MOREHEAD, Ky. – Southeast Missouri Baseball (25-18, 12-5 OVC) swept Saturday's doubleheader with Morehead State (12-29, 2-15 OVC) with a 5-1 and 21-7 victory in game one and two, respectively, from Sonny Allen Field.
Game Two
Designated hitter
Gunnar Doyle tied the all-time program record in Saturday's second game with nine RBIs most recently achieved by teammate
Cole Warehime a season ago. Doyle finished 4-for-5 at the plate with a double, two home runs, and nine RBIs to pace the Redhawks.
RHP
Sam Heyman (5-4) used great run support from the Redhawks' offense to pick up his fifth win of the season. He pitched 5.2 innings, allowing just two earned runs on eight hits and struck out two eagles.
Four Redhawks finished with multi-RBI days led by Doyle, but
Cole Warehime,
Andrew Ramirez, and
Brooks Kettering all finished with two or more RBIs. Warehime finished the second game with his fourth home run in four games, and four RBIs.
The Redhawks scored three in the second, five in the third, five in the fith, six in the sixth, and a run in the eighth and ninth inning(s) to throttle Morehead State in the second game of the double header.
Game One
RHP
Nathan Mertens (6-1) was dominant once again in the first game of the day en route to picking up his sixth win of the season. Mertens pitched 5.2 innings without allowing a run and punched out one Eagle. He allowed just five hits on the afternoon over 23 hitters.
LHP
Jackson Kranawetter pitched the final 3.1 innings of the contest as he picked up his OVC-leading seventh save of the season. Kranawetter struck out six Eagles over the final innings and allowed just one run.
A bases loaded walk to
Caleb Corbin scored the games' first run to put SEMO up 1-0 in the second inning before a double play allowed another SEMO run to come across. The Redhawks led 2-0 after the second inning.
A
Cole Warehime two-run home run in the eighth inning made it 4-0 SEMO as
Bryce Cannon scored on the blast. The Eagles would score a run in the bottom of the inning, but an RBI single from
Michael Mugan in the 9
th inning was a quality insurance run to make it 5-1 SEMO.
Kranawetter shut the door as the Redhawks picked up their 11
th OVC victory of the season.
Looking Ahead
The series finale with Morehead State will take place on Sunday, April 27, at Noon, CT.