the road on Wednesday, March 13, when they take on Missouri Valley Conference-member, Evansville (7-8) in Evansville, Ind. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m., CT. from Charles H. Braun Stadium. 
 
Series History
SEMO & Evansville will meet for the 38th time Wednesday night on the diamond, and the first of two meetings in 2024. Evansville will make the return trip to Cape Girardeau, Mo. on April 30. Last season, the two met twice as the road team won each matchup. The Purple Aces came to Cape Girardeau and escaped with a 14-8 win on March 1, 2023. SEMO would return to Evansville and take game two of the season-series by a final score of 10-4. Last year's matchup marked the first meeting(s) since 2009. 
 
Last Time Out
SEMO Baseball wrapped up their three-game road series at Sun Belt Conference Member, Marshall, over the weekend as the Thundering Herd took the final two games of the series to win it, 2-1. 
 
The Redhawks drew first blood in the series with a six-run, go-ahead ninth inning to take game one, 6-3. Marshall took a 3-0 lead into the Redhawks' ninth inning. Short stop Ben Palmer drove in the Redhawks' first RBI of the game with a bases loaded walk. Catcher Shea McGahan plated two more with a two RBI single to left center that scored Chance Resetich and Bryce Cannon. 
 
Freshman Brooks Kettering lined a go-ahead double into left-center field to take a 5-3 lead. Designated hitter Ty Stauss recorded the sixth and final RBI of the game with his infield single as the Redhawks secured a 6-3 series opening win. 
 
Marshall stormed back in game two, winning the game 7-5, behind a five-run sixth inning with the Redhawks winning 3-0. 
 
Three RBI singles in the third, fifth, and sixth innings by Brooks Kettering, Caleb Corbin, and Ben Palmer, respectively, gave SEMO the 3-0 lead. 
 
The Redhawks would score two more runs in the eighth to cut into Marshall's 6-3 lead, after the Herd scored a run in the seventh inning, via a Josh Cameron RBI groundout and another RBI single by Ben Palmer to make it 6-5. 
 
Marshall would add an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth to take game two, 7-5. 
 
An RBI single by designated hitter Gavin Baldwin got the Redhawks going in Sunday's series-finale, but a walk-off two-run home run by Marshall's Owen Ayers was the difference as the Thundering Herd took game three by a final score of 5-4. 
 
On-Base Streak
Short stop Ben Palmer has reached base safely in every game this season. The Minnesota native has reached base in 17-straight games, a team-high and leads the team in on-base percentage (.452). Outfielder Michael Mugan has also reached base safely in the last 15 games and is second on the team in on-base percentage (.450).   
 
Home Runs
Senior Josh Cameron, who led the club a season ago with 16 home runs, hit his third on Sunday afternoon to tie the game in the eighth inning. Currently, Cameron ranks fourth on the team with three bombs. First baseman Bryce Cannon & center fielder Michael Mugan are tied for second with four home runs, and short stop Ben Palmer leads the team with five round-trippers this season. 
 
Hits
Center fielder Michael Mugan first on the team with 24 hits through the first 17 games of the season. Mugan, who has started every game this season, is ranked 56th in the country for hits and is first overall in the Ohio Valley Conference. 
 
Appearance
RHP Gavin Johnston has made the most appearances on the mound for the Redhawks in 2024. Johnston, who has five strikeouts in eight innings of work, has appeared in eight games this season. 
 
Hit-By-Pitch
Utility Chance Resetich and short stop Ben Palmer have been plunked multiple times this season by opposing pitchers. The pair have been hit a combined 14 times, eight & six times, respectivley, and rank one and two in the Ohio Valley Conference for that category. Resetich's eight hit-by-pitches ranks him 17th in the nation coming into Wednesday's game. 
 
First Inning Spark
The Redhawks have started out games in 2024 on fire as they have a 14-6 scoring advantage in the first frame over their opponents. The Redhawks failed to score in each first inning over the past weekend but held Marshall to the same standard. 
 
Drive Them In
First baseman Bryce Cannon ranks among the OVC's best in RBIs as the big lefty has driven in 19 RBIs over the first 17 games. Cannon ranks second in the conference with his 19 RBIs and trails only Preston Steele of Tennessee Tech with 21. Cannon ranks 99th overall in the nation. 
 
About Evansville 
The Purple Aces are led by head coach Wes Carroll who is in his 16th season at the helm of Evansville Baseball. UE comes into the midweek matchup with a 7-8 record overall and most recently dropped all three games of a weekend series at Southeastern Conference-member, Mississippi State this past weekend. Heading into last weekend, UE's offense ranked among the nation's best offensively, ranked in the top 15 in five categories. They were second in doubles (41), sixth in hits (152), ninth in batting average (.345), 13th in on-base percentage (.454), and 13th in scoring (10.4). The Aces are 4-1 at Charles H. Braun Stadium this season and most recently took three-out-of-four from Purdue Fort Wayne at home. 
 
Looking Ahead
SEMO Baseball will return to Capaha Field for a weekend series with Western Kentucky beginning on Friday, March 15. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m., CT. in Cape Girardeau.