CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – LHP
Haden Dow tossed his first career complete game as Southeast Missouri Baseball (6-5) shutout Purdue Fort Wayne (1-10) in the final game of the weekend by a final score of 5-0 on Sunday afternoon.
Dow (2-1) pitched the full 9.0 innings without surrendering a walk for the seventh time in his career and the second time this season. He punched out nine Mastodons and surrendered just three hits in his third start of the season en route to his second victory of 2025.
Leading off the bottom of the second inning, right fielder
Cole Warehime roped his first-of-two doubles on the day to center field to get the first Redhawk in scoring position.
Bryce Cannon singled on a perfectly placed bunt during the next at-bat to put Redhawks on the corners with no outs.
A double play turned by the PFW defense allowed Warehime to come across to score for the first run of the game to give SEMO a 1-0 lead after two innings.
The Redhawks would plate two more runs in the fourth inning thanks to defensive miscues from the Mastodons beginning with Warehime's second double of the ball game.
Bryce Cannon once again came to the plate and roped a single to the right of the PFW first baseman. The return throw to the bag sailed wide and allowed Warehime to score all the way from second.
With Cannon advancing to second on a groundout by
Mikey Rocha, DH
Demitri Shakotko and catcher
Liam Forsyth each recorded a walk to load the bases. A passed ball allowed Cannon to score easily from third base to make it 3-0 Redhawks after the fourth.
Two more insurance runs would come across for the Redhawks in the eighth inning. Three straight walks to start the bottom of the eighth would load the bases for second baseman
Brooks Kettering.
Kettering would record the fourth-straight walk surrendered by PFW's pitching staff and would make it 4-0 Redhawks. Center fielder
Michael Mugan recorded the fifth-straight walk and the Redhawks scored their final run of the ballgame.
Kettering and Mugan were the only Redhawks to record RBIs in the contest as the SEMO offense registered eight hits including two from Warehime and Cannon.
Looking Ahead
SEMO Baseball will return to action on Tuesday, March 4, against Missouri. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m., CT. in Columbia, Mo.
