CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Baseball (14-11) picked up its seventh win of the season at Capaha Field with an 8-5 victory over Middle Tennessee (13-11) on Tuesday evening in Cape Girardeau.
Tied at 4-4 in the bottom of the 7
th inning, third baseman
Caleb Corbin hit a leadoff go-ahead home run to give SEMO a 5-4 lead and sparked a four-run inning. Corbin finished 2-4 at the plate with his third home run of the season and two RBIs.
After back-to-back outs, MTSU pitching allowed two walks to
Cole Warehime and
Bryce Cannon. An infield single by
Ty Stauss loaded the bases for the Redhawks. Catcher
Shea McGahan walked in the second run of the inning for the RBI, giving SEMO a 6-4 lead.
Carson Schrack provided two more insurance runs with a two-RBI single up the middle off MTSU's Matthew Driver to make it 8-4 SEMO.
MTSU would get a run back In the top of the eighth to make it 8-5 before RHP
Brian Strange recorded the final three outs of the ballgame en route to his first save of the season.
RHP
Mason Pennington made his second start of the season pitching 4.2 innings. He allowed three runs on six hits while striking out a pair of Blue Raiders.
MTSU got on the board in the first frame with an RBI single to center field from Brett Vondohlen.
The Redhawks would respond in the home second with the first-of-two RBIs from Corbin. He roped a single to center field to allow
Ty Stauss to come across to score after an error from MTSU extended the inning.
Three more runs would come across for the Redhawks in the bottom of the third inning, the first two coming with one swing of the bat. Right fielder
Cole Warehime bombed his fifth home run of the season to left field, scoring
Michael Mugan, to make it 3-1 Redhawks.
A sacrifice fly from
Shea McGahan made it 4-1 Redhawks after the third inning. MTSU would tie it up in the top of the fifth inning with one swing with a three-run home run making it 4-4 after the fifth inning.
LHP
Alex Hayes (2-1) came out of the bullpen and picked up his second win of the season. Hayes pitched 1.1 innings, allowing just one run on one hit and struck out four Blue Raiders.
Looking Ahead
SEMO Baseball will return to Ohio Valley Conference play on Friday, March 28, when they take on Western Illinois. First pitch slated for 6 p.m., CT. at Capaha Field.