CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Baseball (6-6) scored 25 combined runs over Saturday's doubleheader, downing Toledo (3-7) by a final score of 12-0 in game one and 13-3 in game two from Capaha Field. 
 
SEMO's offense was on fire in both games, combining for 18 hits on the afternoon and four home runs. The Redhawks also drew 14 walks, including six hit-by-pitches combined over the 14-inning day. 
 
Both games ended in the seventh inning as an agreed upon run-rule was in affect prior to the start of each game. 
 
The Redhawks, who had hit a grand slam earlier in the week at Missouri, had a grand slam in each game this afternoon. Catcher Nolan Ackerman hit the first slam of the day in the fourth inning of game one and designated hitter Ty Stauss hit the second one in game two in the first inning. 
 
LHP Haden Dow (2-0) had a fabulous start in his first Saturday start of the season in game one pitching 6.0 innings of run-free baseball. The Canadian lefty allowed just three hits and struck out a season-high nine batters. 
 
RHP Brian Strange (1-1) picked up his first win of the 2024 season in game two of the afternoon. Strange struck out seven Rockets and allowed just three runs on five hits over 6.0 innings of work. 
 
Game 1
First baseman Bryce Cannon continued his hot week with a three-run home run in the bottom of the first inning off Toledo's Grant Umberger (1-2). Ben Palmer started the game with a walk, two batters later Michael Mugan singled to put two runners on for Cannon. 
 
In the second inning, another leadoff walk came around to score. Stauss drew a walk off Umberger and two batters later, short stop Ben Palmer drove a ball over the left-center field wall for the second home run of the game for SEMO. After the second inning, the Redhawks led 5-0. 
 
Stauss hit fourth in the third inning and after Cannon reached on an error, and Josh Cameron walked, Stauss lined an RBI single into left field that scored Cannon from second base and the Redhawks led 6-0 over the Rockets. 
 
A six-run fourth inning was the final nail in the coffin in game one as the Redhawks' Chance Resetich doubled down the left field line that scored Mugan and Brooks Kettering after they walked and singled, respectively. 
 
With Resetich on second base, Cameron and Stauss both reached base to load the bases for Ackerman. Ackerman crushed a ball over the left field wall for his first home run of the season and the second grand slam of the week as the Redhawks wrapped up game one in seven innings, 12-0. 
 
Game Two
SEMO did not slow down to start the second game as the Redhawks hit around in the order to the tune of seven first inning runs off of Toledo's Logan Danzeisen (0-2) led by Ty Stauss' grand slam. 
 
The first seven Redhawks in the batting order reached safely off Danzeisen beginning with Ben Palmer who on the first pitch of game two, reached on an error by short stop Kaleb Herbert. 
 
Second baseman Brooks Kettering lined a ball back up the middle that hit off Danzeisen, who would remain in the game, for the first hit of the contest. Outfielder Michael Mugan was hit-by-a-pitch to load the bases for the cleanup hitter, Chance Resetich.
 
Resetich lined a single to left field to plate Kettering and Palmer for the first two runs of the contest. 
 
A pass ball during Bryce Cannon's first at-bat advanced Mugan and Resetich 90-feet before the first baseman roped a double that bounced off the left-center field wall to score Mugan. 
 
Right fielder Josh Cameron drew a walk which brought in Stauss. Stauss clobbered the baseball into the right field party deck to make it 7-0 Redhawks after the first inning. 
 
Toledo did not record an out until the eighth spot in the SEMO order. 
 
Catcher Shea McGahan added two more runs in the second inning with a bases loaded, two RBI double down the left field line after three walks loaded the bases for SEMO. 
 
Stauss' fifth RBI of the ball game came in the fourth inning with a sacrifice fly to left field that would give SEMO its 10^th run of the ball game.
 
Three more runs in the fifth inning would give SEMO a 13-3 lead as they held on for the 10-run victory. 
 
Looking Ahead
The series finale between Toledo and SEMO will commence at 1 p.m. at Capaha Field on Sunday, March 3.