CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Baseball (27-18) won the final midweek contest of the season over Murray State (30-11) by a final score of 11-3 at Capaha Field on Tuesday night. 
 
The Redhawks scored seven-of-11 runs in the opening inning as they sent ten hitters to the plate. After a leadoff single by Brooks Kettering, three-straight walks concluded with a hit-by-pitch from Cole Warehime to make it 1-0 SEMO with no outs. 
 
Back-to-back wild pitches from MSU's Matt Parenteau (0-1) allowed Michael. Mugan and Bryce Cannon to score, respectively, to make it 3-0 Redhawks. 
 
An RBI fielder's choice from catcher Liam Forsyth allowed the fourth run to come across, bringing Andrew Ramirez to the plate. Ramirez crushed a towering three-run home run to left field to make it 7-0 Redhawks, his first home run of the season. 
 
RHP Mason Pennington (1-1) took the seven-run lead and cruised through 5.2 innings, allowing just three runs in the fifth inning. He punched out three Racers and surrendered just one walk en route to his first victory on the mound in a Redhawk uniform. 
 
LHP Ethan Osborne (0.2) and RHPs Brian Strange (2.0) and Caden Kickhaefer (1.0) held the Racers in check the rest of the way without surrendering a run for the final 3.2 innings. 
 
Ty Stauss provided an insurance run for the Redhawks in the bottom of the seventh inning. A single through the left side allowed Mugan to come in to score again, making it 8-3 Redhawks. 
 
Catcher Liam Forsyth led off the bottom of the eighth inning with his third home run of the season, a bomb to left field to make it 9-3. An RBI fielder's choice from Warehime, and another two-out single from Stauss scored runs 10 and 11. 
 
Kickhaefer pitched the ninth inning and shut the door as the Redhawks held on for the 11-3 victory on Tuesday night. 
 
Looking Ahead
SEMO Baseball will host Tennessee Tech to resume OVC Play over the weekend beginning on Friday, May 2. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m., CT. at Capaha Field.