MACOMB, Ill. – Southeast Missouri Baseball (27-24, 14-9 OVC) outlasted Western Illinois (13-33, 8-15 OVC) in extra innings on Saturday afternoon by a final score of 15-11 at Boyer Stadium. 
 
RHP #7 Kyle Miller (4-2) made his 80^th career appearance in his SEMO career on Saturday as he closed out the final three innings beginning in the ninth inning. For Miller, the appearance ties him for the most appearances all-time in SEMO's program history. 
 
Miller pitched the final 3.0 innings, allowing just one run on four hits. He struck out two hitters in his outing. 
 
Saturday's contest was a game that combined for 26 runs on 31 hits between the two sides as SEMO's offense was led by Michael Mugan. Mugan finished 3-for-5 at the plate with a double and four RBIs to his name. 
 
Five different Redhawks recorded multi-hit days including the top three of the batting order in Brooks Kettering, Ben Palmer, and Mugan. 
 
WIU got out to an early 3-0 lead with a pair of first inning home runs off RHP Sam Heyman who made the start for the Redhawks. 
 
The Redhawks would take their first lead of the ball game in the top of the third inning, started by a one out double down the left field line by catcher Shea McGahan. 
 
With two outs, Kettering singled to score McGahan from second base to make it 3-1 Leathernecks. Mugan's first two-run double of the afternoon tied things up as he roped a double up the middle to score Palmer and Kettering to make it a 3-3 game. 
 
The inning wasn't over as a throwing error on WIU allowed Mugan to come in to score off the bat of Ty Stauss to make it 4-3 Redhawks. 
 
The Leathernecks would tie and take the lead in the fifth inning. A double to right field and a grand slam gave WIU five runs in the inning to take an 8-4 lead into the sixth. 
 
Leading off the sixth inning, Stauss was hit by a pitch. A batter later, third baseman Caleb Corbin hit his fourth home run of the season to cut the deficit to 8-6. 
 
First baseman Bryce Cannon hit a solo home run two batters later as SEMO trailed 8-7 after the sixth. 
 
An RBI single by Mugan in the seventh inning after a one out double by Palmer would knot the game at eight a piece in the seventh inning. 
 
In the home half, a two-RBI single to center field off RHP Payton Lawrence gave the Leathernecks a 10-8 advantage. 
 
Trailing by a pair of runs in the ninth inning, SEMO would not go away. Keoni Coloma led off the inning and reached on an error by WIU's short stop. A Kettering single put Redhawks on first and second with no outs. 
 
A perfectly executed sacrifice bunt by Palmer moved the runners 90-feet as Mugan stepped in and recorded his third and fourth RBIs of the ball game to tie it at 10. 
 
In the 10^th inning, Josh Cameron was plunked to leadoff the frame. A sacrifice bunt by Cannon pushed the runner up 90-feet to allow Keoni Coloma to single in the go-ahead run to make it 11-10 Redhawks. 
 
WIU would immediately respond with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the 10^th inning as the game was tied at 11 moving to the 11^th inning. 
 
Three straight walks to start the 11^th would bring Cameron back to the plate as he roped a two-RBI double to score both Stauss and Mugan. 
 
Two more runs via a sacrifice fly by McGahan and another RBI single by Coloma proved to be enough as the Redhawks held on for the 15-11 victory. 
 
The rubber-match in the series is slated for Sunday, May 12, with first pitch scheduled for 12 p.m., CT.