CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Baseball (8-13) fell in the series finale on Sunday afternoon by a final score of 7-2 to Western Kentucky (14-7) at Capaha Field. 
 
The Redhawks offense was stifled on Sunday scoring just two runs on five hits, led by Brooks Kettering and Ty Stauss who each had a pair of hits. Stauss drove in an RBI in the contest. 
 
First baseman Bryce Cannon drove in the other run of the game as the Redhawks led by a pair of runs after the first inning. Stauss and Cannon both drove in the RBIs in the first inning. SEMO led 2-0 after the first frame. 
 
RHP Payton Lawrence made the start on Sunday and pitched 3.2 innings and allowed two unearned runs on just three hits. He struck out two Hilltoppers in the outing. 
 
Trailing 2-0 in the fourth inning, WKU would tie the game with a sacrifice fly by Zayd Branningan. Austin Haller drove in the next run of the inning, assisted by an error on the Redhawks defense. WKU and SEMO were tied at two after the fourth inning. 
 
WKU's right fielder Ethan Lizama drove in the go-ahead run for WKU in the fifth inning with an RBI fielder's choice off LHP Ethan Osborne (0-2). 
 
The Redhawks would be shut out the rest of the way as the Hilltoppers used a four-run eighth inning to take the contest, 7-2. 
 
WKU registered 11 hits on the day, led by three different Hilltoppers with two hits. 
 
Looking Ahead
SEMO Baseball will hit the road on Tuesday, March 19, when they travel to Austin Peay for a non-conference matchup with the Governors. First pitch is slated for 4 p.m. from Clarksville, Tenn.